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Senior Specialist GBS Taxes

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

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  • COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
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  • 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.


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Job Title:  Senior Specialist GBS Taxes

Brand: 
Location:  Bogota
TEAM:  Finance
State:  Dist
Country/Region:  CO
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  534141
Date:  Sep 4, 2025
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