Manager FP&A

Adidas Gruppe; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sports brand is seeking an FP&A Manager at their Stockport office. The role involves supporting business decision-making for North Europe and requires strong analytical skills in finance. Candidates should hold a relevant degree, financial qualification, and have up to 3 years of experience. The position fosters a collaborative culture, focusing on innovation and teamwork while offering a flexible hybrid work model.

Benefits

Flexible working policies

State-of-the-art gym

Wellness Hub

Qualifications

• Completed a relevant university degree.
• Financial qualification such as ICAEW, CIMA, or ACCA.
• No more than 3 years of post-qualified experience.

Responsibilities

• Support financial and business decision-making for North Europe.
• Work with major sports teams and wholesale retailers.
• Collaborate with the FP&A team to analyze financial results.

Skills

Passion for Sport

Collaboration

Innovation

Attention to detail

Advanced Excel skills

SAP S/4HANA

Power BI

Education

Relevant university degree

Financial qualification (ICAEW / CIMA / ACCA)

Tools

MS Office

SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Job description

Join adidas Europe and shape the future of the sporting goods industry! For over 75 years, our European heritage has been a fusion of culture and innovation, driving global sports trends. Our offices, from Herzogenaurach to London, Berlin, Zaragoza, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Athens, Milan, Manchester, and Paris, are centers of creativity and collaboration. We aim to be Europe's best sports brand, seeking pioneers and visionaries to join our bold journey.

At adidas, you're not just getting a job; you're invited to make a global impact, joining a team that values creativity, courage and innovation. Are you ready to be part of our journey?

Manchester:

You’ll be joining our Stockport Head office, home to 18 showrooms, our Conference Centre, staff Wellness Hub, a truly state-of-the-art gym - fully loaded with Peloton bikes & every piece of gym equipment you can imagine. An indoor astro turf pitch, a Padel court, chat boxes & creative corners and spaces. Our Stockport team consists of over 350 adidas employees, working across Brand, Sports Marketing, Marketing Activations, Visual Merchandising, Sales, Account Operations, Finance, HR & many more.

What you’ll do:

As a FP&A Manager at adidas you will be part of a wider FP&A team of 16 people supporting the wholesale business for North Europe, Nordics and the Alliance Key Accounts. We provide critical information to support financial and business decision-making, from signing some of the biggest sports teams, athletes and musicians in the world through to supporting some of the world’s biggest wholesale sports retailers.

This role is perfect for someone with a keen interest in Sport and natural flair for finance and commercial analysis. The ideal candidate will have completed a relevant university degree and financial qualification (ICAEW / CIMA / ACCA) and be able to demonstrate clear work experience from their career so far. This role would naturally suit somebody with no more than 3 years post-qualified experience (PQE).

Skills you’ll need:

Our jobs are very competitive and we’re lucky enough to be able to invite the best candidates in the industry to interview, please read below and apply only if you bring the following:

• A passion for Sport and an excellent attitude, work ethic and desire to collaborate with others
• A natural desire to innovate, own business processes and drive continuous improvement
• A keen eye for detail who prides themselves on timely and accurate information
• Advanced skills in MS Office, particularly Excel, as well as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and Power BI
• UK

We operate a flexible hybrid model with 3 fixed days in the office and the flexibility for you to choose where you work from on the other 2 days. Additionally, we want to accommodate candidates wherever possible with one of our many different flexible working policies, whatever your situation, working around childcare, dependants or other life commitments.

To ensure everyone feels welcome we endeavour to accommodate everyone at all stages of the application and interview process. Should you need it, please let your recruitment partner know and they will be more than happy to help.

At adidas we have a winning culture. But to win, physical power is not enough. Just like athletes, our employees need mental strength in their game. We foster the athlete’s mindset through a set of behaviours that we want to enable and develop in our people and that are at the core of our unique company culture: This is how we win while playing fair.

• COURAGE: Speak up when you see an opportunity; step up when you see a need.
• OWNERSHIP: Pick up the ball. Be proactive, take responsibility and follow-through.
• INNOVATION: Elevate to win. Be curious, test and learn new and better ways of doing things.
• TEAMPLAY: Win together. Work collaboratively and cultivate a shared mindset.
• INTEGRITY: Play by the rules. Hold yourself and others accountable to our company’s standards.
• RESPECT: Value all players. Display empathy, be inclusive and show dignity to all.

At adidas, we strongly believe that embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into our culture and talent processes gives our employees a sense of belonging and our brand a real competitive advantage.

— Culture Starts With People, It Starts With You –

By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.