Director, FP&A
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About the role
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!
Job Description:
What will you work on?
The Director, Toy FPA is responsible for leading Toy financial planning; forecasting, performance analysis, and strategic decision support. This role serves as a key finance business partner to senior leadership, providing actionable insights that drive business performance, operational efficiency, and long-term growth.
This position owns the annual Budgeting process, forecasting cycles, financial modeling, and management reporting, for the Toy Creative Centre, while partnering cross-functionally with business leaders to support strategic decision-making. The Director, Toy FPA operates as a senior finance leader, balancing hands-on analytical execution with strategic leadership, and plays a critical role in shaping the financial direction of the organization.
How will you create impact?
- Lead the Toy organization’s annual budgeting, quarterly forecast and long-range planning processes.
- Develop and maintain Toy financial models to support strategic planning, investment decisions, and scenario analysis.
- Provide financial leadership through monthly and quarterly performance reporting, including variance analysis, trend analysis, and insights.
- Partner closely with business leaders to evaluate operational performance, identify risks and opportunities, and drive accountability against financial targets.
- Build dashboards, KPIs, and performance reporting frameworks to improve visibility into business performance and support data-driven decision-making.
- Support executive leadership with business case development, ROI analysis, strategic investment evaluations, operating expense management, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Drive process improvements across planning, forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis to increase accuracy, and efficiency while driving continuous improvement in financial systems, reporting tools, and planning capabilities.
- Establish and maintain financial planning standards, governance, and reporting processes across the organization.
- Partner cross-functionally with Corporate FPA, Accounting, Treasury, Operations Finance, and other business functions to ensure alignment between financial planning and operational execution.
- Develop executive-level presentations, board materials, and financial storytelling for senior stakeholders.
- Lead scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support changing business priorities and market conditions.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to finance team members while fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
- Support strategic initiatives including business expansion planning and organizational transformation efforts as needed.
What are your skills and experience?
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience in FPA, corporate finance, strategic finance, or related leadership roles.
- Strong experience leading budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling in complex business environments.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate financial insights into strategic business recommendations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience building executive dashboards, KPI frameworks, and management reporting packages.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling expertise; experience with ERP and FPA systems (e.g., SAP, Adaptive, Anaplan, Hyperion, NetSuite, or similar).
#LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1
The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Ontario is $160,000 to $170,000 Per Annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.
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 TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @SpinMaster to stay up to date on Spin Master career opportunities.
We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
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About Spin Master
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. For more information visit spinmaster.com or follow on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @spinmaster.
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Director, FP&A
Top Benefits
About the role
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!
Job Description:
What will you work on?
The Director, Toy FPA is responsible for leading Toy financial planning; forecasting, performance analysis, and strategic decision support. This role serves as a key finance business partner to senior leadership, providing actionable insights that drive business performance, operational efficiency, and long-term growth.
This position owns the annual Budgeting process, forecasting cycles, financial modeling, and management reporting, for the Toy Creative Centre, while partnering cross-functionally with business leaders to support strategic decision-making. The Director, Toy FPA operates as a senior finance leader, balancing hands-on analytical execution with strategic leadership, and plays a critical role in shaping the financial direction of the organization.
How will you create impact?
- Lead the Toy organization’s annual budgeting, quarterly forecast and long-range planning processes.
- Develop and maintain Toy financial models to support strategic planning, investment decisions, and scenario analysis.
- Provide financial leadership through monthly and quarterly performance reporting, including variance analysis, trend analysis, and insights.
- Partner closely with business leaders to evaluate operational performance, identify risks and opportunities, and drive accountability against financial targets.
- Build dashboards, KPIs, and performance reporting frameworks to improve visibility into business performance and support data-driven decision-making.
- Support executive leadership with business case development, ROI analysis, strategic investment evaluations, operating expense management, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Drive process improvements across planning, forecasting, reporting, and financial analysis to increase accuracy, and efficiency while driving continuous improvement in financial systems, reporting tools, and planning capabilities.
- Establish and maintain financial planning standards, governance, and reporting processes across the organization.
- Partner cross-functionally with Corporate FPA, Accounting, Treasury, Operations Finance, and other business functions to ensure alignment between financial planning and operational execution.
- Develop executive-level presentations, board materials, and financial storytelling for senior stakeholders.
- Lead scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to support changing business priorities and market conditions.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to finance team members while fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture.
- Support strategic initiatives including business expansion planning and organizational transformation efforts as needed.
What are your skills and experience?
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience in FPA, corporate finance, strategic finance, or related leadership roles.
- Strong experience leading budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and financial modeling in complex business environments.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate financial insights into strategic business recommendations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience building executive dashboards, KPI frameworks, and management reporting packages.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling expertise; experience with ERP and FPA systems (e.g., SAP, Adaptive, Anaplan, Hyperion, NetSuite, or similar).
#LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1
The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Ontario is $160,000 to $170,000 Per Annum. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.
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 TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @SpinMaster to stay up to date on Spin Master career opportunities.
We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
Not the right fit? Search for Director, FP&A jobs in Toronto, ON
About Spin Master
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. For more information visit spinmaster.com or follow on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @spinmaster.