Sales Finance Analyst

Job title: Sales Finance Analyst

About the Role Based in Mexico City on a hybrid schedule, the Sales Finance Analyst LATAM will provide financial and analytical support to Mattel's Sales Finance team focused on the LATAM region. This role monitors, analyzes, and validates commercial activities such as pricing, discounts, trade spend, promotions, rebates, and customer contracts to ensure alignment with financial targets and SOX controls. You will help enable data-driven decision making across Sales, AR, and Legal teams.

What You'll Do

• Manage trade spend, promotions, and rebates budgets, monitoring monthly execution and analyzing variances against plan.
• Validate and control customer balances, ensuring accuracy across commercial terms, provisions, rebates, and credit notes.
• Review and manage customer contracts on a monthly basis, verifying compliance, recording financial provisions, and ensuring payments or credits are issued accurately and on time, in coordination with Finance, Accounts Receivable (AR), and Legal teams.
• Support the monthly financial closing process, including commercial account reconciliations, journal entries, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare and update quarterly and annual forecasts for revenue, discounts, promotions, and margins in line with regional and global planning cycles.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, AR, and Logistics teams to ensure accurate execution of commercial agreements and payment terms.
• Deliver financial analysis and recommendations to the Associate Manager.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Engineering.
• 1–2 years in Sales Finance, FP&A, or Commercial Finance roles focused on trade spend, pricing, or revenue management.
• 1–2 years prior experience in FMCG, retail, or multinational companies with complex commercial structures (preferred).
• 1–2 years familiarity with closing, forecasting, and customer reconciliation processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, complex formulas, financial modeling, macros).
• Knowledge of Business Intelligence tools such as Tableau or similar.
• Experience using Salesforce for customer and promotion tracking.
• Familiarity with Oracle ERP or similar systems.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles, provisions, P&L, and SOX internal control policies.

How We Work We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

• We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
• We innovate: We always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
• We execute: We are a performance-driven company, pursuing best-in-class outcomes with accountability and ownership.