Jason Beheshti

Senior Manager, Procurement FP&A @ Apple

About

Active CPA with experience in corporate and start up-environments focusing on: product development costs and ROI, procurement FP&A, commodity and component cost reporting, capital investing, financial close, technical accounting, corporate finance administration, annual P&L and product budgeting & forecasting, equity fundraising & incentive plan implementation, financial analyses, SAP implementation/enhancements, financial audits and benefit (DOL) related audits and administration. Specialties: Supply Chain and Procurement Financials, SEC/PCOAB audits, SAP/Oracle, Aviation industry flight and maintenance systems, equity management systems, Streaming Media Accounting. Advanced Photography/Imaging: Adobe Photoshop/Acrobat

Country

United States

City

Cupertino

Industry

Accounting

Skill

SAP, Audit, Financial Analysis, Financial Reporting, Corporate Finance, Auditing, Management, Accounting, Budget Forecasts, Process Improvement, Revenue Recognition, General Ledger, GAAP, Accounts Payable, Budgets, Finance, Forecasting, QuickBooks, Cash Flow, Payroll

Experience

Senior Manager, Procurement FP&A

Apple

2024-4 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

FP&A focus on Procurement, including the following key areas: - P&L Forecasts of commodity markets and key product components. Including quarter by quarter analyses of commercial deals, inventory trends and related impact on the P&L. - Executive updates on a recurring basis. - Coordination of Quarter Close for all purchase price variances and accruals. - Development and provision of key management dashboards (incl. Tableau) - Management of systems associated with financial reserves; covering numerous areas across the business. Management of Finance Team that reports all geographic Company spend for internal/external needs. Systems/Technology: SAP, Web/PHP (development and management of new tools), Filemaker, Tableau and other management reporting tools.

Senior Manager, Manufacturing Finance

Apple

2019-1 - 2024-3 · 5 yrs 3 mos

Led team focused on: - Manufacturing ramp and quality investments, inventory accounting, inventory loss due to excess/quality mitigation. - Product development (cost, profitability, ROI) - initiatives with cross functional partners to manage and mitigate loss. - Commercial deals related to supply chain recoveries. - Reverse Supply Chain. - Quarter-end needs regional and cross-functional projects for finance process improvements and supplier reliability and commercial concerns.

Senior Manager, Capital Investments (Operations)

Apple

2015-7 - 2018-12 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Led team focused on: - Capital budgeting for all manufacturing needs; including short-term and long-term assets + ongoing related expenditures. - Forecast and Quarter Close related responsibilities for all assets (including capitalization, depreciation policies + asset tracking). - Partnering with Operations counterparts to ensure proper assessment of ROI and utilization for capital requests. - Execute executive review and approval of all budgets. - Development of related tools that were both business partner and finance team facing.

Operations Finance Manager

Apple

2011-7 - 2015-6 · 4 yrs

Cupertino

Assistant Controller

XOJET Aviation

2009 - 2011-7 · 2 yrs

- Financial Close and Reporting - System Implementation (SAP) - Team hiring/development - Equity Management, including: funding, compensation, restructuring - Debt Administration and Financing transactions - G&A Accounting Matters: A/P, G/L, A/R, Payroll - Board of Director updates

Director, Corporate Accounting

XOJET Aviation

2007 - 2009 · 2 yrs

Sr. Assoc

KPMG US

2003 - 2007 · 4 yrs

Led teams driving external audits of: Netflix, Inc. (primary client for 2+ years) Verity, Inc. Aspect Communications Netsuite IPO Various smaller clients Also led firm-wide project management tool implementation