Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization: Leadership and management of the finance function of India, with accountability to the GM for delivery of market business targets, sustainable profitability, cash flow, governance, and strategic business priorities. Input and participate in the development of the business strategies and operations of India. Continuously identify and recommend all necessary actions to improve the financial performance and efficiency of the business. Drive, track and support management of yearly targets. Key Responsibilities: Business Partner + FP&A + Accounting & Reporting <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Be the trusted advisor to India SLT on financial/strategic topics and risk management.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">A as a core member of the India SLT with accountability for enabling and supporting execution of the India market strategy. </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ensure the controlling and forecasting and provision of a critical view on all the business drivers, contributing to the achievement of targets and the continuous improvement of the financial performance.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ongoing input from a financial perspective for business decision-making, e.g. optimum pricing model, investment requirements, sales compensation structure, sales terms, accounts receivable aging, inventory levels, clearance. etc.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Establish processes to closely manage key financial parameters of sales, including returns, Net Inventory %, DSO, working capital and cash flow to achieve annual targets.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Proactively manage the balance sheet and P & L on monthly basis to maximize the return for adidas group.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Lead the yearly budgeting process and establish alignment with the respective departments and with Group.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Proactively identify, evaluate and drive opportunities to reduce costs and maximise margins.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Responsible for overseeing and managing the complexities of business models, ensuring accurate accounting, forecasting, strategic planning, and effective mitigation strategies to safeguard the company's financial stability within the global operating model and country specific retail licence frameworks and guidelines. </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Manage intercompany transactions and recharges (including Technology Hub, GBS), ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment with policies</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Demand Planning <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Provide overall oversight of the IBP process to align the unconstrained demand of India between Marketing and Sales from an unbiased perspective across all categories, brands and channels. </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Overall Responsibility for the implementation of the monthly IBP cycle in line with India & Emerging Market and global blueprint. </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Identify key risks and opportunities vs the plan to ensure commitments are met. </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Work cross functionally to manage inventory at optimal levels with balanced approach on buy and clearance management.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Support with Operational Demand Planning and Brand Finance topics </li> </ul> </li> </ul> Internal Controls & Policies <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Prepare for and facilitate Group Internal Audits as required</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Secure strong internal controls over assets and compliance with Group policies.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ensure audit and compliance with Group finance manual of the key financial, control and approval processes.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Responsible for the implementation of the annual global Control Self-Assessment (“CSA”) process to facilitate ongoing adherence to policies and best practices.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ensure provision of regulatory financial information and governance of all legal entities to the respective tax and financial institutions </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Will serve as the key interface for external and internal audit with primary responsibility for adherence to policy and legal regulations.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Credit Management <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ensure provision of credit control of all customers and drive cash collection within the agreed targets</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Cash Management & Treasury <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Lead end-to-end cash flow planning, forecasting, and liquidity management </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Optimize working capital, funding structures, and banking relationships </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ensure efficient treasury operations, including forex risk management and capital allocation </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Drive strong cash discipline across the business to support growth and profitability</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Group Finance Functions (e.g. Tax, Treasury, Group Accounting, Insurance, etc.) <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Act as Board Director, discharging fiduciary duties in the best interests of the company </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ensure robust governance frameworks, risk oversight, and compliance with corporate laws and board protocols </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Provide independent financial stewardship and decision support to the Board and shareholders</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ensure Tax, Treasury, Accounting and Insurance topics are managed in the best interests of India, EM and Global</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Formulate taxation policies and propose opinions for adidas India; supervise tax planning & structuring for tax advantage, considering direct & indirect taxes, provisions, deferred taxes, etc; oversee reconciliations to minimize tax incidence; ensure compliance; and ensure effective use of funds.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Facilitator on Cluster level for Group Finance functions by interacting and coordinating with relevant subject matter experts at Global level and working closely with local teams</li> </ul> </li> </ul> People Management <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Define organizational structure, set objectives, and manage workloads and results to achieve goals while adopting best practices and achieving continuous process improvement.</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ensure high employee engagement at every level through effective motivation, coaching, training, and development of personnel in the team.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Key Relationships: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:23.2667px">India SLT</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:23.2667px">EM SLT</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:23.2667px">EM Finance Directors</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:23.2667px">Group Finance </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:23.2667px">Internal and External Auditors </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:23.2667px">Lawyers, Consultants, Customs, Govt & tax authorities (need basis)</li> </ul> Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Strong business analytical and statistical skills (with a proven business acumen)</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Stakeholder management and growth mindset</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Strong execution and influencing skills</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Project and process management skills </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ability to work under ambiguity and problem solve and provide direction</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Ability to lead, motivate, and develop finance and cross functional teams</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="list-style:none;margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px"> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0cm;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">University degree in Business Management</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Qualified Chartered Accountant </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Minimum of 15 years in finance department in controlling and accounting functions and 5 years years in Leadership role </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Board or management team experience. </li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">International experience and track record</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Preferably knowledge of adidas and various Global functional organizations and processes</li> <li style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0cm 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;text-indent:4.4px">Language skills: fluent in English spoken and written</li> </ul> </li> </ul>

Senior Finance Director India (Gurgaon, HR, IN) @ adidas

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