Senior Manager, Omnichannel FP&A - SEA

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

This role leads budgeting , forecasting and consolidation for the adidas Retail and Franchise channels across SEA, ensuring planning and reporting timelines are consistent with globally defined processes. It also drives cost efficiency, a consistent reporting environment and channel profitability across retail and franchise, giving finance and business leaders relevant insights , analysis, and trade-off options to support their decisions.

Key Responsibilities :

• Partner with commercial teams to drive Retail and Franchise growth, including setting and monitoring the topline roadmap.

• Manage the Business Plan Model (BPM) process and rollout plans for Retail and Franchise, shaping the channel portfolio in each market.
• Drive the annual budget and manage monthly (scorecard, monthly update) and ad-hoc forecasting in close collaboration with commercial and marketing finance.
• Manage budget, forecast and actuals tracking, reporting and reconciliation for Retail and Franchise, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities against targets.
• Oversee monthly results analysis and consolidation in collaboration with the FD.
• Lead the preparation and presentation of insightful Retail and Franchise financial and operating reporting for senior leadership.
• Lead cost efficiency, profitability, and process improvement initiatives, defining ownership and monitoring progress.

Authorities:

• Planning and reporting milestones and deadlines
• Target setting proposals
• Governance over policies and authority levels

Key Relationships:

  The main stakeholders/customers to be dealt with:

• • FD, Finance and Market Finance Teams
  • SEA and Market Retail & Franchise teams
  • Market Commercial teams
  • Market Marketing teams
  • Group Retail, and Finance

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Excellent analytical, written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and respond confidently to senior executives and cross-functional leaders
• Structured problem-solving: define issues, analyse data, draw sound conclusions, and implement effective action plans
• Strategic thinker able to synthesise complex data and develop innovative solutions in an entrepreneurial environment
• Experience in scenario planning and investment case analysis
• Collaborative partner to the senior Finance leadership team at market and global level
• Ability to coach, motivate and develop direct reports

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Advanced degree or professional qualification in Finance, Economics or Accounting (e.g. MBA, CPA)
• 8–10 years of broad operational finance experience with progressive responsibility in industry-leading companies
• Solid accounting knowledge and advanced Excel skills
• Familiarity with SAP, BI, AI applications and Microsoft suite