Specialist GBS Retail

adidas; Colombia; Presencial; COP 60.000.000 - 90.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

adidas is seeking a DTC Retail Finance Specialist in Colombia to reconcile sales and payments, ensure data integrity, and support end-to-end accounting for the direct-to-consumer channel.

The role interfaces with local finance teams across adidas subsidiaries in Europe and the Americas, requiring strong analytical skills and a team-oriented mindset. Fluency in English is essential, and SAP experience is an advantage.

Formación

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in business, economics, finance, or a comparable field.
• 2–4 years of experience in similar functions.
• Strong accounting knowledge and attention to detail.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken).
• Experience with SAP is an advantage.

Responsabilidades

• Handle, monitor, and post bank statements.
• Reconcile General Ledger and Accounts Receivable; investigate differences.
• Monitor differences between system interfaces and resolve issues.
• Support all accounting activities for DTC areas; timely and accurate work.
• Perform period end close activities, accruals, provisions, and balance sheet reclasses.
• Record inventory accounting and post adjustments.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and variance explanations.
• Collaborate with Finance teams across adidas subsidiaries and Customer Service.

Conocimientos

Fluent English

Detail oriented

Team player

Problem solving

Customer orientation

Educación

Bachelor's/Master in business/finance/economics

Herramientas

SAP

Descripción del empleo

Purpose & Overall Relevance For The Organization

At adidas, we have a very clear mission: “to be the best sports brand in the world¨; and a very passionate purpose: “Through sport, we have the power to change lives.” This guiding principles shapes how we operate as a company, how we collaborate with our partners, how we create our products, and how we connect with our consumers. Our values represent essential behaviours, reflecting a winning mindset we strive to see in every team member.

This same purpose and mindset are at the heart of Global Business Services (GBS) the team that delivers consistent, end-to-end business solutions across adidas. By driving process excellence and operational efficiency, GBS enables our partners to focus on what matters most: creating impact.

Within GBS, the DTC Retail Team process plays a key role in ensuring transactional integrity across the direct-to-consumer retail channel by reconciling sales and payments with precision, speed, and scalability. Acting as the connective tissue between commercial operations, financial systems, and compliance frameworks, the team ensures that every retail transaction‑from point of sale to final settlement accurately captured, validated, and reflected in core systems. The DTC Retail specialist is responsible for executing daily reconciliation activities between sales and payments validating transactions, detecting errors, and ensuring data integrity across systems. They collaborate with technical and financial teams to resolve issues, document processes, and actively contribute to continuous improvement. Their operational focus ensures that every transaction is accurately recorded, supporting the reliability and efficiency of the Retail Channel.

Key Responsibilities

• Handling, monitoring, and posting bank statements.
• General Ledger and Accounts Receivable accounts reconciliation, investigating and following up on differences.
• Monitoring and following up of differences between systems interfaces.
• Support the successful execution of all accounting activities for DTC areas, ensuring work is completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Perform period end closing activities such as accruals, provisions and balance sheet reclasses.
• Perform inventory accounting and post adjustments.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliation, accounts review and provide variances explanations.
• Close contact with the local Finance Teams across adidas subsidiaries located in Europe and Americas and Customer Service teams, handling daily queries.

Key Relationships

• Market finance
• Process Owners
• IT & Corporate Solutions
• Customer Service
• Operations team
• Other GBS streams

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, finance, or comparable professional education.
• At least 2-4 years of experience in similar functions.
• Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function.
• Good Accounting knowledge.
• Fluency in English, both verbal and written.
• Ability to pay close attention to detail and a high degree of customer orientation.
• Problem-solving mindset and analytical skills.
• Be a team player.
• Experience with SAP is an advantage.
• Experience in a Shared Service environment is an advantage.

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.