This individual will lead a team of finance professionals to develop strong business partnerships across Apple to maintain compliance with Apple Finance policies, generally accepted accounting principles and local regulatory requirements throughout the end-to-end financial and tax reporting process. The candidate will navigate the broader organization and collaborate with various functions within the region and across the global R2R organization.

COMPLIANCE
– Lead accounting activities including the month-, quarter- and year-end close to ensure timely and accurate compliance with Apple policies, US GAAP and local GAAP requirements.
– Ensure attainment of service level agreements and make improvements to address any exceptions identified.
– Lead statutory filings and tax filings process to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations and dead-lines.
– Maintain compliance with SOX and internal controls governing assigned areas.
– Collaborate with external auditors and take ownership for achieving sign-off on accounts for the annual statutory audit.

PROJECTS AND BUSINESS EXPANSION
– Drive and/or participate in business transition and expansion projects.
– Make recommendations to support new business models or changes to existing business models in the region.
– Design scalable and repeatable processes to support new business expansion in China.
– Find opportunities for stream-lining and standardizing process and implement solutions to get results.

TALENT
– Supervise, train and develop team members to ensure the team is performing at a high level and build opportunities for development and advancement within the team.
– Work closely with team members and other functional teams in implementing process changes and driving consistency and standardization across the team’s work.