Adidas DIRECTOR FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS FINANCE 

United Kingdom, England 

18767711

Key Responsibilities:

Focus

• Across all brands & channels
• Financials (P/L, B/S), return on investment and profit maximization

///Providing insight

• Lead evolving data & reporting foundation beyond finance function to provide measurement and insight for better decision making
• Provide solutions and strategies for difficult and complex problems requiring extensive judgement and initiative with a holistic view
• Collaborate with Global & other Markets Finance Teams and provide necessary information
• Prepare financial documents for legal requirement and internal control and confirm VP Finance approval

Planning / Controlling

• Lead process and develop financial plans and Target KPIs cooperating with business partners
• Ensure consistency between plans and strategies (company strategy / budget /ambiton / forecast)
• Lead the FP&A team and drive continuous process improvement internally and with the business partners to improve forecasting accuracy and achieve the targets
• Monitor and review ROI of MaEx/ OOH / CAPEX
• Create processess and KPIs for tracking channel performance
• Ensure compliance with relevant Finance policies
• Review Retail BPMs, new accounts plans, accounts, ecom and marketplace peformance
• Accurately read and project combination of financial and non-financial KPIs to support the forecast by identifying risks and opportunities by channel and category

Brand Finance

• Work with the BUs on category ambition plans and collaborate with Demand Planning on channel/Brand aligmenet to ensure one goal for the commercial teams
• Establish and Maintain Key Franchise plans in close collaboration with the BU leads

Team Management

• Determine own and team's strategic priorities and set assignments
• Set clear target for team members and be accountable for performance and salary reviews
• Develop the team
• Review the organization structure to optimize the teams performance to address changes in the company/business when needed

Key Relationships:

• /KoreaManagement Team and their direct reports
• Finance Teams in Global/ Other Market/Other Cluster/Other Country Finance

:

• Passion for sport
• 3Cs mind (Creativity, Collaboration, Confidence)
• Pro-active, collaborative and positive attitude even in changing environments
• Ability to think strategically but also focus on detail and understand how it fits into the bigger picture
• Strong leadership to drive business change using fact-based approach
• Have foresight in business environment and mind of creating the new
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with senior exectives and to drive consensus between multiple cross-functional stakeholders not only locally but globally
• Deep insight and driving force for problem solving
• Ability to manage, align, motivate, coach and develop direct and indirect reports
• Leadership in team management including organization set up
• Fluent in English (spoken & written)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University graduate
• Minimum 10years work experience
• Minimum 6-8 years finance and/or demand planning experience
• Preferable experience in the sport or clothing industry
• Experience successfully leading, managing and developing a team