Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation:

• The cornerstone activity of this role is consistency, transparency, planning, analyzing, reporting, and partnering with all relevant stakeholders in alignment with globally defined standardized guidelines and processes with Product first mindset

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute standard and ad hoc financial analysis and reporting for MaEx, Category/channel profitability, etc. (short, mid- and long term), BOH analysis
• Create transparency and acting as advisor for the Brand Team based on the actual reporting, forecasting/budgeting process, potential Risk / Opportunities and management comments.
• Sports Marketing and EIM controlling and CAF approval process supervision
• Go-in margin analysis and modelling with close collaboration with MOPs and Demand planning
• Standard margin analysis and modelling, cost changes impact assessment, pricing analysis and recommendations
• Collaborate with the Demand Planning teams in terms of alignment between the monthly IBP and RFC process, ensures consensus between Brand and Sales forecasts
• Tracks the impact of the CB and CB+ on the margin and the category planning
• Develop and track Hype allocation models together with MOPs and the BUs
• Collaborate with CCT Finance on potential implications on margin as a result of CCT product creations
• Provide insights and work on scenarios planning in order to facilitate Brand related process and decisions
• Support the preparation for key Brand meetings – Pre-GTM, Trade meetings, 3x1, 3x3 etc.
• Ensures SAC (MaEx system) is up-to-date and the spend is allocated properly across the different MaEx buckets
• Facilitates the alignment of the Sales working budget allocation between Brand and the Sales teams and escalates accordingly
• Reviews critically and challenges the planning assumptions related to the sales working budget
• Ensures compliance of the MaEx planning and reporting to the relevant policies and procedures
• Coordinate and execute the MaEx planning close collaboration with the Brand team
• Develop and run MaEx ROI models and assessment of campaigns effectiveness together with the BUs
• Work in close collaboration with Korea NTP and the Brand team in tracking and assessing NTP savings and more particular Media savings and how they impact the financial planning
• Work with Brand team on Franchise lifecycle management, prepare trend reports and analyze franchise performance
• Understand the business and apply this knowledge to proactively manage risks and opportunities across all P&L line items
• Various project management and support

aGolf specific responsibilities:

• Plays a key role in the strategic planning forecasting and decision making to ensure that business goals are met by regularly using/analyzing of aGolf sales (incl. but not limited to channel and division), full Profit and Loss , costs, margins and other key financial data available
• Partner with the aGolf sales organization in order to meet adidas Korea financial goals and expectations, flag risks and opportunities and escalate appropriately
• Communication with adidas Golf AP & Global Finance Org
• Ensures aGolf actual and planning data is timely entered in the consolidated adidas Korea planning templates and in the planning/reporting system, following the local and global FP&A calendars

KPI’s:

• On time submission of Management Reports
• Accuracy of actual reporting and forecasts validation

Key Relationships :

• Local FP&A team
• Global Brand Finance team
• Local Demand Planning Team
• Local Brand team
• Local NTP team
• Global Sales
• Global Brands
• Global Sourcing
• GBS
• adidas Golf management team
• adidas Golf AP & Global Finance

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Complete familiarity with Microsoft office, SAP, Power BI or equivalent tools
• High degree of commercial and business acumen knowledge to challenge and drive consensus among Retail, eCom & Wholesale
• Strong interpersonal skills (e.g., relationship management, facilitation)
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven methodological skills (e.g., data analysis, trend forecasting)
• Understanding on GTM process & Pricing strategic to maximize company profit.
• Solid accounting skills and experience
• Fluent in written and spoken English

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in Accounting or adequate education
• Minimum 5 years of financial planning experience
• Preferable experience in the sport or clothing industry