Senior Financial Analyst

Job Description

The Walt Disney Company's Disney Entertainment (DE) group includes the company's full portfolio of entertainment media and content business globally, including streaming (Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, Star+, and Disney+ Hotstar).

The AD Sales Finance team is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to provide support across the linear Cable TV networks. It's an outstanding opportunity to be a part of the newest growth segment for the Company. This role will work closely with Disney's Ad Sales Revenue and Yield Management teams, and will also partner with the respective Programming/Content and Research teams, to prepare strategic financial plans for key forecast periods (annual budget, long-range plan, and quarterly forecasts) for the Linear Cable Ad Sales line of business. They will supervise recurring results including Ad Sales Pacing, Rate/Volume analysis metric drivers, and Forecast/Plan modeling.

The Sr. Analyst will participate in the financial planning process and build strategic analyses to support decision-making for Freeform and Disney Channel cable nets. The role will require the ability to manage multiple projects and collaborate with collaborators across the company. The ideal candidate will be able to easily navigate and clearly communicate between the Ad Sales organization and the Finance organization. A strong analytical and systems reporting background is vital as the role relies heavily on a key understanding and working knowledge of the department's sales reporting systems and general ledger systems.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
• Assist and support the month close and quarter end reporting, forecasts, budgets, and strategic plans, as well as reports explaining variances between actual results and financial projections for all components of this role.
• Ad hoc reporting and the development of new financial models to help drive the business
• Provide weekly reports of booked and working ad sales to management inclusive of revenue and key ad sales metrics.
• Coordinate the ad liability stewardship of Cable networks assigned including all cross-network activity. Collaborate with the pricing and planning team to ensure maximum effective use of inventory for managing liability balances.
• Provide insight through analysis and observation of any risks or opportunities to the businesses over the course of the year.

Required Experience/Skills/Training:
• Proven experience working closely with information systems and/or strong ability to quickly learn new information systems (Sales Traffic and Planning systems, G/L).
• Strong analytical skills and communicate clearly micro details into a broader summary for different levels of management
• Sophisticated Excel abilities (Nested statements, pivot tables, charting, combining functions like Index, Match, Offset and Indirect)
• Acute attention to detail and accuracy with the skills for troubleshooting data discrepancies
• Minimum of 3-5 years in a corporate finance / business analytics role. Ad Sales experience is a plus, not required.

Education
• Bachelor's degree in Science or Finance
• Master's degree in a quantitative field preferred – Physics, Math Economics, Business Administration

The hiring range for this position in New York is $104,300 to $130,300 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.

About Disney Entertainment:

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company's powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you'll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

This position is with Disney Advertising Sales, LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ro8366-13-59-34-87-42 in your application.