Key Accountabilities:
- Act as the primary Finance Partner for Category Leadership and support strategic decision making by leading financial forecasting, reporting and analysis processes via a product first approach.
- Provides strategic and action-oriented financial guidance and analysis on business plans, targets and controls to support effective decision-making and the achievement of sales and profitability targets.
- Support the build and maintenance of long-range strategic financial plans, monthly Category IBP forecasts (Volume, Sales & Margin) and Seasonal Product Margin planning.
- Ensures financial but also non-financial managers are provided top notch and highly accurate data and insights to drive actionable business decisions.
- Develop tools and analysis to support ad-hoc requests from Category Management teams.
- Develop and implement creative process improvements and best-known practices while simplifying current financial management processes.
- Identify and analyze business risks and opportunities to determine impact on financial results, including post-mortems on outcomes.
- Lead and participate in cross functional projects as required.
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Knowledge Skills and Abilities: - Demonstrated analytical skills, comfort with Finance and/or Accounting principles and good understanding and experience with retail math and retail financial drivers.
- Proven ability to operate cross functionally, join data from various sources and develop creative and innovative solutions within an entrepreneurial environment.
- Strong prioritization skills and the ability to accomplish assignments simultaneously under tight timelines.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from senior executives, stakeholders, cross functional business leaders, peers, clients, and customers.
- Advanced skills in Excel (Power Query/Power Pivot), SQL, PowerPoint, Power BI, SPS, Circana.
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Qualifications(Minimum required education and experience): - University degree in Finance, Accounting or Business
- Five to seven years experience in business or financial analysis or planning
- Industry specific experience preferred
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint & Teams skills required
- Relevant Experience with PowerBI, SQL, PowerQuery, PowerPivot, Power Automate, Alteryx, SAC and other relevant adidas and industry Finance systems/analytical software a major plus
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