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Company:  Adidas
Industry:  Retail / Merchandising
Sports
Accounting / Finance
Job Type:  Full Time
Country:  United Arab Emirates
State/Province:  Any
City:  Dubai
04/29/2024 08:11 PM
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

As a key member of the team this position is pivotal in controlling and managing Hub cost base Budget (>EUR50m) and enabling cost base optimization across EM.

Key Responsibilities :

  • Act as a trusted cost base controller for EM Functional leads.
  • Ownership of monthly forecast and budgeting process for Hub OOH working closely with market functional leads.
  • Work in partnership with HR to jointly own the PEX/FTE forecasting process.
  • Business partner for EM functional leads.
  • Develop transparent reporting to track progress with business partners.
  • Be proactive in influencing Cluster FD's and FP&A teams to optimize cost base development within market.
  • Identify significant improvement potential through variance analysis, derive solutions and facilitate related decisions.
  • Identify risks and opportunities and derive recommended action steps.
  • Other ad hoc tasks and projects as required.


KPI's:

  • Clear delivery of annual Budget and monthly Forecasting process.
  • Proactivity in optimizing cost base development/


Key Relationships:

  • Senior Director Financial Planning & Analysis, EM
  • VP Finance, EM
  • VP Brand, EM
  • VP Commercial, VP eCom
  • Hub FP&A team
  • Cluster Finance Director & FP&A teams


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from senior business leaders and cross functional stakeholders.
  • Comprehensive business understanding of processes and structure.
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with other members of senior leadership team at Market and Global level.
  • Ability to think and act strategically and develop operational plans.
  • Excellent analytical (managing large data quantities from multiple sources), written, oral, organizational, and presentation skills for persuasion and convincing business partners and senior management.
  • Ability to operate cross-functionally in a consistently changing environment and understanding of external business drivers.


Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

  • Advanced degree or qualification in Finance/ Controlling, Economics or Accounting (CA, CPA or CIMA membership or similar accounting Body).
  • Advanced MS-Office knowledge
  • Familiarity with SAP, SAC, Power BI, CFIN and other relevant adidas and industry Finance systems/analytical software a major plus.
  • 5 years of experience in Controlling or Business Analysis
  • Broad and deep knowledge of OOH & Margin Controlling
  • Exposure: analytical skills, figures
  • Industry experience: ideally in apparel/fashion/consumer goods or FMCG
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