Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
In the dynamic business environment, this position is responsible for implementing and maintaining sustainable, accurate and efficient Accounting processes for the Spanish legal entity to ensure the integrity of the financial records.
This includes, but is not limited to, project Accounting co-lead or participation, Accounting process review, internal and external audit liaison for Accounting topics, review financial records, month-end closing, participation in financial statement preparation in compliance with international and local accounting standards and statutory requirements, and contact with Finance and the Global Business Services (GBS) teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, review and maintain proper and adequate accounting records for operation of the company, consistent with corporate policy and requirements of local GAAP.
- Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing of the financial statements to ensure accuracy.
- Manage the preparation and review of general ledger account reconciliations and analysis to ensure the Company’s financial records are accurate.
- Attends to queries from internal departments in relation to Finance policies and procedures. Supports communication between Market and GBS Organization
- Manage internal and external audits.
- Drive application and provide guidance on Accounting policies to ensure compliance with IFRS/local GAAP for both existing and future implemented initiatives.
- Review processes and identify and drive improvements in alignment with global and market business partners.
- Prepare Treasury forecast, follow up Treasury performance and propose corrective measures to protect cash.
- Manage daily relationships with banks.
KPI’s
- Balance sheet correctness.
- Accuracy in the Treasury forecast.
- Quality feedback provided to business partners.
- Meet deadlines.
Key Relationships:
- Global and Market Finance teams
- GBS teams
- Group Accounting
- Other teams in the local market
- Internal and external auditors
- Banks
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Adaptable, flexible, and able to deal with ambiguity in an ever-changing environment while maintaining a positive attitude and working collaboratively within the team.
- Ability to mediate and bring different stakeholders with different objectives to agree on a consensus and drive decision making
- Deadline driven, results-oriented, highly responsible and accountable.
- Must be extremely proactive, have strong initiative and be self-motivated.
- High integrity, ethics, and strong values; excellent organizational skills, detail-orientation, and a high degree of accuracy are all essential.
- Good problem-solving skills; strong decision-making skills; innovative use of IT tools and new technology; and good time management and priority setting skills required.
- Must have strong accounting skills.
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in Accounting and/or Finance.
- Fluency in written & spoken Spanish / English.
- Advanced in Excel/Word/PowerPoint.
- SAP experience preferred.
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.