adidas

posted 7 days ago

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).
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