Analyst General FP&A - Central Europe in Herzogenaurach bei Adidas

Adidas

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Assure the purposeful, controlled and efficient use of financial resources by transparent analysis to proactively support business decision making processes and by ensuring effective internal controls.

Key Responsibilities:

Support the development and monitoring of KPIs for ad hoc, short- and long-term planning and bring responsibility into the business.
Maintain integrity of dynamic planning processes (forecast, budget, SBP) and the monthly closing along with adidas Group processes & targets with a focus on Operating Overhead Expenses (OOH).
Create transparency about business performance by analyzing and comparing data from different sources of information.
Identify key issues & opportunities, draw conclusions and provide creative recommendations and solutions.
Establish trusted collaboration and business partnering due to objective and holistic controlling support.
Provide Senior and Group Management with correct, timely and in-depth financial analysis and other ad-hoc reporting.
Provide financial support to business partners to assist in making business decisions and achieve sustainable growth, profitability and targets.
Support the development and implementation of creative process improvements and best known practices and think about ways to simplify current financial management processes & analytical tools.
Ensure smooth operation of the day to day business by taking on ownership for related actions.
Show initiative to creatively approach new subjects, pro-actively drive & analyze related business processes.
Assume back up roles to cover colleagues for in advance assigned tasks.

Key Relationships:

Finance Central Europe (Zone Central as well as Zone East)
General FP&A Europe incl FP&A Cluster Hub
Financial Shared Service Center (GBS) – in Herzo, Porto and Chennai
Cluster Central Europe Commercial team (esp. Zone Central cost center leads)
Global Finance (e.g. Group Taxes, Group Treasury, Performance Mgmt, etc.)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Analytical and financial modeling skills, comfort with Finance and Accounting principles and strong financial statement analysis ability.
High degree of customer orientation.
Independent handling of a variety of tasks with different levels of complexity by developing effective plans and organizing work efficiently.
Acting in a goal-oriented manner, prioritize and complete tasks in order of importance.
Thinking beyond the obvious and do not stop at the first answers.
Fluent in English (written and spoken). German language is a plus.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

University degree (Dipl./Master) in business administration with focus on Finance/Controlling
2 – 4 years working experience in the respective area

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..

OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.

INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.

TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.

INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.

RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

ADIDAS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, SUPPORTS INCLUSIVENESS AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN OUR WORKPLACE. WE DO NOT TOLERATE THE HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION TOWARD ANY OF OUR APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

JOB TITLE:

Analyst General FP&A - Central Europe

BRAND:

adidas

LOCATION:

Herzogenaurach

TEAM:

Accounting & Finance

STATE: