Sr. Business Planning Functional Analyst, IT Governance & Planning, IS&T

Apple, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale seeks a Senior Business Planning Functional Analyst to connect cost, workforce, and investment planning into a unified view within Information Systems & Technology.

You will lead cross-functional work with Finance, Engineering, Procurement, and IT Operations to shape cost models, TCO, and portfolio planning, while mentoring analysts and driving enterprise-wide planning capabilities. This role blends consulting rigor with hands-on analytics to influence strategic

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience across business analysis, financial planning, product management, management consulting, or enterprise architecture
• Track record of independently leading complex, cross-functional problems to resolution, with measurable results
• Experience building cost allocation, TCO, or investment models that leaders used to make funding decisions, including budgeting, forecasting, OPEX, and CAPEX
• Experience independently analyzing and reconciling data from multiple systems to explain discrepancies and support decisions
• Experience defining product roadmaps and priorities for enterprise systems or…

Responsibilities

• Drive key areas of the product roadmap for the Business Planning application suite, tying each investment to measurable business outcomes
• Lead discovery with Finance, Engineering, Procurement, and IT Operations leaders to find the shared problems behind competing requests
• Design the cost, workforce, and portfolio models that connect TCO, labor capacity, and investment planning into a unified view
• Shape the taxonomies, hierarchies, and data definitions that let costs and projects roll up consistently across organizations
• Direct root-cause investigations into complex financial and procurement discrepancies, from SOWs and purchase orders through receipts and invoices
• Lead workstreams within platform evaluations and transitions as tools and business needs evolve
• Present analysis and recommendations to executives, turning financial and technical complexity into clear decisions
• Mentor analysts, review their work, and set standards for analysis and documentation

Skills

Business analysis

Financial planning

Product management

Management consulting

Enterprise architecture

Job description

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple's Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It's Apple's central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless.Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.

Business Operations, Employee Engagement, and Strategy is part of IS&T and shapes the strategy, operations, and culture of IS&T. The team oversees business planning, IS&T's partnership strategy across Apple, and the technology tools that support the organization's day-to-day operations. This team also leads IS&T's enterprise generative AI strategy and manages compliance across systems. Through its communications and employee programs, it champions the growth, inclusion, and development of everyone in IS&T and drives the standard for IS&T brand and product communications across Apple.

Description

Within Information Systems & Technology (IS&T), our team is responsible for the enterprise planning capabilities that guide how Apple invests in technology, spanning portfolio management, financial planning, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), workforce capacity, and procurement. Leaders depend on these products to see where money and people are going, what technology really costs, and whether investments match strategic priorities. As a Senior Business Planning Functional Analyst, you'll help connect these disciplines into one coherent planning model, drive key areas of our product roadmap, and mentor analysts across the U.S. and India.

We're seeking a senior professional who blends the strengths of a management consultant, financial analyst, and enterprise product manager. You'll lead major product areas across our business planning suite and help shape how cost, workforce capacity, projects, and services fit together to inform investment decisions. You move easily between executive conversations and detailed analysis, challenge assumptions constructively, and focus on building lasting capabilities rather than one-off fixes. Others will look to you to set direction on complex problems, raise the standard for analytical rigor, and help the team learn new domains quickly.

Responsibilities

• Drive key areas of the product roadmap for the Business Planning application suite, tying each investment to measurable business outcomes
• Lead discovery with Finance, Engineering, Procurement, and IT Operations leaders to find the shared problems behind competing requests
• Design the cost, workforce, and portfolio models that connect TCO, labor capacity, and investment planning into a unified view
• Shape the taxonomies, hierarchies, and data definitions that let costs and projects roll up consistently across organizations
• Direct root-cause investigations into complex financial and procurement discrepancies, from SOWs and purchase orders through receipts and invoices
• Lead workstreams within platform evaluations and transitions as tools and business needs evolve
• Present analysis and recommendations to executives, turning financial and technical complexity into clear decisions
• Mentor analysts, review their work, and set standards for analysis and documentation

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience across business analysis, financial planning, product management, management consulting, or enterprise architecture
• Track record of independently leading complex, cross-functional problems to resolution, with measurable results
• Experience building cost allocation, TCO, or investment models that leaders used to make funding decisions, including budgeting, forecasting, OPEX, and CAPEX
• Experience independently analyzing and reconciling data from multiple systems to explain discrepancies and support decisions
• Experience defining product roadmaps and priorities for enterprise systems or…

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading work in two or more of the following: portfolio management, TCO and technology cost allocation, workforce planning, procurement, or enterprise hierarchy management
• Background in management consulting, FP&A, IT financial management, enterprise product management, or enterprise architecture
• Experience leading enterprise system implementations or migrations, including ERP, portfolio management, or IT