Purpose & Function Description:
At adidas, our Finance function strives to be the reliable partner supporting growth and value creation. Situated
within the Finance team, Corporate Controlling spearheads financial direction and decision-making
through financial analysis and forward-looking strategies. This department encompasses.
strategic controlling, corporate planning & performance management, integrated business & demand planning,
sales finance, brand/marketing finance, as well as global cost management and group functions finance.
Joining our team means playing a vital role in executing the company’s strategy, ensuring the realization of our
profitability growth target and attaining our precision in financial forecasting objectives.
We are actively seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Finance and Data Analyst to become an integral part of
our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will spearhead the utilization of financial data to drive strategic insights,
furnish actionable recommendations, and actively contribute to the company's financial decision-making process.
Your tasks and key responsibilities:
1. Apply design and programming expertise alongside financial and analytical skills to maintain and evolve financial dashboards and processes.
2. Collaborate on data lake house repository management and ETL (extract, transform, load) processes.
3. Utilize visualization tools, especially 'Power BI' to combine and present data effectively.
4. Merge analytical outputs with reporting functionalities to drive impactful insights.
5. Analyze financial data, identifying trends and patterns to identify opportunities for cost savings and revenue optimization.
6. Engage with cross-functional teams to collect, interpret, and present data-powered recommendations for business strategies and financial planning.
7. Identify and support implementing process enhancements and automation to streamline financial analyses and reporting.
8. Lead small projects or actively contribute to larger projects, implementing outcomes and ensuring sustained success.
9. Develop and implement analytic tools and dashboards leveraging the latest technology.
10. Enable and support Group OOH consolidation (HQ Functions OOH and Market OOH) through reporting, visualization, and dashboarding.
11. Support driving Group FTE&PEX tracking, monitoring, and steering using reporting solutions.
12. Act as a stakeholder in HQ Finance processes, ensuring data access and improving reporting/visualization efficiency through continuous improvement initiatives.
13. Support the digitalization of financial processes using analytical tools, programming languages, and natural language processing.
14. Leads a highly motivated colleague and provides the platform personal development.
Key Relationships:
15. Corporate Controlling teams
16. Stakeholders of cross-functional teams & projects (e.g., HR, FP&A etc) (up to senior leadership)
17. VP HQ Finance and Value Creation Management
18. GBS
19. Corporate Taxes
20. (Group) Accounting
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
21. Very good comprehension of finance, its processes, and structures.
22. Data analyst skills (i.e., data mapping and critical pressure testing – data cleaning; exploration and statistical analysis and trend visualization (operationalized via dashboards).
23. Good understanding of needs of teams and leadership supporting to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the daily processes.
24. Solid communication and influential abilities.
25. Strong in articulating clear and concise information and recommendations to senior management-level business partners.
26. Adaptability in navigating consistently challenging environments.
27. Ability to work in cross-functional teams and project set-ups; intellectual curiosity and interest in understanding external business drivers and business environment dynamics.
28. Desired experience in Project Management.
29. Fluent in English (both written and spoken).
30. Good analytical skills coupled with the ability to critically question status quo and think strategically.
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
31. University/bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, data engineering or related fields
32. Very good knowledge of MS Office products especially Excel (incl. VBA desired) and PowerPoint
33. Very good knowledge of Power BI, Power Automate,Power Query, Power Apps
34. Basic experience with SQL
35. Deep knowledge of SAP (must have) + SAP S4/Hana (desired)
36. Python/Natural Language processing or UI-Path is a plus.
37. 5 years of work experience in Finance and/or Data Analytics