Adidas SENIOR MANAGER EUROPE FINANCE FUTURE CAPABILITIES M/F/D 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

208470891

Key Responsibilities:

• Closely collaborate with Global Data & Analytics and Corporate FP&A in the development and roll-out of improved reporting and analysis tools.
• Innovate Europe Financial Planning and Analysis processes, procedures, tools, and ways of working by pro-actively identifying opportunities to leverage analytics and technologies.
• Define innovation roadmap, align with Senior Europe Finance Leadership, and drive on-time implementation by closely monitoring progress, results and milestones, proposing solutions in case of delays or deviations from plan; drive decision making.
• Identify significant improvement potential through variance analysis, derive solutions and facilitate related decisions.
• Provide comprehensive expertise for assigned functional areas/systems and processes towards team and business partners. Ensure smooth operation of the business by taking on ownership for related actions.
• Orchestrate and align cross-functional tasks and activities with the rest of Europe Finance / Global Finance / Data & Analytics, etc. and drive insights exchange and best practice / knowledge sharing.
• Identify risks to achieve set targets and define/maintain mitigation plan.
• Support the Europe Finance Senior Leadership Team in establishing an entrepreneurial growth and learning mindset within the Europe Finance community with a strong bias for finance & technical innovation and agile ways of working.
• Act as a change agent and accelerator for innovative tools / technologies / methods by providing training sessions for the Europe Finance community, organizing workshops / learning days, identifying & sharing relevant learning opportunities, etc.
• Identify, closely collaborate, and leverage insights / findings from adidas Learning groups (e.g., Finance Academy, Tech Academy, etc. and pro-actively share relevant information with the Europe Finance community.

Key Relationships:

Work effectively and collaboratively across multiple functions/businesses and hierarchies, esp.:

• Finance Directors, FP&A and Commercial Finance teams across Europe
• Corporate FP&A (Corporate Reporting, Financial Planning, etc.)
• Data & Analytics

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Passion for bringing adidas / Europe Finance to the next level.
• 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.
• Comprehensive understanding of Finance and Accounting principles, processes & structures. Strong 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.
• In depth understanding of the underlying internal and external commercial driver model for forecasting within a Retail and/or brand driven environment, esp. for distribution channels Wholesale, e-com and / or Retail.
• Broad and deep project management skills and experience in larger scale projects and/or change programs/initiatives; Experience in managing difficult and conflictual situations and meetings.
• Ability to coach, guide, manage and develop a multinational team.
• Ability to interact effectively across hierarchies, functions/businesses, and cultures.
• Compelling storyteller who can balance information requests from senior executives, stakeholders, and cross functional business leaders.
• Ability to think strategically, independently structure, analyze, and synthesize findings / dynamic inputs and develop innovative solutions within an entrepreneurial, fast changing environment.
• Proven track record of executing with excellence in environments that require a detail-oriented approach and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities simultaneously under tight timelines.
• Proven creativity and curiosity to identify and solve a wide range of Function/Business challenges.
• Strong analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources.
• Solid understanding of descriptive statistics and experience in statistical modelling combined with strong visualization capabilities is a strong plus.
• Excellent MS Office skills with expertise in MS Excel advanced tools (Power Pivot / Power Query / VBA) and Power BI.
• Solid experience using SAP (SAC/Analysis for Office) for reporting and analysis.
• Knowledge of Python, SQL, and Databricks for automation and analysis a strong plus.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in business administration or finance or related field
• 5-10 years of operational finance experience within Retail/Fashion and/or brand-driven environment with a focus on FP&A
• Experience in project management and in facilitating workshops
• Inclusive growth mindset
• Geographical mobility