Manager Wholesale Controlling

EMPLOYER: adidas America, Inc.

POSITION: Manager Controlling Wholesale

DUTIES: Responsible for managing the timely and accurate preparation of wholesale controlling, including presentations, and for business and financial analysis on an ad-hoc monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Drive business growth targets through leading meaningful state of the art analyses and articulating insights regarding performance against plan. Responsible for steering the development of holistic reporting tools that provide accurate, sufficient transparency required to successfully steer the decision-making and compliance with reporting standards. Specific job duties include: Preparation of financial and Accounting analyses of underlying results against the plans or budgets; Support the WHS Leadership team with selected financial and business analysis, ad-hoc reporting, and the preparation of Executive level presentations; Contribute to the development of standardized best practice reporting and control methods; Develop and maintain databases, tables and processes to automate reports and analysis; and Manage and participate in cross-functional projects as required.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in management information systems, finance, statistics, economics,  business, or a related field, and five years of work experience in financial reporting, planning or analysis. Work experience must have included: Knowledge of finance or accounting with retail math and retail financial drivers; Experience presenting information to senior executives, stakeholders, cross functional business leaders and peers; Experience with advanced Excel; Experience working cross-functionally, joining data from various sources, draw conclusions and develop innovative solutions; and Experience creating, updating, and sharing databases.

JOB SITE: 5055 N. Greeley Avenue, Portland, OR  97217, May permit telecommuting from home office within commuting distance to Portland, OR.