SENIOR SPECIALIST GBS TAXES (P1)

Area:                                                                                                         GBS

Department:                                                                                           GBS FINANCE

Direct Reporting Line:                                                                          R2R Manager

Indirect/secondary reporting line:

Subsidiary/Country:                                                                             Colombia

 Location:                                                                                                 Bogotá

Regions to work:                                                                                    LAM/NAM

GSMS Grade:                                                                                          P1

Number of Personnel Managed:                                                        NA

Cost Center/Budget and/or Revenue Responsibility:                  NA

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Who are we:

adidas Bogotá HUB provides globally unified services to Adidas employees, consumers, and other users, based on standardized and automated solutions across different functions and markets. We leverage state-of-the-art technology and encourage a human-centric and innovative mindset to raise the bar of the user experience continually. This is enabling us to drive operational efficiency, improved agility, and better decision-making whilst reducing complexity in Adidas. Our mandate is to be the foundation for an agile and efficient company. This is our role to support Adidas's mission of being the best sports brand in the world. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities. We champion individual uniqueness and cultivate a culture of belonging so that everyone can create at their best.

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: Ensuring correct and daily execution of key responsibilities in the Adidas Global Business Services Center according to the requirements of the company Accounting Manual and specific group policies.

Key Responsibilities:

• General Ledger accounts reconciliation, accounts review and provide variances explanations by investigating and following up on differences

• Handling, monitoring, and posting different types of journal entries and clearings

• Tax calendar management to avoid fines and penalties

• Raise a booking request to AP team for Tax declaration

• Raise a payment request to Treasury team for Tax declaration.

• Monitoring and following up on differences between systems interfaces

• Support the successful execution of all Tax accounting activities, ensuring work is completed in a timely and accurate manner

• Perform period-end closing activities such as accruals, provisions, balance sheet reclassifications, and late adjustments.

• Close contact with the local Finance Teams across Adidas subsidiaries and other GBS located in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, handling daily queries such as mismatch–aging in intercompany and non-reconciled items in open reconciliations.

• Support team lead/ Manager in daily operations, KPI measurement, Audit request, Internal controls and other improvement initiatives

Key Relationships:

 • Market finance

• Process Owners

• IT & Corporate Solutions

• Group Accounting

• Operations team

• Other GBS streams

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

 • Good Accounting knowledge (IFRS)

• Ability to read, write, and communicate in English in a business setting (B2+)

• Ability to pay close attention to detail

• Problem-solving mindset and analytical skills

• Be a team player

• Experience with SAP, and Power BI is an advantage

• Experience in a Shared Service environment is an advantage

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in accounting/Finance/ Controlling or similar.

• 3 plus years of relevant work experience in the accounting/finance business area

• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function