FP&A, EMEIA Reporting Analyst
Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined - and now can’t imagine living without. If you’re motivated by the idea of making a real impact, and joining a team where we pride ourselves in being one of the most diverse and inclusive companies in the world, a career with Apple might be your dream job!
You will become a member of the Sales Finance team at Apple. With approximately 150 employees based across 4 regional hubs within EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), we create value, collaborating with many teams to provide outstanding commercial and financial support. We set the bar high; go out of our way to help others; share knowledge; filter out noise to focus on the essential; encourage the very best from ourselves and the team; and drive the right course of action. To do all of this you will be an excellent communicator, collaborator and innovator, with a passion for debate and inclusion.
Our team provides data & automation infrastructure to enable commercial insights for EMEIA Sales Finance and EMEIA Sales. Our team are superusers of analytics & BI platforms (e.g. Tableau, SAP BusinessObjects, and various internal tools), databases (e.g. Dremio, Snowflake), and data science platforms (e.g. Dataiku). We help to train others and encourage adoption of these technologies in the wider EMEIA Sales Finance team.
This specific role will support data & automation solutions for teams that support the Consumer business, focusing on topics such as monobrand and multibrand retailers, telco/carriers, digital, programs, point-of-sale, and new product introductions.
You will create and maintain reports, dashboards and automation solutions as needed for the topics & technologies mentioned above.
For most projects, you will manage the end-to-end solution delivery, including: gathering business requirements, designing and building solutions, and managing testing, training, and rollout.
For more complex projects, you will partner with IS&T and Business Process Reengineering teams on delivery.
You will manage key reference data, including geo & route to market hierarchies, plus other mapping tables used in EMEIA reporting solutions.
You will respond to ad-hoc requests for help, such as approving and provisioning access to reporting solutions, investigating data discrepancies, recommending appropriate tools for a given data need, etc.
- 3-5 years of Tableau development experience.
- 1-3 years of SQL experience.
- Experience with reference data maintenance, e.g. hierarchy or mapping updates.
- Highly analytical, with ability to offer solutions-based recommendations.
- Innovative team player, with forward-thinking approach that strives for operational improvements.
- Competence in project management, e.g. ability to accurately estimate project delivery timelines and manage expectations of customers.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Accomplished presentation skills, being able to tell your story in a structured way.
- 1-3 years of using Python (or other scripting languages) for automation & data transformation.
- Experience managing data pipelines (e.g. extract-transform-load processes).
- Experience with AIML concepts.
- Advanced Excel proficiency (including the ability to create macros) a plus.
- Degree level education preferred