Senior Business Analyst Sales Finance Digital (m/f/d)

at  Adidas

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Our world is changing, and the consumer is moving online faster than ever. At adidas, we actively shape our digital presence to create premium experiences, drive brand desirability, engagement, growth, and profitability.
As a Senior Business Analyst Digital Sales Finance you will act as a financial consultant to the digital business ensuring fact-based decision-making and achievement of financial objectives. You will work in a fast-paced, highly visible environment driving digital and business transformation across the organization. This is supported by the creation of transparency about business performance through cost business controlling and performance management (driving operational KPIs).
You will collaborate with key stakeholders in Global Sales, Global Brands and Finance. Focus will be on digital but also cross-channel simulations and cross-dimensional analytics that are an integral part of our company strategy trying to move the Group a step ahead.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the digital business in steering the execution of the digital strategy and growth ambition, including digital initiatives, capabilities, programs & foundation building
• Create business cases for new digital capabilities and business models and help translating strategic business targets in yearly and department targets
• Build ad-hoc and scenario analysis for fast decision taking. Ensure financial guidelines are respected and identify critical processes & advice solutions
• Responsible for creating and driving the reporting and analytics framework for our Membership program
• Lead financial calibration of global redemption plans, quantify and evaluate incremental NS scenarios and assess financial impact on new countries and mechanisms go-live
• Enable strategy execution by developing and spearheading key Membership reporting & analytics initiatives
• Setting and tracking of Membership related Global and Market Targets including interaction with Global Sales functions and MDs
• Support in the development and implementation of adequate communication packages to present derived results, recommendations and solutions.

Key Relationships:

• Digital Strategy Team
• Digital Product Teams
• Digital Operations Teams
• HR Global Digital
• Corporate Controlling
• Global Membership team
• Market Finance Teams

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Basic understanding of e-commerce and digital business models
• Business understanding of processes and structures with advanced finance and analytical skills
• Good understanding of FP&A, controlling and finance; knowledge of IFRS is a plus
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with different international cultures
• Solutions-oriented approach and entrepreneurial mindset
• High degree of customer orientation and first experiences in business partnering; the ability to see the customer’s point of view and to bring opinions of his/ her own
• Thorough understanding of the complexity, interactions and dynamics of an international company
• Ability to work independently within a global and changing environment, including completion of tasks of different complexity levels; operate cross-functionally and understand external business drivers
• Good planning and organization skills, including project management skills
• Strong communication skills for persuasion and convincing others internally and externally
• Result orientation and pro-activity –hands on approach
• Process orientated and end-to-end mind set driven
• Good level of commercial awareness, business acumen and practical judgement
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint; analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources
• Business fluency in English (written and spoken)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• University degree in Finance or Accounting or Strategy (Masters or MBA preferred)
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience within Finance, Management Consulting or Analytics
• Industry specific experience strongly preferred

• Experience with digital apps, membership programs and digital marketing is a plusFamiliarity with SAP and other ERP/reporting software preferred

• Note : This Role does not have relocation offered . Candidates from Franconia region in Germany would be Preferred

• Support the digital business in steering the execution of the digital strategy and growth ambition, including digital initiatives, capabilities, programs & foundation building
• Create business cases for new digital capabilities and business models and help translating strategic business targets in yearly and department targets
• Build ad-hoc and scenario analysis for fast decision taking. Ensure financial guidelines are respected and identify critical processes & advice solutions
• Responsible for creating and driving the reporting and analytics framework for our Membership program
• Lead financial calibration of global redemption plans, quantify and evaluate incremental NS scenarios and assess financial impact on new countries and mechanisms go-live
• Enable strategy execution by developing and spearheading key Membership reporting & analytics initiatives
• Setting and tracking of Membership related Global and Market Targets including interaction with Global Sales functions and MDs
• Support in the development and implementation of adequate communication packages to present derived results, recommendations and solutions