adidas Looking for Senior Manager Corporate Finance at Portland, OR Full Time

The Senior Manager Corporate Finance – NAM position is responsible for the end-to-end financial management of our NAM special purpose legal entities. In addition, this role will be responsible for the ongoing effectiveness and operational ability of Corporate Finance – NAM, through creation and drive of various applicable projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, control & implement all relevant systems used for or to support accounting and financial reporting processes for NAM special purpose legal entities
• Responsible for actuals, forecasting & budgeting as well as developing and improving internal procedures for our NAM special purpose legal entities
• Design, maintain & further evolve our financial processes across NAM special purpose entities to ensure we successfully meeting both internal reporting as well as external audit requirements.
• Engage with our external auditors and internal controls team on our special purpose legal entities
• Support, manage and drive any Merger, Acquisition & Divestiture topics from a Corporate Finance – NAM perspective
• Support local and global teams on financial system integration projects and leading the accounting team’s involvement in such projects.
• Represent Corporate Finance in any strategic projects across Finance, Business, IT, Supply Chain, etc.
• Manage & execute global and local strategic initiatives for Corporate Finance – NAM
• Engage in people management topics across NAM Corporate Finance as part of the NAM Corporate Finance leadership team
• Perform other Corporate Finance – NAM tasks and assignments as required

Key Relationships

• NAM Finance, NAM FP&A, global Finance, GBS, NAM business, External auditors & consultants, US Tax group, etc.

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Excellent knowledge in merger, acquisition, and divestiture accounting (US GAAP & IFRS preferred)
• Strong analytical & communication skills.
• Strong SAP, GRAPE, and MS Office skills
• Must be able to balance multiple priorities, be detail and results oriented

Requisite Education And Experience / Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• 8-10 years’ experience in Accounting or Internal Controls with exposure to IAS and IFRS
• SAP and GRAPE working knowledge preferred
• Will accept any suitable combination of education, training, and experience