Description
We are seeking a Senior Analyst to join our Subscriber Planning team within DTC Finance, a highly visible team that serves as in-house advisers to the TWDC's DTC executive leadership team and owns the subscriber, engagement, and revenue growth planning functions.
The successful candidate will play a key role in growing our direct-to-consumer business, with a focus on Content Forecasting. They will help identify key issues and opportunities by providing subscriber transparency and partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
- Create and manage forecast models for Disney Entertainment content releases and their impacts on subscriber acquisition and retention
- Partner with content teams and regional partners to optimize timing of content releases
- Support strategic ad hoc analysis to highlight KPI trends, opportunities and risks to plan, size new offerings, and evaluate new strategic initiatives
- Maintain a strong understanding of operating performance, major deals and transactions, issues and challenges facing the businesses, and relevant trends in the streaming business
- Develop impactful presentation materials that effectively communicate subscriber projections, drivers, business performance, and risks and opportunities to leadership
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
- A minimum of 2 years of relevant finance/strategy experience in media, direct-to-consumer subscription, management/strategy consulting, investment banking, or similar fields
- Excellent communication and PowerPoint skills
- Deliverable-focused, strong work ethic, able to prioritize, and resolve an array of issues simultaneously
- Expert Excel skills; extensive experience building operating models and analyzing large data sets
- Knowledge and understanding of subscription/DTC KPIs a must
- Media and Entertainment industry experience a plus
- Bachelor's degree