Senior Financial Analyst

Spin Master•Los Angeles, CA

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Completion of a post-secondary degree in business, economics, and or commerce
Experience with Financial Planning software.
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.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP and SAP BPC an asset.

Responsibilities

Working closely with the LA GBU team and the Australia team to support sound decision making with qualitative and quantitative analysis.
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.