Senior Analyst (9 month secondment) in London

About the Role & Team

This is a 9-month secondment opportunity to come work with the Corporate Strategy & Business Development team in our Hammersmith office (4 days working in the office and 1 day working from home). You will play a pivotal role with the development and delivery of EMEA-wide business strategies and initiatives. The role requires superior strategic, analytical and collaboration skills.

You will build a solid understanding of the various Disney Entertainment businesses (including the various areas within Streaming), a more advanced proficiency in business/financial modelling (directly applied in multiple projects), an ability to effectively collaborate with different levels of the organisation/teams across EMEA and in the US (developing a wide internal network) and experience in presenting & discussing results with senior leadership (including SVPs).

You will work on our most important and highest profile projects, taking the lead on the business/financial modelling and interacting with multiple teams across the organisation, often working directly with the VP and Directors in the team and presenting their output to EMEA SVPs. You will informally act as a mentor and a first point of call for other Analysts in the team, providing support when they run into challenges in their own projects or need a sounding board – e.g., you can help Analysts troubleshooting issues in their models or offer advice on how to craft specific written material to be more effective with a senior audience.

What You Will Do

• Organic development: Support strategic & financial analysis of growth opportunities for Disney+ in EMEA (e.g., evolution of our commercial offer, introduction of new product features, launching in new markets).
• Work with regional business leads and local Country Managers to build business cases for new opportunities, identifying associated revenue streams, costs and risks and/or support review of business plans prepared by local Country Managers to test viability and alignment to overall company goals.
• Provide advanced business modelling/analysis (including interpretation) of financial data to support business operations.

Strategy & Planning: Support preparation of the annual strategic business review and 5-year plan, including coordination with relevant Regional and US/Global stakeholders. Monitor key market trends – e.g., across consumer behaviour and competitors, extracting meaningful insights that inform key decisions in our business.

Partnerships / Joint Ventures / M&A: Evaluate potential commercial partnerships, assessing strategic fit and financial & operational impacts – e.g., Collaborations with other streaming services, Distribution of Disney+ through wholesale partners (e.g., Pay TV/ Telecom operators, Consumer Brands). Evaluate opportunities to establish strategic partnerships with external content producers (e.g. linear TV channels). Evaluate opportunities to license external content and rights (e.g., films and series from external producers, sports rights).

Operations: Support and deliver integrated EMEA initiatives as identified by the EMEA President. Ongoing support across strategic and operational priorities.

Required Experience & Skills: Robust experience working in a top tier Management/Strategy consultancy firm and/or experience of working within a media organization’s central BD/strategy team; Strong analytics – ability to think in a structured way (both conceptually and analytically) and to conduct/review complex quantitative analysis to inform business decisions. Advanced MS Office skills, specifically Excel and PowerPoint; ideally some experience with Big Data analytical tools (e.g., Alteryx).

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.