Adidas DIRECTOR FINANCE MARKETING EXPENSES 

Norway 

713588594

Directs thefinancial performance and delivery of analytics for Marketing Expenseend-to-end management of marketing spend through cross functional alignment on targeting, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and analysis.

Key Accountabilities:

• Ensures marketing leadership is provided top notch and highly accurate financial and non-financial information and analysis for their business decisions.
• Develops the analytical framework for supporting and evaluating the Marketing teams and their initiatives.
• Oversees all spend on marketing working budget and marketing overheads (planning, monitoring, communicating.
• Creates and monitors & communicates with SVP Brand, financial plans, targets, strategies, and controls that focus on achieving desired financial and business objectives. Ensures alignment between Marketing and Sales on planned KPI’s.
• Owner of ROI Analysis which will inform and support profitable marketing investments.
• Analyses proposed business risks, opportunities and pending decisions to determine impact on financial results, including post mortems on outcomes.
• Manages the relationship and service levels between Marketing and corporate support functions, including Corporate Finance, Sales Operations Analysis and Planning Finance, Operations, Financial Shared Services, Credit and Global/Regional Marketing Operations.
• Plans, budgets, forecasts and controls full adidas US Marketing P&L including operating expenses for Regional Marketing; coordinates cross-functionally with full NAM team.
• Provides leadership and consultation for direct reports and team through the sharing of best practice techniques and mentoring.
• Ad-hoc projects, as assigned by Sr. Director of Cost Management and SVP Finance.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge in Finance and/or Accounting and high level understanding and experience with retail math and retail financial drivers.
• Thinks strategically and synthesizes complex data and develops creative and innovative solutions within an entrepreneurial environment.
• Understands and practices the power of technology to scale and speed-up financial processes, interactions and actions by utilizing a digital mindset.
• Strong understanding of US Business. Experience with analysis of financial implications of bringing product to the US Market.
• Detail oriented and manages multiple priorities to accomplish assignments simultaneously under tight timelines.
• Strong communication & storytelling skills required to present information and interacts effectively with senior leaders, stakeholders, cross- functional business leaders, peers, clients, and customers.
• Promotes an inclusive, diverse & equitable environment, where everyone can openly contribute and ensures appropriate work/life balance for team members.
• Coaches, manages, aligns, motivates, and develops direct reports.
• High level skills in Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint and MicroStrategy (or other reporting software).

Qualifications(Minimum required education and experience, or equivalent of):

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business
• MBA and/or CPA preferred
• 10 years of broad-based operational finance experience with progressive responsibility
• Minimum of three years successfully leading, managing and developing a team
• Industry specific experience preferred
• Solid accounting skills and experience
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required
• Familiarity with SAP and other relevant adidas and industry Finance systems/analytical software a major plus