Hybrid Director, DE DTC Marketing, Finance

at The Walt Disney Company

• Job title: Director, DE DTC Marketing, Finance
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $184,800 - $236,600 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Santa Monica, United States

About the role

• Lead the DTC Marketing Finance team at Walt Disney, focusing on financial management and strategic finance. Engage with stakeholders and support decision-making processes within Disney Streaming.

Responsibilities

• Lead the DE DTC Marketing Finance – Strategic Finance team
• Engage with clients and stakeholders to provide business consultation and financial guidance that shapes client thinking and supports decision making processes
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the key businesses supported in order to drive FP&A consultative work
• Create and present insightful financial analysis for client stakeholders and senior Finance management
• Oversee the development of commentary / cause of change explanations for management reports and client-specific reports
• Work with functional leaders and other partners to identify opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiency across financial planning processes, tools, and reporting
• Conduct ad hoc analysis to inform Annual Operating Plan
• Produce master Long Range Plan financial model to facilitate scenario analysis
• Monitor weekly media spend tracker of titles with highest spend and forecast spend up to four weeks in advance
• Maintain centralized information on brand campaign timing and budgets across DTC platforms and products
• Collaborate with Data Science on the development of 140+ product-level LTVs covering every DTC territory and platform
• Drive alignment with various stakeholders to verify and pressure test assumptions used to create LTVs

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field; MS/ MBA a plus
• At least 10 years of progressive experience in finance, preferably in a direct-to-consumer business
• Previous experience leading and developing talent within a team
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills combined with solid business and financial acumen
• Ability to interact and partner with all levels of management and stakeholders, specifically Senior Management
• Ability to provide a consultative approach with clients helping to drive business and financial decisions
• Ability to identify issues, generate and evaluate alternatives, and implement solutions
• Proactive and adaptive communication style, able to effectively communicate with people from various disciplines, organizations, geographic locations, and management levels
• Ability to translate financial information to various business audiences to drive decision making
• Flexibility and ability to anticipate change and respond to client needs and priorities with agility

Benefits

• A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
• Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered