Adidas

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

The Financial Analyst (FP&A) would provide support in financial planning, analysis. As a key member of the team this position is pivotal in controlling and managing Hub cost base and enabling cost base optimization across Emerging Markets (EM). This role will provide support to the EM team in planning, analysis, and reporting, specialising in Operating Overheads (OOH).

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted cost base controller for EM
• Support and execute standardized monthly and ad-hoc financial reporting / process and partner with business and Senior Management for enabling fact-based decision making.
• Support in development and implementation of standardized business controlling processes & tools with ongoing drive for improvements & simplifications.
• Actively promote use of global OWM reports within EM, partnering closely with HR and OWM to ensure single version of truth and jointly own the PEX/FTE forecasting process.
• Assist in the forecast and budget setting process for EM in close alignment with clusters, taking into account Global expectations, providing analysis and scenario planning.
• Deep dive analysis at GL and Cost Center level on OOH to monitor and understand actual financials using SAP and SAC.
• Identify risks and opportunities and derive recommended action steps.
• Assume back up roles to cover colleagues.
• To review TCOE assumptions with Rewards and countries controllers.
• To translate Global TECH investment to Markets. Challenge and review key allocation metrics and methodology.
• Other adhoc tasks and projects as required

KPI’s:

• On time submission of Management Reports (update, commentary and analysis).
• Accuracy of actual reporting and forecasts validation.
• Validation of budget inputs based on actual and forecast reporting.
• Meet reporting deadlines.

Key Relationships:

• Senior Manager Financial Planning & Analysis, EM
• VP Finance, EM
• Senior Director Financial Planning & Analysis, EM
• Director Financial Planning & Analysis, EM
• Hub FP&A team
• Cluster Finance Controllers

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• High Attention to detail
• Business understanding of processes and structure.
• Analytical and financial modeling skills, comfort with Finance and Accounting principles and good financial statement analysis ability.
• Independent handling of a variety of tasks with different levels of complexity by developing effective plans and organizing work efficiently.
• Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with EM markets, senior management and Global HQ.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Result orientation and pro-activity.
• Ability to accept and meet deadlines.
• Ability to maneuver in consistently changing environment.
• Good analytics and presentation skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources (SAP, Excel, BI).
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree or qualification in Finance/Controlling, Economics, Business or Accounting.
• Experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Advanced System expertise in Microsoft office (Excel and PowerPoint).
• SAP, SAC, Power Bi or other relevant industry Finance systems/analytical software experience is an advantage.
• 2-4 years of experience in the same or similar field.
• Solid accounting skills and experience.
• Industry experience: ideally in retail/apparel/fashion/consumer goods.