Purpose: This position is responsible for shaping and steering Canada’s retail Brick & Mortar finance strategy through effective planning, forecasting, and analysis. It partners closely with business partners and stakeholders, develops key performance indicators (KPIs) and ensures that financial decisions are aligned with both immediate and strategic goals. Key Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead FP&A for the Canada retail channel by owning the store and market forecasting, planning, and reporting</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Partner with cross-functional teams in Canada and the US (Merchandising, Operations, Demand Planning, etc.) to align financial plans with commercial priorities</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Build and enhance scalable financial tools and models to enable deep-dive analysis of retail KPIs, store economics, and fleet performance</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Establish KPI definitions, reporting standards, and performance routines to track store productivity, profitability, and fleet health</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Drive business results by identifying risks and opportunities, performing root-cause analysis, and partnering on actions to deliver to plan</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Deliver concise performance narratives, insights, and recommendations to the Finance Director Canada and senior leadership</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Own annual budget and periodic outlooks for key retail cost lines including variance explanations and mitigation plans</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develop business cases and ROI analyses for strategic initiatives (e.g., store openings/closures, refurbishments, labour investments, and commercial programs)</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensure data integrity and strong financial governance across planning and reporting</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead and develop team member by setting objectives, coaching analytical problem-solving, and driving timely, high-quality deliverables</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Continuously improve planning and reporting processes through automation, simplification, and standardization (Excel, SAP, Power BI, TM1/Cognos)</li> </ul> Key Relationships: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:24.0px">Retail Planning and Merchandising </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:24.0px">Retail Operations </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:24.0px">Director Finance Canada</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:24.0px">Finance, Demand Planning and Inventory Management teams in Canada and the US</li> </ul> Knowledge Skills and Abilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Demonstrated analytical skills and experience in FP&A, with a strong understanding of retail P&Ls and retail financial drivers</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong ability to work independently, communicate effectively and build productive working relationships across teams</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Highly effective at prioritizing and managing multiple assignments and cross functional stakeholders simultaneously under tight timelines</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ability to synthesize complex analyses into clear, concise insights and recommendations for management and cross-functional business partners</li> <li style="line-height:11.0pt;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strategic, structured approach to working with large, complex datasets across multiple sources to define requirements, ensure data integrity, and drive actionable insights</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Advanced Excel skills required; proficiency with SAP, Power BI, PowerPoint, and TM1/Cognos (or similar reporting tools) preferred</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. </li> </ul> Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting from a college or university. MBA preferred </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5-7 years related experience and/or training</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Advanced Excel skills required</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Industry specific experience preferred</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Solid accounting skills and experience preferred</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Experience in inventory management and/or demand planning a plus</li> </ul> adidas offers a robust and progressive range of benefits, including: health and dental benefits, including prescription drug coverage, out of country coverage, short and long-term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, and an Employee & Family Assistance Program. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ Retirement Savings Plan with employer match. Qualifying employees are eligible for our education assistance program and fitness reimbursement program. Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. We recognize the commitment of our employees by increasing vacation time with length of service. We also offer Service Awards & Service Time Off during milestone years, paid bereavement leave, and parental leave top-up to eligible employees. The anticipated low and high end of the base pay range for this position is $95000- $125000 CAD. Actual salary will be based on various factors, such as a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills and competencies, and proficiency for the role. At adidas we offer a Hybrid work policy which requires attendance in the office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday each week. For work requiring a high degree of collaboration or an in-person presentation, in-office attendance is required even on Friday. The working location of this position is Woodbridge ON, Canada Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English. adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Finance Manager, Canada Retail (Woodbridge, CA) @ adidas

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