Senior Financial Controlling Specialist
Purpose:
Provides business planning, partnering and support, controlling the group reporting and ensuring that business and financial reports covering adidas Türkiye are prepared timely and accurately for top management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provides support for month end closing activities (local accounting and IFRS purposes)
- Support the development and implementation of harmonized & standardized financial reporting, monthly variance analysis, and controlling processes.
- Provides support for in preparing periodic financial reports, annual budget, monthly rolling forecast and strategic business plan
- Prepares financial analysis and reports including those for operational controlling (master data management)
- Project Management - create operational efficiency and accountable to own and drive the overall simplification and automation within the market (Commercial projects & financial impact). Manage medium sized projects and/or actively participate in projects; implement findings
- Business partnering of respective commercial channels and support them to reach targets (B2B, Brand and Logistics)
- Support the team on system submission (integrated Business Planning, Budget & forecast submissions)
- Diligently working with the rest of the Financial Planning and Analysis team
Requisite Education and Experience:
- Graduate degree in related fields
- Min 5 years of experience in Finance, preferably in retail sector or Audit background
- A solid understanding of local Finance and Accounting principles; Financial statement analysis ability and IFRS experience is a plus
- Strong communication skills - written, oral, and presentation, ability to build strong relationships across functions and throughout the business
- Analytical thinker, accountable, self-starter, hands-on, problem solver, agile communicator
- Advanced skills in MS Office, SAP and Power BI is a plus
- Fluent in Turkish and English
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