Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?
At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!
**Please note this is a fixed term parental leave cover for around 6 months.**
Spin Master is a leading global children's entertainment company, creating exceptional play experiences through it’s three creative centres: Toys, Entertainment and Digital Games. With distribution in over 100 countries, Spin Master is best known for award-winning brands PAW Patrol®, Bakugan®, Kinetic Sand®, Air Hogs®, Hatchimals®, Rubik’s Cube® and GUND®, and is the integral toy licensee for other popular properties.
**What will you work on?**
Reporting to the Brand Finance Manager South Europe, the Brand Finance Analyst Iberia will ensure that budgeting and forecasting is accurate and timely, along with providing reporting and decision support to the commercial teams.
Being responsible for the Iberia market, the Brand Finance Analyst will be a key contributor to the quarterly forecasting and monthly performance tracking processes, working with both finance and non-finance colleagues across Europe to further understanding of financial performance. Whilst supporting decision making on new products the individual will gain a strong insight into the product line up and the levers which can be used to influence profitability and cash flow.
The Brand Finance Analyst Iberia will be expected to work at the office in Valencia a minimum of three days a week.
**How will you create impact?**
- Together with Sales Marketing; own, maintain, and ensure accuracy of the Iberia Toy Line Plans (TLPs) and of all TLP rates.
- Support the VCA (Vendor Cost Approval) process with any Europe specific TLPs.
- Provide support training for the Automated TLP tool to Sales and Marketing teams.
- Ensure all price lists are created and validated, market lead approvals obtained, and accurate pricing is set up in the systems (SAP) on a timely basis.
- Implement processes and tools to track, report and plan for total marketing spend for the Iberia market.
- Preparation of Iberia PL budgets and forecasts working closely with Sales, Marketing, Europe FPA, Financial Reporting and Operations Finance teams.
- Provide commercial finance partner support to the Iberia Sales and Marketing teams.
- Model financial scenarios and PLs for new products and/or initiatives in the market. Support business decisions relating to new tenders, allowances agreements (return on trade investment in marketing vs allowances), demand plans, and sales agents’ efficiency analysis, etc.
- Develop a solid understanding of the profit levers for the Iberia market. Understand the operational commercial limitations and advise business stakeholders and senior management on how to maximise contribution from both brands and customers.
- Actively engage in productivity driving initiatives for Marketing investments, measuring return on investment and influencing decision making based on solid financial recommendations (including pre
- and post
- investment analysis to determine and validate ROI hurdles).
- Provide overall market and brand profitability and performance tracking, reporting and analysis.
- Responsibility for the management of all sales allowance costs for the market and for ensuring that the team have control, reporting and understanding of all allowance costs by customer and by calendar year.
- Communicating any changes in allowances (terms and OA) to Credit Collection, Finance Managers and the Senior Manager Brand Finance Europe.
- Carry out ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
- Drive continuous improvements to deliver more efficient and effective business support to the Iberia market.
- Support any local and global projects as required.
- Act as advisor to the Sales and Marketing Directors on Brand Finance matters.
**How will you fit into the team?**
The Brand Finance Analyst Iberia reports to the Brand Finance Manager South Europe with a dotted reporting line to the Sales and Marketing leads specific to the supported market.
**What are your skills and experience?**
- Graduate or Masters Degree in Accounting, Finance or similar.
- Qualified Finance Professional with a minimum experience of 2-4 years preferably in the FMCG, Toy or Fashion industries.
- Expert level of working with Excel, SAP, SAP BI, BOBJ and BPC.
- Excellent in data gathering and interpretation.
- Fluent English, verbal and written
- Evidence of successful business support experience and collaborative partnering skill to influence up and down the organisation.
- Integrity, honesty and understanding of data privacy standards.
- Excellent communication skills, rigorous, organised and able to work collaboratively with commercial and finance te