<div style="color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400.0;text-align:start;border-width:medium medium 1.0pt;border-style:none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor windowtext;padding:0.0in 0.0in 1.0pt"> <div>Adidas is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all ages, genders (incl. gender identity), ethnic and social backgrounds, nationalities, sexual orientations, religions and beliefs, and those with apparent or non-apparent disabilities*. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees.</div> <div>*We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.</div> </div> Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation: Responsible for compliance with Federal regulations in the area of Social Security and for managing Global Mobility payroll for the HQ location, including payroll accounting and payroll audits. Contributes to adherence, optimization and compliance of adidas AG HR practices to Social Security regulations, laws and obligations. Key Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:1.0 E-4pt"> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensure the accurate and timely filing of social security contributions and other statutory information requests. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Identify solutions for routine social security issues and organization of team to meet rigid deadlines.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Leads, directs, evaluates and develops a team of specialists to ensure that the strategic priorities are effectively implemented. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develops, implements, and recommends processes and procedures to create efficiency and standardization. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maintains complete and accurate policy and procedure documentation. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Actively participates in HR Projects and lead projects related to social security, global mobility payroll, payroll accounting and audit, continuously driving improvement. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Peer to Sr. Director Payroll Tax and Sr. Manager Corporate Wage tax on all social security related matters.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Responsibility for delivering and processing of monthly and year-end activities related to social security, global mobility and payroll accounting. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensures all payrolls, accounting and auxiliary system requirements are met regarding social security, global mobility tax set-up, tax deposits, tax filing, and year-end reconciliations. Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local tax regulations.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Ensure timely communication of changes to policies, procedures, and regulations to employees and stakeholders. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Act as the subject matter expert to ensure that the compliance risk for all relevant regulations, laws and employment standards is adhered to. Stay current on changes to payroll processing policies, internal procedures, and software updates. </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Process reports for internal management and external audit requests, including biweekly and quarterly reporting, re-classing and analysis to the Finance Team.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Respond to more complex, escalated enquiries from team members and resolve difficult enquiries from and recommend solutions for Corporate Tax, Finance, Audit and Employees</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage on-going relationships with external suppliers and consultants (e.g. payroll and system consultants, social security authorities, etc.) to include selected vendors, managing contracts and ensuring satisfactory service standards</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Responsible for HQ Reporting to the local Authorities, assisting in social security regulation audits of the adidas AG and implementation of related measures resulting from Audits </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Act as primary contact person with regard to social security matters</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Consultation and support for the HR Services team with regard to social security matters</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Supporting the Rewards / HR Partners with regard to social security matters</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Revision of existing guidelines & definition and documentation of cross-departmental workflows</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Participation in potential projects involving own area of responsibility </li> </ul> <p style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.25in;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-weight:400.0;text-align:justify;line-height:16.0px;vertical-align:middle"> Key Relationships: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:1.0 E-4pt"> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">HR Services</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Rewards Partners</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">HR Partners and HR Directors </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Group Taxes</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Works Council</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Social Security authorities</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">External Consultants</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Finance</li> </ul> Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:1.0 E-4pt"> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Excellent command of English and German language </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Excellent knowledge of MS-Office applications and business computing solutions, ideally SAP-HR/FI</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">International mindset</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">High level of self-motivation and team player</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong customer focus and service minded</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Excellent knowledge of accounting and budget procedures</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Continuous improvement and service oriented mind-set, ability to handle complaints in a professional manner </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Willingness to continuously broaden and deepen process knowledge</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Analytical and detailed oriented work style</li> </ul> Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:1.0 E-4pt"> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Social Security consultant </li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">University/Commercial education with respective specialisation</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">8+ years of work experience in the field of payroll administration with a focus on Social Security</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">2+ years managerial experience</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 14.15pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;vertical-align:middle;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Prior experience working in a shared service environment preferred. </li> </ul>

Senior Manager Payroll (Social Security) (m/f/d) (Herzogenaurach, BY, DE) @ adidas

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