Senior Director, International Digital Financial & Strategic Insights

Job Description

Senior Director International Digital Financial & Strategic Insights

Position Details:

Division: Finance

Location: Chiswick

Department: Digital FP&A

Reports to: Group VP Digital FP&A

Contract: Permanent

Position Overview:

Reporting into the Group VP Digital FP&A, the Senior Director International Digital Financial & Strategic Insights will be responsible for leading international Discovery+ expansion plans and areas of investment, across the digital portfolio from an FP&A perspective delivering insights and analytics for senior management and operating decision makers.

Responsibilities
• Responsible for leading the Digital FP&A Financial & Strategic Insights team of approx. 3-4 employees

• Support and develop the Digital FP&A Financial & Strategic Insights team to build and design robust modelling tools, analysis and BI suites

• Partner with business leads to identify key performance metrics and reporting needs

• Working with the CFO Digital, SVP DTC Growth Strategy and senior management team, create and model the strategy for the international business (e.g. Discovery+ expansion case), based on detailed analysis and benchmarking data

• Build strong network within DNI and lead multi-functional teams, across multiple geographies (e.g. coordinating JV business case development)

• As a strategic finance business partner, review and challenge business plans, provide input and present recommendations to the senior management team

• Lead strategic core initiatives such as M&A projects (e.g. strategic JV investments) from a FP&A perspective and represent FP&A in steering committee’s

• Serve as single point of contact to the operations and strategy team for financial planning and analysis

• Continuous analysis of performance metrics with focus on generating actionable insights and improvements

Requirements
• A background in digital media or consumer product preferred

• Experience working with DTC business models

• Experience with subscription/advertising-based business models, especially in media, is preferred

• Strong leadership skills, with demonstrable experience of managing and coaching a team

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, matrix environment with quickly evolving, often uncertain, business goals

• Ability to confidently and concisely present information to senior stakeholders and negotiation skills

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to build relationships and networks at all levels

• Highly analytical background

• Pro-active self-starter, who uses their own initiative

• Excellent academic qualifications, with a degree in a numeric or business-related field, as well as 8+ years of work experience

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r18vjx-3-135-190-232-42 in your application.