Manager, Budget Management - PD&M Operations

Apple

| Cupertino, California, United States (On Site) | Full Time | 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Apple's Product, Design & Marketing (PD&M) Operations team is seeking a Budget Manager to oversee the budgeting process for Services lines of businesses across multiple cross-functional teams. This role involves forecasting, monitoring budget performance, and providing operational and strategic support within a complex organization. The Manager, Budget Management will optimize and manage Marketing and Design budgets, lead a team of budget analysts, and collaborate closely with Finance, Marketing, and Design producers. Key responsibilities include operating with minimal direction, owning budgets and cross-functional relationships, engaging with stakeholders at various levels, forecasting and reporting on budgets and actual spend, analyzing data to identify variances and deliver recommendations, conducting audits and reconciliations, implementing process improvements, and managing a small team. The role requires strong analytical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.

Must Have

Oversee budgeting process for Services LOBs
Own budgets and cross-functional relationships
Forecast, manage, and report on budgets
Analyze data to identify variances and provide insights
Implement process improvements
Manage a team

Good to Have

Strategic and analytical thinker
Thrives in ambiguity
Works autonomously and collaboratively
Dives deep into details while maintaining strategic outlook

Job Description

Appleʼs Product, Design & Marketing (PD&M) Operations team is seeking a Budget Manager to join the Budget Management Team. Here you’ll be responsible for overseeing the management of the organization’s budgeting process for our Services lines of businesses (LOBs) across multiple cross-functional teams. This position will own forecasting, monitoring budget performance, and providing operational and strategic support across a complex organization. If you’re a highly motivated, strategic and analytical thinker who thrives in ambiguity and fast-paced environments, this role is for you!

The Manager, Budget Management plays a pivotal role in optimizing and managing Marketing and Design budgets across Services LOBs. In this role, you will lead a team of budget analysts who provide both operational and strategic support, working closely with Finance, Marketing, and Design producers. The ideal candidate works autonomously but also collaborates closely with partners and demonstrates the ability to dive deep into the details and our processes while maintaining a strategic outlook to inform and drive sound decision making. RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: - Operate with minimal direction, drawing on your expertise and critical thinking to drive results, make decisions independently, and lead a team - Own the budgets and cross-functional relationships for LOBs and Functions while leading and optimizing associated processes - Engage with, build relationships with, and communicate with multiple cross-functional stakeholders at various levels, including senior leaders - Forecast, manage, and report on budgets, actual spend, and support fiscal planning for our cross-functional teams across multiple lines of business - Analyze large sets of data to evaluate P&L actuals each quarter, identify variances, and deliver formal insights and recommendations on budgets to stakeholders at every level, including senior leaders - Conduct thorough audits and reconciliations of large data sets, proactively identifying and addressing discrepancies - Implement process improvements impacting multiple stakeholders with diverse and competing priorities - Document and train on processes for internal and partner teams - Manage a small team of full-time employees and contractors Responsibilities may evolve as business needs change.