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Adidas SENIOR MANAGER 
Portugal, Porto 
441697424

06.09.2024

Key Responsibilities:

  • Partner with global marketing/brand/licensing teams, providing comprehensive expertise to ensure smooth operation of the business
  • Planning, forecasting and tracking of Marketing Expenses and Royalties for assigned area of responsibility
  • Enable fact-based decision making by creating transparency on all relevant financial KPI’s, risks and opportunities and business potential of new initiatives
  • Drive communication and alignment on finance topics with Markets and HQ Marketing functions, as well as other relevant parties within the Marketing Expenses Controlling context, e.g. Legal, Accounting, etc.
  • Drive alignment on Licensing finance and process topics with global Licensing team, Markets, Product Teams and other functions, e.g. Accounting, Taxes and Legal
  • Develop and implement state of the art analytical tools (or challenge and improve the existing ones)
  • Develop and implement and further improve adequate communication packages to present derived results, recommendations, and solutions
  • Support during medium to large sized project, implementing findings and ensure sustainability of achievements
  • Enhance processes or operational plans and deliver results with direct impact on the department targets
  • Ensure accounting compliance of month-, quarter, and year-end close

Key Relationships:

  • Global Brand/Marketing Teams & Global Licensing
  • BU Finance teams & Corporate Controlling Teams
  • Marketing Expenses & Royalty controlling Teams in all markets/HQ
  • Corporate Finance Teams (GBS, Taxes, Accounting, Legal, Treasury)
  • External Partners / external Business Consultants

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Ability to think and act strategically and develop operational plans
  • Strong analytical mindset, facility with numbers and problem-solving skills
  • Very strong communication, influencing & negotiation skills to appropriately serve business partners and senior stakeholders
  • Ability to maneuver in a consistently changing environment
  • Ability to operate cross-functionally and understanding of external business drivers
  • Thorough understanding of the complexity, interactions and dynamics within an international company
  • Business fluency in English (written and spoken)
  • Comprehensive understanding of system landscape (MS Office esp. Excel and PowerPoint, good knowledge of SAP/SAC)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

  • University degree in Business Administration/Finance/Controlling
  • 5+ years of work experience in Finance, preferably within the retail, sporting goods industry or comparable industries