Director Accounting

hace 5 meses


Bogota, Colombia Adidas A tiempo completo

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
- Main point of contact for R2R in Americas (NAM & LAM) to external and internal stakeholders (e.g. PwC)
- Drive accounting processes standardization and optimization in close alignment with all relevant areas, providing transparency of as-is and to be accounting processes flow.
- Key Responsibilities:
- People Management
- Take a key leadership role in the day-to-day management of accounting teams (regional and countries) including planning, recruiting, managing, training and developing of team resources.
- Define performance targets and monitor employee performance. Ensure that the annual performance assessment process is carried out.
- Ensure team members meet and/or exceed business unit (BU) customer service expectations for financial accounting services.
- Partnership with Global and Finance Teams
- Work with the finance teams to ensure all deadlines and deliverables are achieved including reporting requirements for teams and coordination with Group Accounting.
- Coordinate with Global Shared Service (Chennai mainly) teams to ensure entries booked impacting local results are booked properly.
- Review reconciliations performed Global Shared Service (Chennai mainly) teams to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
- Organize the team to deliver accounting services in accordance with these requirements, focusing on customer service, quality of reporting, consistently producing reliable information, holding regular meetings and publishing KPI’s.
- Manage and resolve any strategic service issues.
- Accounting and Reporting
- Manage and control accounting systems used for legal entity (or divisional) accounting and financial reporting.
- Ensure that a closing procedure is in place, the month end close is in line with the company’s reporting calendar and that all journal entries and adjustments are explained and documented.
- Implement procedures and processes to ensure that an appropriate level of quality control and management review is in place and that the published financial reports are accurate.
- Oversee and manage the analysis of the balance sheet accounts and that such accounts are reconciled timely to underlying supporting documentation.
- Monitor and reconcile the local books of record with the parent company financial statements, noting any reporting differences.
- Liaise with external auditors on local audits. Liaise with Group Internal Audit on local audits.
- Provide technical direction of accounting and financial reporting in accordance with Company policies, IAS / IFRS and local statutory policies to ensure full compliance across the region.
- Business Compliance (Controls)
- Maintain and enhance internal control framework to guarantee secure information quality, compliance, and diligent reporting to external and internal stakeholders.
- Sponsor and implement the measures necessary to oversee internal control risks, clearly communicating controls to the team and take any remedial action or adjust such controls as required.
- Project Management / Other
- Drive continuous improvements with regards to accounting processes to achieve a best-in-class finance function and bolster service levels.
- Support local and global teams on financial system integration projects and leading the Accounting team’s involvement in such projects.
- Hold a holistic view to connect experts cross functionally.
- Key Relationships:
- adidas Group employees
- External and internal auditors
- Other Finance departments (e.g. Tax, FP&A, DP, ICPP, etc)
- Global Shared Service
- Group Accounting
- Functional Areas
- Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Solid experience from accounting and IFRS, both theoretical and practical knowledge
- Strong analytical skills.
- Good communication skills.
- Strong computer skills. SAP knowledge a plus.
- Must be able to develop staff and balance multiple priorities.
- Be a leader who inspire and influence.
- Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
- 10+ years experience in accounting.
- Fluent in Spanish and English

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE’S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

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

OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.

INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.

TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.

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.

**ADIDA


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