Senior Financial Analyst - Fp&A

Job Description
The Opportunity:
Mattel is currently looking for Sr. Financial Analyst to join our Financial Planning team in El Segundo, CA. You will play a critical role in supporting the financial management of Mattel’s largest divisions. This is an opportunity to learn about and coordinate with Mattel’s Global subsidiaries and other internal finance organizations including Regional Commercial Finance, Strategic Planning, the Controller’s office, Operations Finance, and Global Brand Teams for key inputs into the financial planning and analysis process.
What Your Impact Will Be:
Support the development, analysis, and forecasting of the financial plan and quarterly forecasts for the consolidated Company
Consolidate, analyze, and summarize the monthly financial results for the Company against the plan, forecasts, and prior results and present findings to management
Develops short- and long-range financial targets for the total Company including specific regional targets that take into account the change in costs, inflation, sales and local pricing initiatives
Effectively communicate the business performance via in-depth analysis of the P&
L including Sales, cost of sales, gross margin, A&
P, SG&
A and EBITDA
Participate in strategic initiatives that focus on efficient utilization of resources, require in-depth financial analysis and continuous improvement initiatives
Coordinate with subsidiaries and other internal finance organizations including Strategic Planning, Controller’s office, Operations Finance, Sales Forecasting, Sales Finance and Global Brand Teams for key inputs to the financial planning and forecasting process.
Evaluate business problems and build quantitative models to support business decisions
Represent the Finance point-of-view at cross-functional meetings with business units such as Sales, Design, Development, and Marketing
Support weekly performance forecasting and reporting of key business metrics including shipping and inventory projections
Coordinates with the markets major events that impact accounting and financials, e.G. tax changes, audits, changes in divisional reporting methodologies, and requirements for forecasts and actuals
Maintains on-going relationship with the markets to understand the state of the business, the major changes and the key factors that impact the business.
Ensure compliance with Corporate policy and Sarbanes Oxley requirements