Senior Finance Analyst - Opex

Purpose: Provide extensive financial planning and analysis to support US Retail Brick & Mortar.

Key Accountabilities:

• Assist the Senior Finance Manager in the monthly forecast, controlling and reporting processes.
• Assist in developing processes and tools to continually improve forecast accuracy; including, among others, financial deep dives to validate actual expenses and understand key financial drivers. Contribute to the development of standardized best practices.
• Support the US Commercial Finance team in developing financial models and fiscal year budgets.
• Partner closely with the Global Retail Finance and Regional Finance organizations to help coordinate and execute planning, budgeting, and other ad-hoc requests and provide variance explanation and commentary for actuals and forecast.
• Work closely with the Accounting team to streamline the month-end close process and address systems and reporting issues.
• Assist the Bricks & Mortar Finance team in financial consulting on key strategic initiatives aimed at boosting profitability.
• Play an active role in partnering with the management team on forecasting, budgeting, financial modelling, and other various ad-hoc analyses.
• Partner with Retail Operations team to support labor budget/forecast, planning & analysis.
• Partner and support Real-Estate team with lease budget/forecast, planning & analysis.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated analytical skills, comfort with Finance and/or Accounting principles and good understanding and experience with retail math and retail financial drivers.
• Proven ability to operate cross functionally, join data from various sources and develop creative and innovative solutions within an entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong prioritization skills and the ability to accomplish assignments simultaneously under tight timelines.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, stakeholders, sales representatives, peers, clients and customers.
• Understanding in fundamental database design and development. Ability to gather data from multiple sources and manipulate the data to develop demand-driven and action-based reporting and analysis.
• Advanced skills in Excel. Strongly proficient skills in Access, Word, PowerPoint and Business Objects, SAP (or other reporting software).

Qualifications (Minimum required education and experience):

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university. MBA preferred.
• 5 years related experience and/or training.
• Industry specific experience preferred
• Solid accounting skills and experience preferred
• Advanced Excel skills required

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• 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: Senior Finance Analyst - Opex

Brand: adidas

Location: Portland

TEAM: Accounting & Finance

State: OR

Country/Region: US

Contract Type: Full time

Number: 506273

Date: Feb 28, 2024