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Senior Business Analyst Brand Finance - temporary for 6 months (m/f)
Adidas Group
Herzogenaurach, , Germany
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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
The general purpose is to be a financial consultant to the respective DBC business partners by giving recommendations to enable and drive fact-based decision-making. These functions support and steer the business to achieve (financial) targets as well as the strategy based on the analysis of number indicators. This is supported by the creation of transparency about business performance through cost (-center) controlling, business controlling and eventually performance management.
Digital Brand Commerce Finance provides the financial support to the global DBC teams for developing and shaping the DIGITAL WORLD for a unique consumer experience and facilitates the strategic planning activities. Objective of the team is to deliver financial transparency within all activities around DIGITAL by supporting the DBC teams in an efficient, value-added way.
Key Responsibilities:
• Partner with business and Senior Management within the assigned area of responsibility
• Enable fact based decision making by creating transparency on all relevant financial KPIs, Risks and Opportunities as well as checking on business potential of new initiatives
• Manage actuals, rolling forecast and budget submission for assigned areas
• Manage cost centers and support cost center mangers in all financial tasks (e.g. provide MWB/OOH and PO status reports, investment and recruitment requests, cost recharges etc.)
• Manage monthly/quarterly ecom market charges according to tax/accounting principles
• Drive alignment on finance topics between DBC and other finance functions as well as other involved parties (ie markets, channels, HQ functions (mainly HR, IT, FSS)
• Identify Improvement potential through variance analysis, derive solutions and facilitate related decisions
• Develop and implement state of the art analytic tools (or challenge and improve the existing ones)
• Manage medium sized projects and/or actively participate in projects, implement findings and ensure sustainability of achievements.
• Develop and implement adequate communication packages to present results with direct impact on the department targets
• Significantly enhance processes or operational plans and deliver results with direct impact on the department targets
• Work towards achievement of the department strategy
• Ensure smooth collaboration of the area of DBC Finance and other Finance functions by taking ownership for related actions
• Ensure accounting compliance of month-, quarter-, and year-end close
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Deep business understanding of processes and structures
• High degree of customer orientation
• Ability to maneuver in a consistently changing environment
• Understanding of the complexity, interactions and dynamics within an international company
• Very good communication skills for persuasion and convincing others
• Business fluency in English (written and spoken)
• Good analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
1. University degree in Business Administration/Finance/Controlling
2. Minimum of 3 years of work experience in Finance preferably within the apparel / sporting goods / FMCG or comparable industries
We are looking forward to receiving your application!