Apple Care Finance, SAP Solutions Architect

Apple Care Finance, SAP Solutions Architect

The people here at Apple don’t just build products — they build the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. We are looking for one Solution Architect for AC Finance to parallel SAP projects with the goal of ensuring accuracy in financial treatment of AC Sales and Supply Chain activities in SAP.

Description

In the process, you will:

1. Collaborate with geographically-dispersed cross functional teams such as AC Business Development, AC Business Process Reengineering, Global Business Solutions, Legal, Procurement, Trade Compliance etc. to understand the objective, scope and roadmap of projects involving Apple Care Finance.
2. Closely engage with regional and global AC Finance teams to comprehend finance business requirements and effectively translate them into technical requirements for IS&T.
3. Leverage finance, business and system knowledge and expertise to drive business process improvements between disparate processes and functions.
4. Understand diverse needs across regional stakeholders and negotiate solutions that meet overall business needs with global standardization and prioritization.
5. Generate and vet possible solutions; build, test, and refine models.
6. Perform thorough user acceptance testing to ensure the projects meet all Finance requirements before any system changes are implemented.
7. Screen production support issues acting as Level 1 support for AC Finance team and working with IS&T support org to resolve the issues.
8. Ensure business teams and partners are prepared for system and process changes, including training plans for knowledge transfer to sustaining teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with systems implementations and software development life cycle.
• Proven track record of completing ambitious projects, working closely with cross-functional teams and managing multiple priorities.
• Technologically curious.
• Possess a strong process re-engineering aptitude.

Preferred Qualifications

• See beyond the current state, identify risks/opportunities and drive project teams toward the desired outcomes.
• Ability to simplify sophisticated problems and issues in an easy to understand manner.
• Sharp attention to detail yet, understand the big picture.
• Skilled at meeting tight deadlines.
• Think globally and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Possess strong decision-making, problem solving and prioritization skills.
• Ability to work comfortably with high level of ambiguity and complexity.
• Service, support, warranty contract, and/or supply chain experience preferred.