Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

Contribute to the preparation of consolidated financial statements and related disclosures according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and internal policies and guidelines by being responsible for certain consolidation tasks. They are prepared in order to inform and report to internal and external stakeholders like the supervisory board, senior management and investors’ community (through investor relations) about the performance, financial position and changes in financial position of the adidas Group.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the timely and accurate production of parts of the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures (including Internal Reports)
• Responsible for specific consolidation topics on global level (e.g. inter-company reconciliation, consolidation of investments, internal profit Elimination etc.) and prepare and book related consolidation entries
• Participate in the preparation of the annual report, quarterly shareholder and supervisory board information i.e. preparing text, proof reading, number checking etc.
• Act as contact for specific markets/subsidiaries for accounting and reporting issues
• Discuss and file master data changes with the FSS Competence Center for Group Reporting
• Preparation of the global quarterly policies and guidelines for the accounting/ reporting teams of all markets/ subsidiaries
• Manage and lead departmental internal projects (e.g. process improvement for consolidation tasks) and be involved in finance internal projects affecting the consolidation area
• Review tasks of Assistant Group Accountant
• Recruit, coach and manage interns

Key Relationships:

• Peers and managers of other Group HQ Finance functions (e.g. Group Treasury, Corporate Controlling, Investor Relations, Group Taxes)
• Finance management of markets/subsidiaries (e.g. Head of Accounting)
• External Assistant Audit Manager (PwC)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Analytical mindset balanced with communication skills
• Well-developed PC-skills (MS-Office), ideally SAP S/4HANA or other consolidation software
• Demonstrate an understanding of consolidation processes
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Fluent in English and German

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Ideally degree in Business Administration from a university or comparable institution with focus on Accounting
• 2-3 years relevant job experience; i.e. in an audit company or consolidation/accounting department of an international corporation