Manager, Strategy, Deal Analysis and Financial Planning

Your New Role

Sitting at the intersection of Business Planning, Strategy and Deal Analysis, this role will lend critical support across a dynamic variety of work streams. Partners with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to deliver date-driven insights on series economics, portfolio performance, and market dynamics to inform key investment and greenlight decisions for the Studio’s industry leading scripted and non-scripted TV production portfolio.

• Slate Analysis:
  Leads quarterly slate reporting, including preparation, review, and analyses to identify key performance drivers, and upside opportunities/downside risks. Partner with Finance, Content Sales, and Production teams to validate assumptions and improve forecast accuracy.
• Greenlight Models & Series Economics:
  Prepares and presents detailed series financial models to facilitate greenlight approval and post-mortems, and supports other strategic business decisions (e.g., evaluating different licensing structures, profit participations, etc.)
• Market Intelligence & Industry Analysis:
  Conducts periodic market share analyses and tracks evolving competitive dynamics across scripted and unscripted TV landscapes.
• Development & Piping Tracking:
  Monitors series development sales and pipeline health, including deal flow, conversion trends, and time to pickup. Tracks rights availability across WBTV’s streaming library, identifying opportunities for monetization.
• Strategic Reporting & Executive Support:
  Synthesizes complex financial analysis into executive-ready materials. Produces bi-weekly briefing materials summarizing relevant internal deals and external market developments, competitive activity, and strategic implications.
• Ad hoc Strategic & Planning Analysis:
  Provides critical support across a wide variety of sophisticated operational analyses, including evaluating potential ROI of new producer overall deals, driving title-level scenario and profitability modeling, liaising with external partners to analyze co‑production economics, conducting targeted analyses on licensing economics and fee benchmarking, etc.
• Business Development:
  Participates in various business development exercises as needed (e.g., model cash flows for new business opportunities, potential acquisitions/sale of assets, etc.)
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• 3-5 years’ relevant work experience in strategy and/or operations within a TV and media/entertainment company.
• Experience in financial planning and/or budgeting.
• Experience in business development/strategy.
• Proficient in Excel and Financial modeling.
• Experience in PowerPoint and deck building.
• Experience preparing complex financial models for strategic initiatives or new business opportunities.
• Television and media/entertainment experience preferred.

• MBA or finance background preferred but not required.

• Strong quantitative & analytical skills and ability to think strategically to oversee creation of dynamic and detailed financial models to evaluate different operating scenarios for TV-related businesses (including cash-flow models and TV ultimates).
• Advanced financial modeling skills; high proficiency in Excel to create dynamic financial models to evaluate different operating scenarios for TV.
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills; active participation in meetings.
• Complex problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Professional maturity and executive presence; effective presentation skills.
• Ability to be proactive to drive projects forward.
• Effective multi-tasking and time management; strong planning & organization skills.
• PC based information systems knowledge required.
• MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel required.

• Must be detail oriented.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel (in person, telephone, written).
• Must be able to organize and schedule work effectively.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks under time constraints in a fast-paced environment exhibiting strong follow-up skills.
• Must be able to prioritize.
• Must be able…