Team Lead Controlling

ADIDAS GBS IN BOGOTA. IT IS THE COMPANY'S OPERATIONAL BACKBONE, FOCUSING ON ENHANCING CUSTOMER USER EXPERIENCE, AND PROVIDING CONSISTENT SKILLS AND QUALITY. IT DELIVERS HIGH QUALITY SERVICES IN THE AREAS OF ORDER TO CASH (O2C), SOURCE TO PAY (S2P), RECORD TO REPORT (R2R), PLANNING & REPORTING AND HIRE TO RETIRE FOR ADIDAS COMPANIES AND SUBSIDIARIES LOCATED IN EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND LATIN AMERICA.- Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
- Planning and Reporting team supports the business by providing information that will enable the financial decisions, by promoting transparency in the actuals reporting and increasing the accuracy in the Planning activities, such as forecast and budgeting.- Lead a team of operations according to the adidas GBS culture and strategy. Assessing the team's needs and act about it, drive it to achieve operational goals and targets. Ensure deliverables expected to the business, while developing the team's skills through the adidas performance culture.- Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a team ensuring full responsibility for team performance and execution in accordance with defined KPI‘s and Stream startegy
- Ensure team’s management including, coaching, training, motivation and performance appraisal guidance, identifying improvement opportunities and implementing development action plans
- Drive budgeting, forecasting and cost monitoring processes ensuring data quality and integrity across various systems and tools
- Support the supervisor to partner with the business within the assigned area of responsibility
- Ensure the creation of transparency and accuracy on budgeting, forecasting and cost monitoring processes and contribute for the integrity of those activities
- Manage small sized projects and/or actively participate in projects; support the implementation of findings and sustainability of achievements
- Work to achieve objectives and deliver results with a short-term, operational focus as part of the department targets
- Implement and promote adequate and aligned communication packages to present results, recommendations and solutions
- Ensure smooth operation of day to day business by taking on ownership for related actions
- Execute variance analysis and propose actions to the process owners
- Execute and propuse standardized reporting and ad-hoc analysis
- Manage cost centers and support cost center managers in all financial tasks (e.g. investment and recruitment requests, cost recharges, etc.)
- Execute and drive analysis for range planning (IBP tool)
- Key Relationships:
- GBS Controlling Team and Finance teams
- adidas Finance Team
- adidas senior management team
- adidas Market Controllers
- Accounting
- HR
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong financial acumen
- Solid experience with SAP
- Advanced Excel knowledge
- Experience in a Shared Service environment or similar
- Ability to read, write and communicate in English in a business setting
- Ability to pay close attention to detail and high degree of customer orientation
- Solid interpersonal skills combined with a high degree of customer orientation; can navigate easily within complex organizations, connect with a variety functions, audiences, management styles, or cultures.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Highly results driven and self-motivated team player with compassion, integrity, trust and perseverance.
- Availability to travel for periods of 3 to 4 weeks
- Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- University degree in Commerce/Business Administration/Finance/ Controlling or similar.
- 5 plus years relevant work experience in the accounting / business area / controlling
- Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function

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.

**ADIDAS CELEBRATES DIVERSITY, SUPPORTS INCLUSIVENESS AND ENCOURAGES INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION IN OUR WORKPLACE. WE DO NOT TOLERATE THE HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION TOWARD ANY OF OUR APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES. WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.**

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- JOB TITLE:
- Team Lead Controlling & Reporting- BRAND:
- adidas- LOCATION:
- Bogota- TEAM:
- Accounting & Finance- STATE:
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