Senior Financial Analyst

Posted:
8/18/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
New York, New York, United States ⋅ New York, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Finance & Banking

Job Posting Title:

Senior Financial Analyst

Req ID:

10098259

Job Description:

About the Role & Team

Disney Streaming is a business unit within The Walt Disney Company’s Disney Entertainment (DE) segment that includes all consumer-facing digital video subscription services across the company. Our core mission is to deliver global audiences the freedom to access content on their terms across any connected device, time or location.

DE’s DTC FPA Team is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to join the Disney+ Business Reporting + Insights team. This role will be focused on subscriber reporting and growth insights extraction, and responsible for compiling reports and ad-hoc analyses for stakeholders at various levels of the business, focused on subscriber acquisition and growth metrics.

What You Will Do

The Senior Financial Analyst will closely collaborate with our Analytics team by maintaining an automated reporting infrastructure which will help to identify and quantify the drivers of subscriber growth. Ad hoc analysis will also be key in providing rapid insights to business stakeholders, including operations, marketing, and finance. Synthesis of impactful reports and ad-hoc insights will require both understanding of our data structure and metric definitions, and the ability to distill business implications and insights into actionable narratives to inform our strategic and tactical decision making.

A successful candidate will be able to navigate an ever changing, dynamic environment with a positive attitude and seek opportunities to drive efficient processes and challenge the status quo.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

  • Update weekly, monthly, and quarterly business reviews and provide relevant context for business reviews with leadership

  • Work cross-functionally with key partners on operational teams to develop business insights that uncover subscriber growth levels and opportunities to improve customer value

  • Define business requirements for reporting structure working closely with analytics department to automate the generation of recurring business insights.

  • Collaborate with analytics to ensure alignment between analytics’ databases and finance department’s forecasting and reporting data

  • Develop impactful, compelling presentation materials (decks, notes, write-ups, backup materials, etc.) that effectively communicates financial projections, drivers, business performance, risks and opportunities to leadership

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • 3+ years of relevant finance experience in media, direct-to-consumer subscription, management/strategy consulting, investment banking or similar fields

  • Expert Excel and analytical skills; extensive experience building operating models and analyzing large data sets

  • High level of proficiency with PowerPoint; ability to distill complex analyses into structured outputs and present to all levels of management

  • Ability to work cross functionally, managing many stakeholders and building relationships throughout the company

  • Deliverable-focused, extremely organized, strong work ethic, able to prioritize and manage timelines, and resolve an array of issues simultaneously

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Looker

  • Experience with SQL or other relational database querying a plus

Education

  • BA/BS (focus on Finance, Economics or other quantitative field a plus)

Additional Information

Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

Disability accommodation for employment applications

The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email [email protected] with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.

The Walt Disney Company is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

The hiring range for this position in New York is $104,300.00 to $130,300.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Posting Segment:

DEFIN

Job Posting Primary Business:

DTC Finance

Primary Job Posting Category:

Financial Analysis

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

New York, NY, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2024-08-19