Department:                                     Finance

Direct Reporting Line:                    Manager Retail Accounting

Indirect/Second Reporting Line:

Subsidiary/Country:                        LAM

Location:                                           Colombia

GSMS Grade:                                    P1

Personnel managed:                      Yes

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

In the dynamic DTC business environment, as Sr Specialist of the retained Retail accounting area within the team, the main focus of this role is to ensure any Retail data for adidas LAM is reported in a timely and accurately manner, and meets the requirements set within the adidas Group policies. This includes, but is not limited to, expert for any implementation of new company initiatives or projects, and contact with Finance and the Global Business Services (GBS) teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform month-end-closing, corrections and in-depth analysis of Retail related accounting topics to ensure the accuracy in the financial statement (e.g. accruals and provisions, IFRS16, shrinkage, payment methods, etc.).
• Support the reconciliation and investigate and resolve discrepancies for Retail GL accounts on a monthly basis.
• Ensure the correct accounting treatment is applied to all Retail held by adidas LAM locations and revaluation of the balance sheet accounts of all companies within area of responsibility.
• Monitoring of systems interfaces, review and explain variations in regarding of Retail in the different IT systems (e.g. SAP, RBO, etc).
• Identify, implement, and/or support process improvements and harmonization with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Support the implementation on Retail Accounting policies to ensure compliance with internal and local guidelines for both existing and future initiatives.
• Support the successful execution of all accounting activities for Retail topics, ensuring work is completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Collaborate with Global Financial Shared Services and other teams on ad hoc Retail Accounting projects as required.
• Attends to queries from internal departments in relation to Retail Accounting policies and procedures.
• Assist in the preparation of internal and external audit requests.
• Maintains financial security by adhering to internal controls.

Key Relationships:

• Global, Regional and Market Finance teams
• GBS teams
• Group Accounting
• Internal and external auditors
• Retail operations leaders

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Understanding of complex accounting matters, quick problem-solving skills and strong collaboration with other finance and non-finance teams.
• Must be adaptable, flexible, and able to deal with ambiguity in an ever-changing environment while maintaining a positive attitude and working collaboratively within the team.
• Must be deadline driven, results-oriented, highly responsible and accountable, and possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must be extremely proactive, have strong initiative and be self-motivated. High integrity, ethics and strong values; excellent organizational skills, detail-orientation, and a high degree of accuracy are all essential.
• Good problem-solving skills; strong decision-making skills; innovative use of IT tools and new technology; and good time management and priority setting skills required.
• Must have strong accounting and analytical skills

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 3+ years of experience in Accounting and/or Finance.
• Fluency in written & spoken English.
• Proficient computer skills (MS-Office).
• SAP experience preferred.