Director Finance Operations, Japan Finance

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This position is responsible for financial operations activities that are retained by the market and for managing the relationship with the GBS (Shared Service) financial operations team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversees the operations of the Finance Operations team, including the design of the team structure as well as accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, and financial reporting with the GBS in Dalian, China
• Challenges the status quo, to simplify yet strengthen the current process to further improvements and efficiency
• Ensuring accurate financial reporting and compliance with accounting regulations, both IFRS and Statutory accounting.
• Analyses and bring in in-sight to business opportunities, projects and other pending decisions to determine impact on company's financial results and to identify ways to improve the economics for the Company and prepares post mortems on outcomes
• Leads the preparation for internal and external audit
• Leads credit control team to minimize credit risk while maximize the usage of credit extended to customers to support the business growth
• Provide leadership and direction for the team by setting performance plans and provide coaching and feedback to drive high performance

Authorities:

• Planning and reporting milestones and deadlines
• Target setting proposals

Key Relationships:

Internal

• VP, Finance
• Other local Finance functions (Internal Compliance and Control, FP&A, Non-Trade Procurement)
• Market Commercial & enable function teams
• Group Finance (Japan, HQ)
• Dalian GBS

External

• Customers
• Consultants
• Internal and External Auditors
• Authorities

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from senior executives, stakeholders and cross functional business leaders in a precise manner
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions, and determine and implement effective action plans
• Desire and ability to work closely and collaboratively with other members of senior Finance leadership team at Market and Global level
• Ability to coach, manage, align, motivate and develop direct reports
• Ability to think strategically, synthesize the most complex data and develop innovative solutions within an entrepreneurial environment
• Ability to execute scenario planning and investment case analysis as appropriate
• Excellent analytical, written, oral, organizational, and presentation skills to influence company leadership and decisions at all levels
• Great leadership and team management and communication skills

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Advanced degree or qualification in Finance, Economics or Accounting (e.g. MBA or CPA)
• Solid accounting skills and experience
• Advanced excel skills required
• Japanese (native), English (advanced business level)
• Familiarity with SAP, Power BI and other relevant adidas and industry Finance systems/analytical software a major plus
• 10-15 years of broad based operational finance experience with progressive responsibility in industry leading companies