The Senior Business Analyst – LATAM will play a key role in supporting Commercial Finance activities across Mattel's Latin America region (Mexico, CAM, South America). This role provides financial analysis, forecasting, and scenario modeling to support strategic business decisions and optimize profitability. The analyst reports to Finance Manager LATAM and partners closely with local Finance teams, Sales, FP&A Global, and Controllership, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and alignment with Mattel's "One Finance" initiatives and LATAM standardization efforts.
This position requires strong analytical skills, advanced financial modeling, and the ability to translate data into insights for leadership decision-making. The ideal candidate is a proactive, detail-oriented finance professional with solid business acumen, advanced Excel and Tableau skills, and experience in Commercial Finance within a multinational consumer goods environment.
What You’ll Do
• Financial Planning: Develop and maintain financial models to support budgeting and forecasting processes, with a strong emphasis on P&L and Cost analysis.
• Variance Analysis: Conduct in-depth analysis of variances between actual performance and forecasted metrics, providing actionable insights to management.
• Collaboration: Partner with FP&A, Demand Planning, Inbound, Controllership, and Commercial teams to ensure accurate tracking of P&L lines and alignment on financial objectives.
• Reporting: Prepare and present financial reports and dashboards, highlighting key performance indicators and trends to facilitate strategic discussions.
• Scenario Analysis: Assess various financial scenarios to aid in strategic planning and decision-making processes.
• Process Optimization: Identify opportunities for improving financial processes and reporting methodologies to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Financial Planning: Lead financial planning, forecasting (quarterly), and AOP/LE/BE processes for LATAM commercial finance, ensuring accuracy and alignment with global FP&A guidelines.
• Month-end close: Support monthly and quarterly close activities, including revenue and margin variance analysis and accrual/provision validation.
• Reporting: Provide clear, data-driven insights and presentations to LATAM Finance and commercial leadership to support strategic initiatives.
• Collaboration: Support continuous improvement and process automation within Commercial Finance to drive efficiency and scalability.
• Collaboration: Drive the standardization of financial processes and tools across LATAM as part of the “One Finance” initiative.