adidas

Assistant Manager, FP&A

adidas

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Tokyo • Japan

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Tech Stack

PythonSQL

About the role

  • Lead business analysis & planning as a strategic business partner
  • Operate financial planning and forecasting processes in cooperation with business partners
  • Support inventory management, standard margin management, and logistics cost analysis
  • Ensure consistency between company strategy, budget, forecast, and actual performance
  • Act as a finance partner to Market Channel, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams
  • Facilitate alignment and consensus across functions
  • Operate and continuously improve standardized performance reporting
  • Analyze and manage cost variances across key cost components
  • Build and continuously improve ROI analysis frameworks for marketing expenses and capital expenditures
  • Develop and enhance reporting environments using Power BI
  • Execute daily FP&A operations in accordance with established procedures

Requirements

  • Fluent in Japanese
  • Intermediate level of written English
  • University graduate
  • Minimum 2 years of professional experience in a corporate environment
  • Experience in finance-related roles such as FP&A, finance analytics, or demand planning is preferred
  • Experience in the sport or clothing industry is a plus
  • Proficient in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience working with data using SQL and BI tools (e.g. Power BI)
  • Experience or strong interest in using automation, scripting, or AI-enabled tools (e.g. DAX, Python, generative AI) to improve reporting, analysis, and data handling processes
  • Experience working with SAP-based financial or planning systems (e.g. SAP AFS, S/4HANA) is preferred.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Remote work options
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Hard Skills & Tools
financial planningforecastingcost analysisROI analysisdata analysisFP&Afinance analyticsdemand planningautomationscripting
Soft Skills
business analysisstrategic partnershipalignment facilitationconsensus buildingcommunication