Director Finance WHS Controlling & Planning Job at Adidas
Purpose
The position supports the management of budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes for US Wholesale, Team Services and Canada Wholesale in close collaboration with the Sr Finance Director WHS & Sales leadership team. Cornerstone activities for this role include driving horizontal activities around end-to-end planning, reporting and controlling and provides state-of-the-art analyses to inform decision-making. Leads the coordination and development of financial planning & forecasting across US WHS, Canada WHS and Team Services.
Key Accountabilities
- Supports the management of financials plans, targets, and controls on achieving desired financial business objectives for NAM Wholesale.
- Drives NAM Wholesale cost efficiencies and ensure holistic, high-quality analyses and information.
- Analyzes proposed business risks, opportunities and pending decisions to determine impact on financial results, including post-mortems on outcomes.
- Manages consolidation activities for planning, controlling and reporting/analytics for US Wholesale, Canada Wholesale & Team Services.
- Key player in strategic business plans developed with key customers in the US market to implement corporate strategic plans in the market and increase market share.
- Serves as a financial and business consultant to the US Wholesale, Canada Wholesale and Team Services channels in developing, outlining, evaluating, and executing on business model changes.
- Runs financial models to evaluate new business opportunities and to analyse current business performance for NAM Wholesale.
- Manages the relationship and service levels between WHS Finance and corporate support functions such as FP&A, Brand Finance, Operations, Retained Accounting, GBS, Credit and Global functions.
- Partners with Sr Director’s & VPs across US Wholesale, Canada Wholesale and Team Services to provide top notch accurate data & insights and ensures compliance and other standards are achieved.
- Provides leadership and consultation for direct reports to ensure continuous talent development and increased Wholesale acumen for the adidas US and Canada organization.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent knowledge in Finance and Accounting and high-level understanding and proven track record with retail math and retail financial drivers.
- Ability to be detail oriented and manage multiple priorities to accomplish assignments simultaneously under tight timelines.
- Ability to think strategically, synthesize the most complex data and develop creative and innovative solutions within an entrepreneurial environment.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to information requests from Senior Executives including impactful storytelling abilities.
- Ability to coach, manage, align, motivate and develop direct reports
- Strong indirection leadership capabilities and influencing skills
- Ability to execute scenario planning and post-mortems for diverse commercial finance challenges and opportunities
Qualifications (Minimum required education and experience):
- University degree in Finance, Accounting or Business; CPA or MBA is a plus
- Ten years’ experience in financial planning or analysis with progressive responsibility
- Minimum of three years successfully leading, managing, and developing a team
- Will accept any suitable combination of education, training and experience
- Wholesale Finance experience strongly preferred
- Advanced excel skills required
- Solid accounting skills and experience
- Familiarity with SAP and other relevant adidas and/or industry Finance systems/analytical software
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:
Director Finance WHS Controlling & Planning
BRAND:
adidas
LOCATION:
Portland
TEAM:
Accounting & Finance
STATE:
OR
COUNTRY/REGION:
US
CONTRACT TYPE:
Full time
NUMBER:
495485
DATE:
Mar 15, 2023
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