Analyst, Business Development & Strategy
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10062628 Emplacement Londres, Royaume-Uni Entreprise The Walt Disney Company (EMEA) Date de publication 18/03/2024Résumé du poste:
Job Level and Title
Senior Analyst, Business Development & Strategy
LOB/Function
Business Development & Strategy
Reports To
Vice President, Business Development & Strategy
Location
London
Note: This role is based in Hammersmith, London 4 days per week
The BD & Strategy function is responsible for strategic initiatives, identifying growth opportunities, new product launches, joint ventures and M&A, as well as supporting the optimization of business performance in EMEA.
Working closely with EMEA business leads, the BD & Strategy team provides invaluable support and direction in driving long term growth and delivering global strategic goals. The department works in close collaboration with Burbank based teams focused on global Strategy & Business Operations.
The team’s activities and accomplishments contribute to the growth and success of TWDC EMEA.
Role description and responsibilities
The Senior Analyst will assist and support the Business Development & Strategy team with the development and delivery of EMEA-wide business strategies and initiatives.
The role requires superior strategic and analytical skills – and the ability to apply these effectively as part of the BD&S team. you will posses the ability to interface with multiple levels of management, ranging from senior corporate executives to local managers in the field, and executives at potential strategic partner companies.
Key areas of responsibility include:
Organic development
- Support strategic and financial analysis of growth opportunities, ranging from D2C product launches, to optimization of linear channel portfolio, to content windowing across TWDC platforms
- Working with BD team to engage with regional LOB leads and local Country Managers to build business cases for new opportunities, identifying associated revenue streams, costs and risks
- Provide advanced business modelling/analysis (including interpretation) of financial data to support business operations
- Support the analytical review of business plans prepared by local Country Managers to test viability and alignment to overall company goals
Strategy & Planning
- Analysis of key market trends and competitors to provide insights for senior management to ensure effective decision making
- Support preparation of the annual strategic business review and 5 year plan
- Prepare analysis to support content investment strategies across Disney’s various media distribution outlets including theatrical, linear networks, and direct-to-consumer
- Tracking and analysing key business performance trends to identify potential risks and opportunities for improvement
- Support organisational transformation initiatives
Partnerships / Joint Ventures / M&A
- Assessing potential partnerships to support the growth of Disney+
- Calculate internal and target company valuations, monitoring of competitor quarterly earnings to identify insights
- Collaborating with TWDC’s corporate strategy team to evaluate potential M&A opportunities related to businesses managed by Disney Entertainment and ESPN globally and in EMEA
Operations
- Support to deliver integrated EMEA initiatives as identified by the EMEA President
- Ongoing support across strategic and operational priorities
Qualifications/Work Experience:
- Experience working in a top tier Management/Strategy consultancy firm within the media sector, and/or experience of working within a media organisation’s central BD/strategy team
- Strong analytics – ability to think in structured way (both conceptually and analytically) and to perform/ review complex quantitative analysis to inform business decisions
- Experience in financial and valuation models, and ability to apply financial analysis in solving business problems and integrating financial discipline into operational decision making
- Demonstrable track record of delivery and ability to support and execute projects to an extremely high standard and to demanding deadlines
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written to be able to produce accurate reports and to engage with group employees of different countries and of all levels
- Advanced MS Office skills, specifically Excel and PowerPoint, and ideally some experience with Big Data analytical tools, e.g. Tableau, Alteryx or similar
Personal Attributes:
- Proactive, rigorous analytical skills and good attention to detail
- Effective team player
- Strong interest in media industry
- Self-motivated, autonomous
- Ability to multi-task and deliver against multiple deadlines
- Used to working in fast moving environments providing accurate and timely information to a high standard
- A positive “can do will do” attitude, able to deliver workable solutions and improvements
The Perks:
25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Disney+ Subscription
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. We are committed to building a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
Sur The Walt Disney Company (EMEA):
Disney EMEA vise à stimuler la croissance, l’innovation et l’affinité avec la marque dans un ensemble extrêmement diversifié de pays avec une équipe de plus de 6 000 employés opérant sur 59 marchés avec des bureaux dans 29 pays.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à The Walt Disney Company Limited , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons The Walt Disney Company (EMEA).
The Walt Disney Company Limited est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidats seront pris en considération pour l’emploi sans tenir compte de l’âge, de la race, de la couleur de peau, de la religion ou des convictions, du sexe, de la nationalité, de l’origine ethnique ou nationale, de l’orientation sexuelle, du changement de sexe, du statut marital ou civil, du handicap, de la grossesse ou de la maternité. Disney favorise une culture commerciale où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution rapide.