Specialist GBS Retail

Description du poste:

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

At adidas, we have a clear purpose: "Through sport, we have the power to change lives." This guiding principle shapes how we operate as a company, how we collaborate with our partners, how we create our products, and how we connect with our consumers. Our values represent essential behaviors and mindsets, reflecting the "You Got This" attitude we strive to see in every team member.

This same purpose and mindset are at the heart of Global Business Services (GBS) the team that delivers consistent, end-to-end business solutions across adidas. By driving process excellence and operational efficiency, GBS enables our partners to focus on what matters most: creating impact.

Within GBS, the DTC Retail Team process plays a key role in ensuring transactional integrity across the direct-to-consumer retail channel by reconciling sales and payments with precision, speed, and scalability. Acting as the connective tissue between commercial operations, financial systems, and compliance frameworks, the team ensures that every retail transaction-from point of sale to final settlement accurately captured, validated, and reflected in core systems. The DTC Retail specialist is responsible for executing daily reconciliation activities between sales and payments validating transactions, detecting errors, and ensuring data integrity across systems. They collaborate with technical and financial teams to resolve issues, document processes, and actively contribute to continuous improvement. Their operational focus ensures that every transaction is accurately recorded, supporting the reliability and efficiency of the Retail Channel.

  

Key Responsibilities:

* Handling, monitoring, and posting bank statements.

* General Ledger and Accounts Receivable accounts reconciliation, investigating and following up on differences.

* Monitoring and following up of differences between systems interfaces.

* Support the successful execution of all accounting activities for DTC areas, ensuring work is completed in a timely and accurate manner.

* Perform period end closing activities such as accruals, provisions and balance sheet reclasses.

* Perform inventory accounting and post adjustments.

* Perform balance sheet reconciliation, accounts review and provide variances explanations.

* Close contact with the local Finance Teams across adidas subsidiaries located in Europe and Americas and Customer Service teams, handling daily queries.

Key Relationships:

* Market finance

* Process Owners

* IT & Corporate Solutions

* Customer Service

* Operations team

* Other GBS streams

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

* A bachelor's or master's degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, finance, or comparable professional education.

* At least 2-4 years of experience in similar functions.  

* Broad and deep theoretical understanding of job function.

* Good Accounting knowledge.

* Fluency in English, both verbal and written.

* Ability to pay close attention to detail and a high degree of customer orientation.

* Problem-solving mindset and analytical skills.

* Be a team player.

* Experience with SAP is an advantage.

* Experience in a Shared Service environment is an advantage.

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 BEHAVIORS 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.

Job Title: Specialist GBS Retail

Brand:

Location: Bogota

TEAM: Finance

State: Dist

Country/Region: CO

Contract Type: Full time

Number: 542369

Date: Mar 24, 2026