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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!
What will you work on?
As a Financial Analyst, you will not simply report numbers—you will influence decisions. You will partner directly with Brand Marketing, Product Development, Sales, and Commercial teams to analyze profitability and build financial strategies for some of the world's most recognized toy and entertainment brands. This role manages Toy Line Planning (TLP), forecasting models, and pricing analysis, serving as a trusted advisor who translates data into actionable business recommendations.
Our opportunity is a fixed term contract
How will you create impact?
- Own the Toy Line Planning (TLP) models, forecasting assumptions, and pricing templates to analyze portfolio profitability.
- Partner with Brand Marketing, Product Development, and Sales to evaluate product margins, licensing economics, royalties, and retailer profitability.
- Build predictive financial models supporting pricing strategies, brand investments, and long-range planning decisions.
- Manage the financial review process for Vendor Cost Approvals (VCA) and Tooling Capital Expenditure Approvals (CEA).
- Synthesize complex financial and operational datasets into clear, executive-ready presentations and concise business narratives.
- Support the annual budget cycle, monthly business reviews, and quarterly forecasting processes.
- Leverage AI tools and automation platforms to simplify manual reporting, accelerate data analysis, and improve modeling workflows.
What are your skills and experience?
- Proven track record in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), commercial finance, brand finance, or a similar decision-support role.
- Demonstrated proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting, and data analysis.
- Experience partnering directly with cross-functional business units such as marketing, product development, or commercial sales teams.
- Practical experience leveraging planning systems such as SAP, SAP BPC, SAP Analytics Cloud, Anaplan, Power BI, or similar automated reporting tools.
- Familiarity with leveraging AI productivity tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Microsoft Copilot) to optimize workflows is considered a strong asset.
- Prior experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), manufacturing, retail, licensing, or the entertainment industry is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Accounting, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Professional proficiency in English, with the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and concisely to global stakeholders.
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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 [email protected] 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.
Skills Required
- Experience in brand management and leading integrated marketing campaigns
- Experience launching consumer products
- Expertise in consumer insights, audience targeting, and translating market research into strategies
- Strong financial acumen with experience managing marketing budgets and analyzing performance metrics
- Experience with forecasting models, pricing analysis, and Toy Line Planning (TLP)
- Experience writing agency briefs and managing creative deliverables with external media and PR agencies
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional project teams and align stakeholders
- Advanced analytical skills synthesizing multiple data sources into performance stories for senior management
What We Do
Spin Master Corp. (TSX:TOY) is a leading global children's entertainment company creating exceptional play experiences through a diverse portfolio of innovative toys, entertainment franchises and digital games. Spin Master is best known for award-winning brands PAW Patrol®, Bakugan®, Kinetic Sand®, Air Hogs®, Hatchimals® and GUND®, and is the toy licensee for other popular properties. Spin Master Entertainment creates and produces compelling multiplatform content, stories and endearing characters through its in-house studio and partnerships with outside creators, including the preschool success PAW Patrol and 10 other television series, which are distributed in more than 160 countries. The Company has an established digital presence anchored by the Toca Boca® and Sago Mini® brands, which combined have more than 25 million monthly active users. With over 1,800 employees in 28 offices globally, Spin Master distributes products in more than 100 countries.
