Sr Financial Reporting Analyst

The Opportunity: 

Mattel's Financial Reporting department is responsible for the global consolidation of Mattel’s financial statements, oversight of the monthly close process, and preparation of Mattel’s quarterly and annual financial statements filed with the SEC. 

The department also manages various corporate accounting activities, including share-based compensation, employee benefit plan expenses, and lease accounting.  The group serves as a technical accounting resource for the broader organization and supports the review of other publicly presented financial information, including earnings releases, analyst presentations, and the annual Proxy statement.

These activities require partnership with all divisions of Mattel and provide excellent exposure to finance leadership.

This position reports to the department’s Financial Reporting Manager.  

What Your Impact Will Be: 

• Support preparation of SEC financial filings, including annual reports on Form 10-K and Form 11-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, footnotes to the financial statements and Management Discussion and Analysis, and XBRL filings
• Review internal and external communications, including board presentations and investor relations earnings releases, scripts, and presentations
• Participate in the consolidation process, including the preparation of monthly/quarterly journal entries (e.g., share-based compensation, derivatives, and benefit plans) and other consolidation activities
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages
• Perform balance sheet and income statement variance analyses
• Support review of significant contracts and review of appropriate accounting under US GAAP and coordinate with internal teams on accounting
• Work with internal stakeholders to provide accounting guidance for newly issued accounting rules and determine implications resulting from contemplated or executed transactions and contracts
• Work as part of cross-functional teams to execute various special projects and transactions and preparation of ad hoc financial reporting
• Support data validation and process change management for Mattel’s Oracle Cloud ERP system implementation