Director, FP&A, SEA

Adidas; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Adidas Singapore is seeking a senior finance professional to lead SEA planning and analysis. You will drive forecasting, budgeting, monthly closes, and performance management across SEA markets, aligning with global standards and providing strategic insights to management.

You will partner with IT, Logistics, Legal, and market finance teams, manage working capital, cash flow, and Capex reporting, and coach junior staff while delivering timely management information and commentaries.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree or qualification in Finance, Economics or Accounting.
• 8-10 years of experience in Controlling or Business Analysis.
• Industry experience in apparel/fashion/consumer goods or FMCG preferred.
• Solid accounting skills and experience; advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Familiarity with SAP and other relevant Finance systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage standardized monthly and ad-hoc forecasting and reporting; partner with senior management for decision making.
• Provide advisor support to commercial, marketing and finance counterparts based on reporting insights.
• Coordinate and participate in SEA budgeting processes.
• Ensure timely monthly, quarterly and year-end closing and group policy alignment.
• Report on globally aligned KPIs and prepare management information for Group Finance.
• Collaborate with global corporate functions (IT, Logistics, Legal).
• Oversee cash flow controlling, working capital analyses, and Capex monitoring for SEA subsidiaries.
• Lead medium to large projects and develop new analytic tools and processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Finance/Economics/Accounting degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• This position creates transparency on SEA financial results towards Global Finance, SEA Management and provides decision supporting analysis for strategic initiatives in SEA. Also responsible for performance management, budgeting, forecasting and consolidation processes for the total SEA.
• The cornerstone activity of this role is consistency, transparency, planning, analysing, reporting, and partnering with all relevant stakeholders in alignment with globally defined standardized guidelines and processes.
• Support the Senior Director Finance, as well as Senior Leadership Management of SEA countries with business updates and ad hoc presentations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and execute standardized monthly and ad-hoc financial forecasting reporting / process and partner with business and Senior Management for enabling fact based decision making.
• Creating transparency and acting as advisor for commercial, marketing and finance counterparts based on the actual reporting, forecasting/budgeting process, potential Risk / Opportunities and management comments.
• Coordinate, execute and participate in the budgeting process for SEA.
• Ensure timely & accurate monthly, quarterly and year-end closing reporting according to Group policies (including monthly comments).
• Reporting on all globally aligned KPIs for ad-hoc, short- and long-term planning in line with global standards.
• Preparing updated management information to Group Finance on a regular basis related to actual achievements and forecasts (telco, ad hoc analysis).
• Partner with global corporate functions (e.g. IT, Logistics, Legal).
• Manage and execute Operating Working Capital analysis (ageing of receivables, overdue receivables & inventory, non-current stock, clearance, accounts payable) for making better business decisions by actively collaborate with business partners and SEA countries.
• Manage and execute Cash flow controlling.
• Manage and execute Standard Margin, Net Margin, Operating Overhead and Marketing Working Budget, Brand (Category) analysis for making better business decisions by actively collaborate with business partners and SEA countries.
• Identify significant improvement potential through variance analysis, derive solutions and facilitate related decisions.
• Develop and create new processes, working methods, analytic tools, standards or operational plans and deliver results with direct impact on the department and overall targets.
• Provide support to SEA countries regarding accounting treatment issues to ensure compliance with group regulations.
• Managing, monitoring, reporting and approving Capex spending’s of all SEA subsidiaries.
• Manage and execute standardized and ad hoc analysis for DTC channel with related reporting.
• Manage and execute comprehensive Retail channel controlling, ensure smooth operation, analysis and reporting of the business for all related actions (i.e. BPM management, Rollout Plans, Impairment Test) and secure business partnering with senior management, SEA countries and global Retail organization.
• Controls T&E spending and provides regular detailed reporting on T&E of all subsidiaries.
• Single point of contact for HQ and countries within SEA in terms of providing information and consolidation of results.
• Lead medium-large sized projects, implement findings and ensure sustainability of achievements.
• Manage and execute order-book / BOH analysis and validation on Risks and Opportunities.
• Coach and guide other more junior team members.

KPI’s:

• On time submission of Management Reports
• Accuracy of actual reporting and forecasts validation
• Validation of budget inputs based on actual and forecast reporting
• Meet reporting deadlines

Key Relationships:

Internally

• Senior Director Finance and SEA Finance Team
• All Market Finance teams
• All Market Managing Directors
• Market Commercial teams
• Internal Control & Profit Protection Team
• Corporate Functions Finance teams
• Group Finance
• Global Sales (both Retail and Wholesale)

Externally

• Consultants
• Internal and External Auditors

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from senior managers, stakeholders and cross functional business leaders
• Comprehensive business understanding of processes and structure
• Good currency and exchange rate impact understanding in doing business in a complex geographical area.
• Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with other members of senior Finance leadership team at Market and Global level
• Ability to think and act strategically and develop operational plans
• Excellent analytical (managing large data quantities from multiple sources), written, oral, organizational, and presentation skills for persuasion and convincing business partners and senior management
• Ability to operate cross-functionally in a consistently changing environment and understanding of external business drivers
• High degree of customer orientation

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Advanced degree or qualification in Finance, Economics or Accounting
• 8 -10 years of experience in Controlling or Business Analysis
• Industry experience: ideally in apparel/fashion/consumer goods or FMCG
• Solid accounting skills and experience
• Advanced excel and power point skills required
• Familiarity with SAP, and other relevant adidas and industry Finance systems/analytical software a major plus