Asst Mgr - Financial Planning & Analysis

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This position requires a skilled and experienced assistant manager for the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in strategic financial planning, forecasting, and analysis to support informed decision-making within the organization. The cornerstone activity of this role is driving consistency and alignment of planning, reporting, and pricing timelines and methodology for the market in alignment with globally defined planning processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execution of the annual budgeting process.
• Develop and oversee the annual budgeting process, collaborating with various departments to ensure accuracy and alignment with organizational goals.
• Create comprehensive financial models to analyze and project company performance.
• Regularly assess financial performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying variances and providing insightful analysis.
• Conduct scenario analysis and sensitivity testing to guide decision-making in a dynamic business environment.
• Partner with sales and marketing leadership to analyze and evaluate the risks and opportunities.
• Prepare and present financial reports to senior management, highlighting key performance indicators and trends.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to provide financial insights that contribute to strategic planning and decision-making.
• Mentor a team of financial analysts, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Provide guidance on complex financial issues and ensure the team's professional development.

Key Relationships:

• Internally:
• Finance Director and Market Finance Team
• Market Commercial teams
• Market Marketing teams
• Corporate Functions Finance teams
• Group Finance
• Externally:
• Consultants
• Internal and External Auditors

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions, and determine and implement effective action plans.
• Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with other members of the senior finance leadership team at market and global levels.
• Ability to execute scenario planning and investment case analysis as appropriate.
• Excellent analytical, written, oral, organizational, and presentation skills to influence company leadership and decisions at all levels.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Advanced degree or qualification in Finance, Economics or Accounting (e.g., MBA or CPA)
• Solid accounting skills and experience
• Advanced Excel skills required
• Familiarity with SAP, COPA, and other relevant adidas and industry finance systems/analytical software a major plus
• 2-4 years of broad-based operational finance experience with progressive responsibility in industry-leading companies

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.