Finance Business Partner – Distribution RTM

Apple; Dubai; On-site; AED 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Finance Business Partner – Distribution RTM to join the Sales Finance team. You will build deep understanding of the business, support high growth markets, and help drive decision making and performance.

You will lead target setting, partner account planning, demand generation, and cross-functional projects, ensuring controls and compliance and strong external relationships with channel partners.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Proficient in spoken and written English, with accomplished presentation skills.
• Ability to understand, evaluate and apply different business models to the right environment.
• Analytical with outstanding Finance grounding and understanding.
• Degree level education.

Responsibilities

• Target setting, partner account planning, demand generation and other channel development and investment activities.
• Build a deep understanding of all aspects of the business and drive operational execution.
• Support high growth markets and regional growth initiatives and ensure the Apple playbook is adopted.

Skills

Excellent communication

Influencing skills

Proficient English (spoken and written

Presentation skills

Business model analysis

Analytical finance grounding

Degree level education

Education

Degree level education

Accountancy qualification preferred

Job description

Finance Business Partner – Distribution RTM

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 12 locational 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. Success in this role will be defined by supporting high quality decision making with a view to improving performance and maximising return. You will also be key in developing and monitoring the strategic initiatives that will drive growth across all channel routes to market.

Description

To be successful, you will build a deep understanding of all aspects of the business, developing both the critical goals as well as driving the operational execution. This role presents a unique opportunity to work with a variety of high growth markets which are a key part of the future growth of the business. A successful candidate will support the business in finding solutions to the unique challenges that are faced in the region whilst also supporting sales teams in ensuring the Apple playbook is adopted. Core tasks will cover areas such as target setting, partner account planning, demand generation and other channel development and investment activities. Great communication is essential to challenge and enable your key business partners; articulate findings from financial analysis; to build and maintain external relationships with channel partners; and to support cross-functional projects. A high degree of integrity and attention to detail will be essential for insight based decision‑making and ensuring robust controls and compliance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Proficient in spoken and written English, with accomplished presentation skills.
• Ability to understand, evaluate and apply different business models to the right environment.
• Analytical with outstanding Finance grounding and understanding.
• Degree level education

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of value creation, leading change and performance improvement.
• Innovative team based player, with forward‑thinking approach.
• Accountancy qualification preferred.