Financial Analyst, Business Analytics - Korea Sales Finance (1-Year Contract)

Summary

The people here at Apple don't just build products — they craft the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourages 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. Now hiring a bright and motivated individual for a key role in financial support of the Reseller business within Apple Korea. The role would play a key part of a dynamic and agile Sales Finance organization.

Description

Based in Seoul, you will be a key member of the Korea Sales Finance team (12-month contract). This role is not just about crunching numbers; it is about driving business performance by providing deep financial insights and strategic influence. You will act as a bridge between local sales execution and global strategy, ensuring that every investment we make is impactful and aligned with Apple's long-term goals in the Korean market. You will also help modernize how the team works, turning manual reporting into scalable, automated analytics that outlast your contract term.

Responsibilities

Business Insight & Performance: Partner closely with Sales to understand the local market context. Provide insightful analysis on business variability and share these findings with forecasting and sales teams to drive strategic actions.
Investment Strategy & ROI: Collaborate with sales leaders to develop and execute investment strategies, including demand generation, partner margins, and fixture investments. Be accountable for estimating and analyzing ROI.
Data & Automation: Build and maintain analytics that scale — automate recurring reporting with SQL, Tableau, and Python, and turn fragmented data sources into a single trusted view of RTM performance.
Process Enhancement: Partner with Sales Operations and Global Business Solutions on sales incentive calculations, performance reporting, and partner payout — not only ensuring accuracy and integrity, but identifying and re-engineering the manual steps that create risk.
Global Alignment: Build strong relationships with Worldwide Sales Finance (Cupertino) to effectively deploy global strategies, evaluating their fit for the Korean market and advocating Geo-led proposals.
Drive Strategic Initiatives: Manage key finance projects including Worldwide-driven end-to-end process streamlining, coordinating across local and regional stakeholders through to implementation.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or another relevant field.
Experience: 2–3+ years of professional experience in commercial finance, business planning, strategy, or consulting.
Technical Proficiency: Hands-on experience with SQL and a BI tool (Tableau preferred), plus advanced Excel. Comfortable working directly with large datasets rather than relying on pre-built reports.
Analytical Excellence: High level of analytical skills with extreme attention to detail and a proven ability to influence business through numbers.
Problem Solving: Proven ability to navigate ambiguous situations using complex or incomplete data to build robust business models and forecasts.
Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in both English and Korean, with the ability to translate complex quantitative data into a compelling narrative for various stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

Automation & Data Engineering Mindset: Python for data manipulation or automation; experience designing data models or dashboards used by others.
AI Fluency: Practical use of AI/LLM tools to accelerate analysis, documentation, or workflow automation.
Agility: A proactive self-starter who can manage multiple work-streams independently in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.