Adidas SENIOR SPECIALIST 

China, Shanghai, Yangpu District 

578265414

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparing, analyzing and processing payment runs including regular vendors, employees and direct debit
• Identify and solve errors in payment proposals (e.g. blocked documents, debit balance, vendor master data quality issues)
• Processing re-payments to customers
• Processing Manual/Urgent payments
• Processing netting payment run (Intercompany)
• Monitoring of returned and rejected payments and respective follow up and clarification with the bank
• Checking vendor master data for compliance and correctness to ensure data quality
• Ensuring compliance for all performed payments (prior audit, fraud controls and payment approvals)
• Checking that quality controls are working properly
• Identify process harmonization or improvement opportunities
• Update and maintain desktop procedure

Key Relationships:

• Accounts Payable
• Vendor Master Data
• Banks
• Non-Trade Procurement
• Accounts Receivable
• Market Stakeholders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in Accounts Payable (Invoice Processing and Payments to Suppliers) and system SAP
• Strong financial acumen
• Solid experience with SAP
• Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation
• Solid interpersonal skills combined with a high degree of customer orientation; can navigate easily within complex organizations, connect with a variety functions, audiences, management styles, or cultures.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Highly results driven and self-motivated team player with compassion, integrity, trust and perseverance.
• Curious and growth mindset; keen to learn and approach subjects outside of comfort zone, look beyond the obvious

QUALIFICATIONS:

• University degree in Commerce/Business Administration/Finance/ Controlling or similar.
• 7 plus years relevant work experience in the accounting / business area
• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function