Sr Manager Accounting - Commercial Finance

Position Overview

Senior Manager Accounting - Commercial Finance at Mattel, Inc.

$/yr - $/yr

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day.

We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

• Co‑Manage the region’s close process and ensures the accurate and timely completion of transactions, journal entries, and account reconciliations to support the close and reporting processes.
• Apply US GAAP and Corporate Accounting policies, and seeks guidance from the Accounting Director and Corporate Controller’s office in complex situations.
• Represent North American business unit on Next Generation Finance, a project to redesign finance at Mattel from end to end (new GL structure, new company structure, new accounting software), a critical finance project expected to run through 1H 2026.
• Leads accurate and timely issuance of month‑end, quarter, and annual financial reports.
• Manages and monitors critical accounts such as, but not limited to, accounts receivable, sales, sales adjustments, cost of sales, variable costs, POS, and inventory.
• Manages internal and external audits in coordination with leadership and the Corporate Controller’s office.
• Analyzes the region’s financial results with respect to profits, trends, costs, and compliance with budgets in coordination with the region’s Accounting Director.
• Reviews yearly SOX requirements from external auditors and helps update policies and documentation.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable governmental finance and accounting regulations, including filing and/or maintaining of required forms.
• Issues regular status reports to leadership on the region’s financial performance and special projects.
• Serves as a key point of contact for a variety of questions, ad hoc projects, and problem resolutions.

• Works with other finance teams, including Global FP&A, Global Supply Chain Finance, Brand Finance, Franchise Finance, and Commercial teams, including regional Sales and Marketing, to understand financial drivers, ensure financials are accurate, and provide critical reporting, analysis, and insight to aid in decision making.
• Develop a close working relationship with the shared services function, overseeing, and performing reviews of AP invoice entry, payment processing, cash application, AR invoice collections, AR deductions, and Balance Sheet account reconciliations.
• Leads performance management and appraisals as well as goal setting for direct reports, providing developmental feedback to help take the organization forward.
• Team Leadership:
  Approximately 4 team members.

• Drives continuous improvement for accounting/finance processes, creating best‑in‑class processes and policies that evolve with business needs and emerging risks.

• Master’s degree preferred (Masters, Accounting or MBA).
• Certified Public Accountant or Certified Management Accountant preferred.
• Industry experience with multinational consumer products companies preferred.
• 10+ years of experience with proven track record working in various accounting capacities (e.g., general accounting, management, and external reporting).
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP.
• Expertise in technical accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and project management.
• Effective and influential in working through a highly matrixed structure to deliver the end solution; flexible and adaptable to changing priorities.
• The position requires innovative and entrepreneurial thinking, exceptional leadership, cross‑functional team leadership, a strong results orientation, and ability to understand and apply analytics to business decisions.
• The pay range is indicative of projected hiring…