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Disney Entertainment Sr. Analyst, Ad Sales Strategy in New York, New York
The Walt Disney Company's Disney Entertainment (DE) group includes the company’s portfolio of entertainment media and content business globally, including streaming (Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, Star+, and Disney+ Hotstar).
The Revenue Strategy & Growth team identifies, evaluates, and implements initiatives to drive advertising revenue for Disney’s portfolio of brands across all formats. The team focuses on projects that will best position Disney for success in today’s constantly evolving media and advertising landscape. By collaborating with collaborators, the team's objective is to identify revenue channels and improve existing ones through commercial and data partnerships, sophisticated advertising products, and alignment across sales, operations, product, and finance.
Job Summary:
The Ad Sales Finance team is seeking a Senior Analyst to directly support a range of pivotal initiatives. Key projects will focus on unlocking digital advertising capabilities—such as programmatic and audience-based buying—to accelerate revenue growth. This role will be instrumental in advising the long-range roadmap for The Walt Disney Company’s advertising strategy and will work cross-functionally across multiple internal teams, including finance, product, sales, operations, and business development.
Projects may include:
Evaluating the financial impact of new advertising products and capabilities
Crafting proforma financial models to evaluate commercial partnership deal terms
Support high-level projects across multiple operational groups to develop and refine key business processes and reporting aligned with our long-term strategic roadmap
Completing secondary market research to identify key trends and advise five-year strategic plan
Build executive-level presentations summarizing financials, pivotal initiatives, research trends and insights
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
Build ad hoc financial models and analyses to support decision making and central initiatives
Complete market research and track industry trends
Closely manage projects from beginning to end: manage day-to-day communication and provide updates to leadership team, identify key issues and manage data gathering
Develop executive-level presentations to summarize central initiatives for leadership team
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
Bachelor’s degree from a top tier university in business administration, finance, or related quantitative field of study.
2+ years of professional experience with a background in management consulting, investment banking, strategic planning, and/or business operations.
Advertising, media entertainment, or technology experience preferred, not required
Sophisticated technical skills in Excel and PowerPoint, with experience in financial modeling
Strong analytic mentality, drive to learn and understand sophisticated business concepts, ability to structure projects and handle ambiguous data
Excellent interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills. Ability to take sophisticated problems and clearly see opportunities and explain to multiple team members
Benefits:
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
The hiring range for this position in New York is $104,200 to $143,200 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 ID: 10089217
Location: New York,New York
Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment
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 fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.