Senior Investment Analyst - Film Funds

About Parrot Analytics

Parrot Analytics is the global authority on media and entertainment intelligence, providing the strategic decision support that the world's leading studios, producers, streamers, investors, and government bodies rely on to de‑risk content investment and maximize returns. Trusted across the full media economy — from studios and streaming platforms to film funds, sports leagues, and government bodies — Parrot Analytics informs capital allocation, acquisitions, programming strategy, and IP valuation at the highest levels of the industry.

Senior Investment Analyst to lead the development of financial models used to evaluate film and television projects. This role sits at the intersection of entertainment economics, investment analysis, and data science, translating audience demand signals, project budgets, and distribution assumptions into structured financial forecasts and investment insights. The successful candidate will play a key role in helping investors understand the risk and return profile of content investments before capital is committed.

• Develop sophisticated financial models that evaluate the commercial performance of film and television projects across multiple distribution windows
• Models will incorporate production budgets and cost structures, financing structures and investor positions, distribution revenue streams across global markets and investor return scenarios and capital recovery timelines
• Revenue modelling will consider multiple distribution pathways including theatrical, SVOD, AVOD, FAST, Pay TV, and international licensing
• Leverage Parrot Analytics' global dataset on audience demand and content valuation to inform revenue assumptions within financial models
• Develop structured approaches to translating audience demand signals and valuation into realistic commercial scenarios, benchmarking projects against comparable titles across genres, markets, and platforms

• Evaluate projects through structured scenario modelling that assesses downside risk and capital exposure, break‑even performance thresholds and investor return scenarios under different market conditions
• Conduct sensitivity analysis across key variables including budget changes, distribution outcomes, and shifts in audience demand

• Produce financial analyses used by funds, studios, and investors evaluating content opportunities
• Translate complex financial models into clear insights that help decision-makers understand the economic implications of project budgets, distribution strategies, and market positioning

• Help design the financial modelling frameworks used to evaluate film and television investments using Parrot Analytics' data
• The goal is to build repeatable analytical tools that allow projects to be evaluated with institutional investment discipline, enabling more structured decision‑making across the industry

5-10+ years of experience in roles that require strong financial modelling and investment analysis in the following environments:

• Film or television investment funds
• Studio finance or content strategy teams
• Media-focused investment banking or private equity
• Entertainment strategy consulting
• Corporate finance roles within media or technology companies

Direct experience working with film finance structures, production budgets, or distribution economics is required.

• Advanced financial modelling – Ability to build complex Excel models from scratch incorporating scenario analysis, sensitivity modelling, and structured investment return frameworks.
• Investment analysis mindset – Strong ability to evaluate opportunities through structured risk and return analysis.
• Data‑driven thinking – Comfortable integrating external datasets and quantitative signals into financial forecasts and commercial assumptions.
• Intellectual curiosity – A genuine interest in understanding how film and television projects generate economic value.
• Communication – Ability to translate complex financial analysis into clear…