Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organisation
Being part of the SEA ICPP team, this position plays a key role in strengthening the internal control environment within Indonesia while partnering with stakeholders in Indonesia and across SEA to support local and regional initiatives and continuous improvement.
The role focuses on improving the efficiency, transparency, and effectiveness of business processes; identifying and mitigating business and control risks; strengthening controls against fraud, errors, procedural weaknesses, and operational inefficiencies; and promoting compliance with applicable laws, internal policies, the Group Internal Control Framework, and relevant standards and best practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Support local and SEA cluster initiatives as part of the SEA ICPP team.
- Assess business and control risks through SEA market visits and annual Internal Control System testing in TeamMate+.
- Partner with stakeholders to implement risk mitigation and control enhancements.
- Drive remediation and closure of audit and internal control findings.
- Lead process improvement initiatives involving automation, standardisation, redesign, and harmonisation.
- Support EM Profit Protection initiatives, including risk-based store audits and analysis of high-risk POS transactions.
- Develop and maintain continuous monitoring frameworks, including Key Risk Indicators.
- Build internal and external partnerships and share best practices across clusters.
- Maintain awareness of global, market, and local policies and procedures, and provide local training.
- Design, implement, and update local policies, procedures, and related controls.
- Support compliance investigations and urgent fraud- and risk-related control remediation.
- Produce periodic audit and risk reports for local and SEA senior management.
- Communicate major control deficiencies and support the biannual Representation Letter process.
- Participate in the Global and Market ICS network.
- Deliver against KPIs, project milestones, and timelines while building strong cross-functional relationships.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong communication, presentation, analytical, problem-solving, numerical, and business partnering skills.
- Sound knowledge of internal audit, internal controls, governance, and risk management principles.
- Experience in fraud investigations, issue resolution, and reporting is advantageous.
- Strong project management and organisational skills.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
- Proactive, adaptable, collaborative, and comfortable working across diverse, remote, and cross-cultural teams.
Minimum Qualifications
- University degree in Finance and an accounting or auditing qualification such as CPA, CIA, CIMA, or ACCA.
- International experience across regional and local SEA/APAC markets in internal audit or internal controls is preferred.
- Retail industry experience is strongly preferred; retail loss prevention or profit protection experience is an advantage.
- Familiarity with data analytics, machine learning, AI, and digital technologies is advantageous.
- Minimum 5–7 years in a similar function or position.
- Knowledge of ERP systems such as SAP and TeamMate+.
- Understanding of COSO, COBIT, IIA, or related auditing and internal control frameworks.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Company Culture
At adidas, employees are encouraged to demonstrate courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect. The company also emphasises diversity, equity, and inclusion as part of its culture and talent processes.