Adidas SENIOR MANAGER 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

149897786

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: Key Responsibilities:
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Leadership
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Develop functional, technical, and social skills within the team and drive continuous learning, and individual growth.
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Develop and continuously improve training, onboarding, and documentation processes to ensure long term knowledge retention.
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Drive the automation/standardization of processes, procedures, and ways of working across the assigned area of responsibility and cross functionally by analyzing deliverables and initiating both continuous improvement and / or change initiatives.
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Reporting
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Design, manage & execute highly accurate, insightful, and visually appealing reporting solutions and ad hoc analysis
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Develop and implement adequate communication packages to present derived results, recommendations, and solutions
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Innovation/Future Capability
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Innovate Financial Planning and Analysis/Reporting processes, procedures, tools, and ways of working by pro-actively identifying opportunities to leverage analytics and technologies
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Execute PBI Dashboarding and establish backend connections to Databricks, utilizing SQL knowledge as a fundamental requirement
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Others
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Lead small and medium sized projects, implement findings, and ensure sustainability of achievements.
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Drive/Track Reporting, Dashboarding and Tool implementations from Project Management perspective.
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Accounting, Taxes, Treasury
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HR
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
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Authentic belief in the power of analytics and technological development, a strong will to innovate ways of working combined with the proven execution ability & stamina to effect lasting change. Experience in Digital Finance transformation a strong plus.
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Excellent BI Frontend/Reporting/Dashboarding capabilities: Power BI (Architect level), SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Analysis for Office
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Technical expertise: Thorough understanding of relational databases /DW/BW (SAP, Databricks) as well as Microsoft VBA/SQL/automation tools; establishing backend connections with Databricks, including SQL expertise, is essential.
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Comprehensive understanding of Finance and Accounting principles, processes & structures.
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Exceptional command of the English language, including advanced communication and comprehension skills. Ability to manoeuvre in consistently changing environment.
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Strong ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications.
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Excellent knowledge of Python, R or other statistical computing languages / tools and a working knowledge of the same.
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Comprehensive financial statement analysis capability paired with a well-developed business acumen and multiple years of hands-on experience in commercial finance in an operational Finance environment.
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Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources.
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Able to constructively work under stress and pressure when faced with high workloads and deadlines.
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
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University degree in Information Technology
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Leadership experience
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Over 12 years of experience in the Finance sector, with at least 6+ years specifically in Information Technology as a Power BI Developer/Architect or similar role
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Broad and deep understanding of job function
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Experience in a Shared Service environment.
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Lean training certification