Specialist Accounting

Purpose & overall relevance for the organisation

To maintain proper and adequate accounting records to ensure accurate reporting of the company’s financial results.

Key responsibilities

• Handle Accounts Payable matters, including recording supplier transactions, payment scheduling and settlement, reviewing Accounts Payable details, and reconciling them with the general ledger.
• Screen purchase and payment requests for compliance with company policy and tax regulations.
• Handle Accounts Receivable matters, including recording customer transactions, collections, sales invoices and credit notes, monthly GUI and customer statements, reconciliation with the general ledger, AR aging analysis, and overdue follow-up.
• Handle inventory and cost-related matters, including purchase returns, inventory depreciation and revaluation, stock value reviews, and reconciliation with the general ledger.
• Handle fixed asset matters, including acquisitions, disposals, reclassifications, monthly depreciation, ledger reviews, movement reports, general ledger reconciliation, and annual physical counts.
• Manage IFRS 16 lease accounting, including lease contract review, system uploads, and related accounting administration.
• Reconcile shop sales between POS and ERP systems.
• Reconcile store cash and credit card transactions, analyze discrepancies, and resolve issues.
• Review bank reconciliations and follow up on discrepancies.
• Support month-end and quarter-end closing.
• Support monthly expense analysis and cost control within RFC and budget.
• Prepare account breakdowns and reports as required.
• Perform physical inventory counts and variance analysis.

Tax responsibilities

• Prepare monthly withholding tax payments, reconciliations, and the annual withholding statement summary for the tax authority.
• Issue GUI and prepare VAT report 401 for the tax authority, ensuring reconciliation with accounting records.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Relevant financial accounting experience within a multinational organization; CPA firm experience is preferred.
• Good written and spoken English.

Education and experience

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.

Adidas culture

Adidas fosters an athlete’s mindset through courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity, and respect. The company emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion as part of its culture and talent processes.