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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Ensure the purposeful, controlled and efficient use of financial resources by providing dedicated financial planning & analysis support within market Europe, with focus on Cos of Sales Standard and Variances. Provide value adding analyses and insights to the management team, to country clusters and to the adidas Group. Support on projects to drive market profitability.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Contribute to the integrity of financial planning processes (forecast, budget, IBP, SBP) along with adidas Group processes & targets
2. Participate in projects to drive Europe profitability targets and support proper communication with all relevant stakeholders
3. Provide ongoing support to Finance Leadership Europe, Europe Senior Leadership Team and business partner with other stakeholders e.g. demand planning, business development, HR, depending on defined processes and projects
4. Support on alignment of targets and shifts between HQ, regions and sales channels and contribute to the financial target setting between adidas Group and market
5. Implement standardized financial reporting and controlling processes & tools with ongoing drive for improvement & simplification and focus on cross- and inter-functional (finance-to-finance) efficiency
6. Deliver information packages and commenting to create insights into Europe financial performance, e.g. presentations to Europe SLT, actual comments to Global Finance, etc.
7. Support on ad-hoc requests towards Europe finance
8. Conduct quality control and implementation of latest developments regarding monthly, quarterly and annual closing and planning activities to be compliant with internal and external rules and regulations
9. Contribute to the further standardization and harmonization of financial processes across Europe finance in alignment with Global standards
Key Relationships:
Global: Group Finance (Market Finance, Corporate Planning & Reporting, Group Functions Finance, Group Accounting, Global FSS, Group Treasury),
Market: FP&A teams, Demand Planning, Business Development, HR
Country Clusters: Finance Directors, FP&A teams
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
10. Demonstrated analytical and financial modeling skills, comfortable with Finance and Accounting principles and good financial statement analysis ability
11. Very good communication skills and customer orientation
12. Acting in a goal-oriented manner, prioritize and complete tasks in order of importance and urgency
13. Thinks beyond the obvious and does not stop at the first answer
14. Advanced in MS-Office and financial systems (Grape, BI, SAP)
15. Fluent in English
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
16. University degree in business administration with a focus on Finance / Controlling
17. 2-4 years’ experience in financial planning and analysis