Associate Gbs Ap jobs at Adidas in South Africa, Johannesburg

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for monitoring and harmonizing the existing VAT logic in SAP and other VAT relevant systems globally
• Perform the implementation of VAT settings for new countries in SAP and other VAT relevant systems
• Responsible for executing the system updates according to the strategies and policies in place, as well as in line with indirect tax changes globally
• Ensure the maintenance of the VAT relevant data in EDI links and tax coded globally.
• Responsible to analyze the VAT systems implications of projects and decide on a correct VAT treatment and system implementation
• Accountable to analyze and resolve (with IT) blocked and erroneous postings, invoice layout queries and other VAT related errors
• Provide indirect tax and systems trainings to other departments when needed, as well as SAP indirect tax logic trainings to new countries
• Responsible for suggesting process improvements, and suggest new working processes within systems area to ensure efficiency and excellence, as well as support their implementation
• Ensure that the new tax codes are added to DART extraction for VAT compliance globally.
• Responsible for maintaining files and documentation up to date and accurate, of supply chains, VAT treatments and the corresponding system handling

Key Relationships

• GBS organization
• Project managers
• Finance Hubs in all finance markets
• Global Tax Tech
• Corporate Tax

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience in working with VAT within European countries (other markets will be a plus)
• Solid knowledge in SAP settings maintenance on VAT tables will be a plus
• Profficiency in MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Advanced knowledge in MS Excel
• Experience in shared service center environment is a plus
• Strong customer focus and stakeholder management skills to interact with business partners
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a multi-team environment to achieve consensous decisions, always having adidas consistent growth in mind
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work autonomously and with tight deadlines
• Critical thinking mindset
• Availability to travel for periods of 1 to 4 weeks

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics, finance, tax, legal or other related areas
• At least 3-5 years of progressive work experience in the area

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure a timely collection of receivables by working closely with the customer and internal stakeholders and solve any causes of non-payment.
• Ensure that all payments are received are allocated accurately and timely without any errors
• Follow-up in case of discrepancies and ensure they are handled within a reasonable time frame.
• Manage customer relationship, which includes problem resolution and root cause analysis.
• Assess and review the credit risk on the customer on regular basis to mitigate risk for adidas according to credit policy.
• Perform review, analysis and proposal of release on credit block deliveries.
• Provide insight in the development of the accounts receivable position of the customer to the Credit & Collections leadership team and Sales / Finance stakeholders.
• Track disputes, forward to the right department for their solution and follow-up until their closing.
• Identify the improvement opportunities and support their implementation.
• Ensure desktop procedures are updated in line with standards and policies

Key Relationships:

• Cash Application
• Customer Primary Data
• Account and Sales Operations
• Sales
• Market Finance

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Good Finance Acumen
• Experience with SAP and Excel
• Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English and Italian in a business environment setting
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• High degree of customer orientation
• Good Problem solving and analytical skills
• Self-motivated and self-directed individual
• Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Accounting, Business Administration or similar field
• 2 plus years relevant work experience in accounting / corporate finance area
• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure a timely collection of open receivables balance by working closely with the customer, internal stakeholders and solve any causes of non-payments.
• Ensure that all payments are received are allocated accurately and timely without any errors
• Follow-up in case of discrepancies and ensure they are handled within a reasonable time frame.
• Be accountable and demonstrate ownership, being able to manage escalations towards management, proposing proactive feedback summary and recommended solutions in alignment with the department policy.
• Be able to back-up the Team Leader solving operational complex situations, and to guide, provide training and support to other team members by applying streamlined approaches.
• Lead short-term defined scope projects or support larger projects within finance operations also processing periodic reviews to identify, assess and take action to mitigate risks to project success.
• Manage customer relationship, which includes problem resolution and root cause analysis
• Assess and review the credit risk on the customer on regular basis to mitigate risk for adidas according to credit policy
• Perform review, analysis and proposal of release on credit block deliveries.
• Provide insight in the development of the accounts receivable position of the customer to the Credit & Collections leadership team and Sales / Finance stakeholders.
• Act as the point of contact for the process related issues and support on escalations
• Track disputes, forward to the right department for their solution and follow-up until their closing.
• Identify the improvement opportunities and support their implementation
• Provide insight into the calculation of the required provision for uncollectable balances.
• Support requests from internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain strong financial controls over the work performed.
• Ensure desktop procedures are updated in line with standards and policies.

Key Relationships:

• Cash Application
• Customer Primary Data
• Account and Sales Operations
• Sales
• Market Finance

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong Finance Acumen
• Solid experience with SAP and Excel
• Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English and Italian in a business environment setting.
• Ability to pay close attention to detail
• Solid interpersonal skills combined with a high degree of customer orientation
• Ability to 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.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Accounting, Business Administration or similar field
• 5 plus years relevant work experience in the accounting / corporate finance area
• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function

PURPOSE & IMPACT ON ORGANIZATION: You contribute to the store sales and adidas profit targets by: - Passionately inspiring and serving and selling to our consumers - Diligently executing store operations - Contributing to a culture of consumer centricity within the store KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Actively connect and engage with consumers entering the store - Be aware of store KPI's (key performance indicators) and contribute to store sales - Responsible for improving the consumer experience by executing the CONNECT-ENGAGE-INSPIRE service standards - Be a Brand advocate, consistently exhibiting our 6 Values - Use seasonal product and Brand knowledge effectively during consumer interactions - Communicate product features and benefits, and unique selling points clearly to address consumer needs - Connect our Consumers to relevant digital & omnichannel tools to provide a seamless shopping experience - Be aware of all omnichannel related sales tools - Guide our Consumers through the digital touchpoints in the store - Process merchandise deliveries quickly and effectively, and constantly replenish merchandising fixtures to ensure the store’s entire product offer is represented on the sales floor - Complete sales transactions quickly and accurately while adhering to cash protection procedures - Uses selling expertise to maximize opportunities at the cash desk to create add-on sales and build customer loyalty - Minimize loss in the stockroom and the sales floor

Key Responsibilities:

• Align with the local Sales Organization in regard to account specific marketing plans and their execution

• Develop and steer implementation of integrated marketing packages for account specific needs. through brand marketing activities

• Present account marketing plans to all key players internally and externally

• Manage the development of additional account specific sell-in tools (Account Marketing Toolbox) when needed

• Monitor marketing investments and coordinates sales working budget for the sales channels and ensure healthy ROI ratio

• Key contact person for Retail / eCom activation to ensure alignment and best usage of resources

• Support allocation process and efficiency tracking of exclusive range offers

• Coordinate Marketing tasks of space management initiatives

• Balance brand and category message against channel specific requirements

• Ensure brand presence (global footprint) and sell-through at POS by connecting strategic account/channel plans with adidas Brand Marketing objectives

Key Relationships:

• Sr Director Sales
• Key Accounts Director
• SR Manager Brand Comms
• Key Accounts (external)

Requisite Education and Experience:

• Business administration or similar careers degree
• As manager of experts or sr analysts, al least 4 years management experience required
• Fluency in spoken english
• Advanced in Excel/Power Point/Power BI