Senior Financial Controlling Specialist

Role:                                    Senior Financial Controlling Specialist

Department:                     Finance

Reports to:                        Sr. Manager FP&A

Purpose:

Provides business planning, partnering and support, controlling the group reporting and ensuring that business and financial reports covering adidas Turkey 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
• 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