Senior Financial Analyst at Spin Master in Los Angeles, CA

What will you work on?

This Senior Financial Analyst, Brand Finance position will report to the Director, Financial Planning and Analysis and be responsible in providing the business with analytical tools and insights that measure product profitability and support the development of product strategies and business plans, as well as producing high quality financial plans (Budgets/Forecasts), financial insights & analyses that support the business decision making to lead profitable growth for the GBUs and Markets we support.

The Senior Financial Analyst, Brand Finance is responsible for ensuring the correct inputs are loaded into our financial planning models (TLP), as well as establishing, maintaining and analyzing financial models for the various Global Business Units (GBU) and International Markets.

How will you create impact?

• Working closely with the LA GBU team and the Australia team to support sound decision making with qualitative and quantitative analysis. Examples include partnering with the Brand Marketing teams on the maintenance, update & management of the TLP (Toy Line Plan) and monthly reporting.
• Prepare and analyze financial models (TLPs) for VCA (Vendor Cost Approval) and CEA (Capital Expense Approval) weekly approval process, partner with Brand Marketing if the analysis for VCA/CEA is under corporate thresholds to provide the rationale.
• Partner with the LA GBU Brand Marketing and Sales teams to provide clear visibility to operational performance.
• Developing insightful presentations that summarize data and facilitate decision-making and variance explanation for LA GBUs and international markets (Australia/NZ and Mexico)
• Provide insights & analytics for the Budget and quarterly Forecasts.
• Partner with IT and/or Brand Finance team in assisting in the implementation and continuous enhancements of financial systems as required by the organization.
• Provide forecast updates including variance analysis with commentary and explanation for significant variances.
• Monitor all TLP/Pricing models for quality and accuracy.
• Perform margin and ad hoc analysis to support business initiatives
• Maintain and update Financial Models in Excel and SAP BPC as required
• Identify issues with pricing between S&OP average to TLP/Pricelist
• Assist in the analysis and reporting of monthly profitability results.
• The Analyst will work with various cross-functional partners to provide in-depth financial and quantitative analysis in support of key business and strategic decisions.
• Assist the Australia market with ad hoc analysis of Gross Sales and Profitability.
• Assist in providing documentation and transactions to Auditors as needed
• Provide support to the rest of the Brand Finance team as needed during critical times, such as Budget, Forecast, Monthly reporting.

What are your skills and experience?

• Completion of a post-secondary degree in business, economics, and or commerce
• Experience with Financial Planning software. Experience with SAP and SAP BPC an asset.
• Advanced user of Excel, including financial modeling, data manipulation
• Ability to distill large amounts of data into meaningful insights; understand the audience and provide the right level of detail and analytics.

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The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in California is $70,000 to $90,000 Per Annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities

• Flexible Work Hours

• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun

• Comprehensive Benefits

• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.