Cloud Infrastructure Financial and Strategic Lead

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. 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 known for its ambitious lineup of products, including Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and Apple services. At Apple, you'll share in a dedication to excellence by partnering with extraordinary managers and co- workers, all with one unified vision — creating innovative products that delight customers. Finance is about "fueling innovation." We do this by hiring quality individuals with integrity, personal accountability, collaboration, excellence, and proactive thinking. ## Description We are searching for a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Financial Analyst to join the Infrastructure Finance team. You will partner with our infrastructure teams to establish and manage internal cost metrics and develop comparative models across AWS, GCP, and Alibaba Cloud. This role demands a strong analytical mindset paired with deep cross-functional partnership across the organization. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, well-versed in multi-cloud environments, driven, and team-oriented. You will be the financial domain expert for Apple's third-party cloud (3PC) infrastructure, leading day-to-day operations while partnering across Procurement, Engineering, Corporate Accounting, and other stakeholders to align on cost, capacity, and commercial strategy . Bring that expertise to the table when building comparative cost-and-capability models across cloud providers that inform sourcing decisions and influence infrastructure investment. Partner with engineering teams to drive efficiency through process improvement, automation, and new tooling. Own the cloud vendor relationship, pushing for better cost, usage, and commitment data that improves the accuracy of cost reporting and invoicing. ## Responsibilities Financial analyst support for Apple Infrastructure allocations, Quarterly JV preparation and support of various business partners through a variety of financial planning & analysis tasks. Collaborate, consolidate and analyze operating/ financial results across our extended team of financial analysts. Summarize key drivers and communicate change to IS&T, Finance leadership, and other key stakeholders across the entire company. Continue development of key processes, tools and analytics supporting the annual plan, forecast cycles and quarterly close. Understand key business drivers affecting the above processes and anticipate effects on our processes, deliverables and end results as drivers change. ## Minimum qualifications 7+ years of Finance or Business experience in a fast-paced environment; FP&A, Corporate Finance, or Engineering Technical proficiency with advanced financial modeling tools and scripting languages (SQL, Python, Excel) Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or another quantitative field Technical or business background in cloud technologies, with hands-on cloud cost management experience in a large scale enterprise multi-cloud environment Ability to travel 10% ## Preferred qualifications Strong understanding of cloud pricing, cost structures, and billing models Experience owning a multi-cloud cost management strategy , cost allocation, forecasting, budgeting, spend tracking, and variance analysis Experience establishing cloud cost governance across subscriptions/accounts/projects, resource groups, environments, products, teams, and customer segments Strong relationship building, business judgment, and process management Strong presentation and communication skills