Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Planning and Reporting team supports the business by providing information that will enable the financial decisions, by promoting transparency in the actuals reporting and increasing the accuracy in the Planning activities, such as forecast and budgeting.
Key Responsibilities:
Drive budgeting, forecasting and cost monitoring processes ensuring data quality and integrity across various systems and tools
Support the each business partner within the assigned Supply Chain Management area of responsibility
Manage small sized projects and/or actively participate in projects;
Proactively and with critial thinking assess if the current processes and assumptions are updated and/or suggest and implement new ways of doing;
Work to achieve objectives and deliver results with a short-term, operational focus as part of the department targets
Implement and promote adequate and aligned communication packages to present results
Ensure smooth operation of day to day business by taking on ownership on assigned responsabilities;
Create variances analyzes (standards vs real costs) to identify the source of deviations and find business explainations for it
Execute standardized reporting and ad-hoc analysis with insights to support the business;
Manage cost centers and support cost center managers in all financial tasks (e. g. cost recharges, cost allocations etc.)
Key Relationships:
GBS Controlling Team and Finance teams
adidas Finance Team
adidas senior management team
adidas Supply Chain Market Controllers
Accounting
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
:
Strong financial acumen
Solid experience with SAP
Knowledge on Freight or Customs areas
Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
Ability to pay close attention to detail
Solid interpersonal skills combined with a high degree of customer orientation; can navigate easily within complex organizations, connect with a variety functions, audiences, management styles, or cultures.
Strong problem solving and analytical skills
Highly results driven and self-motivated team player with compassion, integrity, trust and perseverance.
Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious
Availability to travel for periods of 3 to 4 weeks
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
University degree in Commerce/Business Administration/Finance/ Controlling or similar.
5 plus years relevant work experience in the accounting / business area
Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function