Global Fixed Asset Lead (Permanent)

Apple’s Global Business Solutions (GBS) organization supports tens of thousands of Apple employees, customers, and vendors on just about every topic under the sun. We offer advice and develop innovative solutions to challenging problems that come up all around the world. Team up with Apple, one of the most influential technology leaders in the industry.

Join the Apple Finance organization and make a positive impact on a company that is known for its impressive line-up of products, including Mac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. At Apple, you’ll share in a commitment to excellence by partnering with world-class professionals, all with one unified vision – creating innovative products that delight customers. We do this by hiring quality individuals with integrity, personal accountability, collaboration, excellence, and proactive thinking. If you exemplify our values and want to be part of something big, contact us today.

Apple’s Global Fixed Asset team is a centrally managed global organisation that supports Apple’s four shared service centres around the world, including Austin, Cork, Shanghai, and Singapore. Our team is responsible for managing Apple’s fixed assets across multiple lines of business such as Research & Development, Retail, Real Estate & Development, Tooling, Infrastructure Finance, and AppleCare, to name a few.

The team is passionate about driving global standardization, optimization of processes and systems, and developing a governance framework for rock-solid compliance and excellence in reporting across US & local GAAP books and records.

Description

• Plan and coordinate across 85+ legal entities, local reporting deliverables on Apple’s Fixed assets, and ensure all is completed to a high standard.
• Analyse the designated Local GAAP accounting treatment of Fixed Assets globally across all legal entities.
• Develop and document a governance model to support Apple’s Global Fixed Asset Statutory & Tax reporting process.
• Determine the appropriate GAAP and related Local policy elections for Global Fixed Assets legal entity reporting, when a new site or material site change arises.
• Ensure local GAAP legislation is accurately applied to the fixed asset ERP system SAP and incorporated into the finalised financial statements.
• Demonstrate & identify areas of opportunities for alignment and automation within the statutory account’s preparation & local tax return computations.
• Review of SFS disclosures across various reporting GAAP, including statutory packs provided to Apple’s external auditors to support the annual audit of Apple’s financial statements.
• Co-ordination of other specific local reporting requirements in the country including tax audits/enquiries & ensuring these are made in a compliant & timely manner.
• Support the implementation of projects impacting Global Fixed Assets. Drive Quarterly Business reviews within the Global Fixed Asset team on the line of business activities to build legal entity knowledge supporting accurate accounting & disclosures in Apple’s Local financial statements.
• Own the gathering of global metrics for US & local GAAP operations across Asset Operations and Quarter/Year-end reporting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Accounting qualifications such as CPA, ACA, ACCA etc
• Excellent SAP knowledge or equivalent ERP experience
• Knowledge and application of IFRS & Local GAAP

Preferred Qualifications

• Tableau experience
• Ability to maintain a global perspective and recognise opportunities to align with other GBS regions on similar processes.
• Great teammate who likes to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Possess excellent written and verbal interpersonal skills, as well as presentation skills.
• Mature, responsible, driven, and able to work independently with minimal direct supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and communicate effectively across the organization and with external partners.
• Detailed and meticulous, outstanding attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Possess a real passion for process improvement with an approach that urges innovation, elimination of non-value-added work, and efficiency improvements.
• Ability to think creatively and develop innovative solutions.
• Ability to influence and implement ideas effectively.

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.