Financial Analyst, Brand Marketing

Purpose

Key Accountabilities

• Leads all financial aspects of North America Retail Brand Marketing.
• Collaborates with Marketing director(s) and business partners to plan, forecast, and control budgets.
• Owns the month-end and year-end close process; establishes quality control over financial transactions and reporting.
• Provides action-oriented financial guidance and analysis on business plans and goals to support the Marketing Team in effective decision-making and the achievement of targeted profitability and growth.
• Works closely with Accounting to ensure appropriate expense recognition is achieved on a diverse portfolio of investments and activities.
• Prepares monthly reporting package for owned areas and manages Risks and Opportunities while holding teams accountable to plan.
• Contributes to the development of standardized best practice reporting and control methods.
• Learns adidas systems (ie: SAP, SAC) and manages creation of internal orders, investment orders, and CAPEX requests.

Qualifications (Minimum required education and experience, or equivalent of)

• University degree in Finance, Accounting or Business; MBA/CPA a plus.
• 3-5 years’ experience in financial analysis or planning.
• Solid accounting skills and experience required.
• Familiarity with SAP and other relevant adidas and industry Finance systems/analytical software a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills required.

What adidas offers

• Robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, whic
• Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match.
• Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance.
• Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone <years.At> adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday t
• For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday.
• The working location of this position is Portland, Oregon.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.
• adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace.
• We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.
• We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees.
• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.