Senior Specialist Financial Analyst

Adidas; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A global sportswear company in Cape Town seeks a Senior Specialist Financial Analyst. This role involves supporting the FP&A team with financial planning and analysis, ensuring timely reporting, and collaborating with local and global teams. Ideal candidates will possess a business degree focused on finance, solid accounting skills, and 3-4 years of relevant experience. Knowledge of SAP and advanced Excel skills are beneficial. A commitment to collaboration and analytical excellence is essential.

Qualifications

• Solid accounting skills and experience.
• Experience in financial reporting and analysis.
• Experience using AI (MS Co-Pilot) is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support FP&A team with financial reporting and analysis.
• Data input for planning processes and financial closing.
• Review and control key P&L items for accurate reporting.

Skills

Strong Analytical skills

Multi-tasking

Excellent attention to detail

Business understanding

Fluent in English

Education

University degree in business administration (Finance/Controlling)

3-4+ years of experience in a similar field

Tools

SAP

Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

BI

Job description

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

The Financial Analyst's role is to provide support with financial planning, analysis, reporting, and data input in compliance with adidas Group finance policies and guidance. This requires a good understanding of the business, accurate and timely reporting as well as in-depth analysis combined with competent and professional business partnering. Good comprehension of a complex business model and working with multiple currencies & legal structures.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the FP&A team with accurate, timely and in-depth monthly and ad hoc reporting and analysis
• Data input for planning processes (forecast, budget, IBP, SBP) and support the monthly financial closing in line with adidas Group standards/policies
• Monthly review, in-depth analysis and controlling of key P&L items and CAPEX to ensure accurate reporting
• Responsible for creation of finance master data creation
• Proactively identify key process and system issues by analyzing and comparing data from different sources of information
• Strong collaboration with FP&A and local finance team to support strict global and local deadlines
• Preparation of monthly local financial results and business update presentations

KPI's

• Timely submission of routine Financial and Management Reports
• Accuracy of actual reporting and forecasts validation
• Validation of budget inputs based on actual and forecast reporting
• Meet reporting deadlines

Key Relationships

• Local FP&A Team
• Local Finance Team
• Hub FP&A Team
• Commercial departments (Sales, SCM, HR, Legal, IT)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent attention to detail
• Business understanding of processes and structure
• Strong Analytical skills, comfort with Finance and Accounting principles and good financial statement analysis ability
• Multi-tasking with different levels of complexity by developing effective plans and organizing work efficiently
• Desire to work collaboratively with teams across the business
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Pro‑active and results orientated
• Ability to accept and meet deadlines
• Ability to work in consistently changing environment
• Good analytics by managing large data quantities from multiple sources (SAP, Excel, BI)
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in business administration with focus on Finance/Controlling (preferably CA or CIMA) with solid commercial experience
• Experience in financial reporting and analysis
• Advanced Microsoft office (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Experience using AI (MS Co-Pilot) advantageous
• SAP & BI experience is an advantage
• 3-4+ years of experience in the same or similar field
• Solid accounting skills and experience
• Industry experience: ideally in retail/apparel/fashion/consumer goods

Culture & Core Behaviours

AT ADIDAS WE HAVE A WINNING CULTURE. BUT TO WIN, PHYSICAL POWER IS NOT ENOUGH. JUST LIKE ATHLETES OUR EMPLOYEES NEED MENTAL STRENGTH IN THEIR GAME. WE FOSTER THE ATHLETE'S MINDSET THROUGH A SET OF BEHAVIORS THAT WE WANT TO ENABLE AND DEVELOP IN OUR PEOPLE AND THAT ARE AT THE CORE OF OUR UNIQUE COMPANY CULTURE: THIS IS HOW WE WIN WHILE PLAYING FAIR.

• COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need..
• OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company's standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.

- Culture Starts With People, It Starts With You -

By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.

Job Title

Senior Specialist Financial Analyst - EM South

Brand:

Location: Cape Town

TEAM: Finance

State: West

Country/Region: ZA

Contract Type: Full time

Number: 539377

Date: Jan 20, 2026