Adidas SR MANAGER FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AUTOMATION & PI M/F/D 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

544397363

Purpose & Function Description:

through financial analysis and forward-looking strategies. This department encompasses.

sales finance, brand/marketing finance, as well as global cost management and group functions finance.

profitability growth target and attaining our precision in financial forecasting objectives.

Your tasks and key responsibilities:

• Apply design and programming expertise alongside financial and analytical skills to maintain and evolve financial dashboards and processes.
• Collaborate on data lake house repository management and ETL (extract, transform, load) processes.
• Utilize visualization tools, especially 'Power BI' to combine and present data effectively.
• Merge analytical outputs with reporting functionalities to drive impactful insights.
• Analyze financial data, identifying trends and patterns to identify opportunities for cost savings and revenue optimization.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to collect, interpret, and present data-powered recommendations for business strategies and financial planning.
• Identify and support implementing process enhancements and automation to streamline financial analyses and reporting.
• Lead small projects or actively contribute to larger projects, implementing outcomes and ensuring sustained success.
• Develop and implement analytic tools and dashboards leveraging the latest technology.
• Enable and support Group OOH consolidation (HQ Functions OOH and Market OOH) through reporting, visualization, and dashboarding.
• Support driving Group FTE&PEX tracking, monitoring, and steering using reporting solutions.
• Act as a stakeholder in HQ Finance processes, ensuring data access and improving reporting/visualization efficiency through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the digitalization of financial processes using analytical tools, programming languages, and natural language processing.
• Leads a highly motivated colleague and provides the platform personal development.

Key Relationships:

• Corporate Controlling teams
• Stakeholders of cross-functional teams & projects (e.g., HR, FP&A etc) (up to senior leadership)
• VP HQ Finance and Value Creation Management
• GBS
• Corporate Taxes
• (Group) Accounting

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Very good comprehension of finance, its processes, and structures.
• Data analyst skills (i.e., data mapping and critical pressure testing – data cleaning; exploration and statistical analysis and trend visualization (operationalized via dashboards).
• Good understanding of needs of teams and leadership supporting to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the daily processes.
• Solid communication and influential abilities.
• Strong in articulating clear and concise information and recommendations to senior management-level business partners.
• Adaptability in navigating consistently challenging environments.
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams and project set-ups; intellectual curiosity and interest in understanding external business drivers and business environment dynamics.
• Desired experience in Project Management.
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken).
• Good analytical skills coupled with the ability to critically question status quo and think strategically.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University/bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, data engineering or related fields
• Very good knowledge of MS Office products especially Excel (incl. VBA desired) and PowerPoint
• Very good knowledge of Power BI, Power Automate,Power Query,Power Apps
• Basic experience with SQL
• Deep knowledge of SAP (must have) + SAP S4/Hana (desired)
• Python/Natural Language processing or UI-Path is a plus.
• 5 years of work experience in Finance and/or Data Analytics