Finance Manager eCommerce Europe (Sales & Margin)

adidas

Full-time - Mid Level

Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Finance Manager will play a crucial role in the eCommerce Europe Performance Management team, focusing on Sales & Margin. This position is responsible for providing comprehensive financial support, enhancing transparency in business performance, and partnering with various stakeholders to drive profitable growth. The role involves managing financial forecasts, month-end closing processes, and developing key performance indicators to support strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end financial forecast process for Sales & Margin.
• Collaborate with business partners across channels during IBP bottom-up planning.
• Perform Sales & Margin month-end closing according to group policies and guidelines.
• Create transparency about business performance and identify risks and opportunities.
• Contribute to communication packages that transparently present results.
• Develop and monitor KPIs for ad hoc, short- and long-term planning.
• Identify key issues & opportunities, drawing conclusions, and providing solid recommendations and solutions.
• Show initiative to creatively approach new subjects and pro-actively drive & analyze related business processes.
• Ensure smooth operation of the day-to-day business by taking ownership for related actions.
• Provide finance support and partner with business partners on an ad-hoc basis for business cases.
• Identify opportunities to design and build tools and dashboards to improve day-to-day processes.
• Team-up with GBS colleagues to define sustainable processes and support with handovers.

Requirements

• At least 3 years professional experience in finance or a related field.
• University degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Controlling.
• Professional accounting designation is a plus.
• Experience in Sales & Margin controlling is seen as a plus.
• Strong analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources.
• Result driven, pro-active, and a strong sense of ownership.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to information requests from different stakeholders.
• Very good communication skills to convince others.
• Independent thinker with the ability to challenge others.
• Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with a wide range of Finance & business colleagues.
• Advanced MS Office skills, especially MS Excel is a must.
• Business fluency in English (written and spoken).