Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

As a key member of the team this position is pivotal in controlling and managing Hub cost base Budget (>EUR50m) and enabling cost base optimization across EM.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a trusted cost base controller for EM Functional leads.
• Ownership of monthly forecast and budgeting process for Hub OOH working closely with market functional leads.
• Work in partnership with HR to jointly own the PEX/FTE forecasting process.
• Business partner for EM functional leads.
• Develop transparent reporting to track progress with business partners.
• Be proactive in influencing Cluster FD’s and FP&A teams to optimize cost base development within market.
• Identify significant improvement potential through variance analysis, derive solutions and facilitate related decisions.
• Identify risks and opportunities and derive recommended action steps.
• Other ad hoc tasks and projects as required.

KPI’s:

• Clear delivery of annual Budget and monthly Forecasting process.
• Proactivity in optimizing cost base development/

Key Relationships:

• Senior Director Financial Planning & Analysis, EM
• VP Finance, EM
• VP Brand, EM
• VP Commercial, VP eCom
• Hub FP&A team
• Cluster Finance Director & FP&A teams

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from senior business leaders and cross functional stakeholders.
• Comprehensive business understanding of processes and structure.
• Excellent attention to detail
• Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with other members of senior leadership team at Market and Global level.
• Ability to think and act strategically and develop operational plans.
• Excellent analytical (managing large data quantities from multiple sources), written, oral, organizational, and presentation skills for persuasion and convincing business partners and senior management.
• Ability to operate cross-functionally in a consistently changing environment and understanding of external business drivers.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Advanced degree or qualification in Finance/ Controlling, Economics or Accounting (CA, CPA or CIMA membership or similar accounting Body).
• Advanced MS-Office knowledge
• Familiarity with SAP, SAC, Power BI, CFIN and other relevant adidas and industry Finance systems/analytical software a major plus.
• 5 years of experience in Controlling or Business Analysis
• Broad and deep knowledge of OOH & Margin Controlling
• Exposure: analytical skills, figures
• Industry experience: ideally in apparel/fashion/consumer goods or FMCG

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