Streaming Revenue Strategy & Financial Planning Manager

Software Resources has an immediate job opportunity for a Streaming Revenue Strategy & Financial Planning Manager with a major corporation in Burbank, CA. 4 days per week on-site, Fridays Remote.

12+ month contract

Pay Rate: $60 - $62/hr DOE

• Ad sales finance experience, preferably in streaming (not linear)
• Strong financial modeling and KPI skills
• Individual contributor role (no direct reports), but prior people management experience preferred (will work closely with a VP)
• Financial modeling + strategy experience (corporate or consulting) with the ability to build executive-level strategy decks
• Chief of Staff background is a strong plus
• Advanced Excel skills with complex formulas and financial forecasting experience (investment banking background not required)
• Experience with revenue forecasting up to ~$570 million and managing budgets of $7–10 million
• Financial reporting to SVP level
• Airtable proficiency required — will lead business overview work, pull and clean data from Airtable, build models, create graphs, and develop financial models

The Advertising Streaming Solutions team is seeking a temporary Manager for the Strategic Projects vertical. As a member of the Streaming Solutions group within Client Partnerships, this role will support the development of a new vertical that drives multi-platform revenue growth within the Streaming Content team. The right candidate will pair storytelling skills with strategic thinking to craft cross-functional strategies, financial analyses, and executive presentations, ultimately driving addressable revenue for Advertising.

• Lead the creation, maintenance, and execution of an annual strategic and financial plan for streaming revenue growth, including goal setting, monthly forecasting, and executive presentations and reporting
• Support revenue reporting accuracy and maintenance across Air Table tool and reporting interfaces, including playing a leadership role in the Client Partnerships Air Table CoLab and partnering with the Air Table Specialist to proactively improve the Air Table to meet the evolving needs of Client Partnerships
• Maintain the Streaming Expense Budget, including regular processing of payments, collaboration with Finance, budget analyses, and monthly reporting for executive leadership
• Coordinate and create quarterly global content slate views with Programming, Comms, and Executive Leadership to support sales opportunities across the US, CA, Lat Am, EMEA, and ANZ
• Maintain a content sneak peek briefcase of upcoming content, including driving the creation of trackers, materials, and talking points for Client Partnerships leadership in client meetings
• Support quick-turn executive presentation building (from objective to outline to full deck) and ad hoc analyses, coordinating across Client Partnerships to push forward key strategic projects
• Represent the perspective of Client Partnerships in cross-functional meetings with DTC to support long-term parity and alignment between Streaming services
• Facilitate collaboration across teams to identify innovative and market-leading ad sales opportunities tied to Streaming content, audience insights, and ad product capabilities
• Identify opportunities for optimization, recommend processes to streamline, and maintain internal processes to promote cross-functional collaboration, operational efficiency, and revenue tracking
• Collaborate with internal partners such as RYM, Analytics and Addressable Sales to optimize available streaming opportunities in the marketplace and develop net new approaches to driving streaming revenue
• Support our approach of Streaming growth holistically by building relationships and solutions with our internal content and solutions partners (Entertainment, Sports)
• Create timely materials to push relevant opportunities in the market for the Sales team to drive revenue

• Background in consulting, investment banking, strategy, or streaming
• Generalist digital business experience with sufficient fluency in finance, marketing, product, legal, and analytics domains
• Proficiency in financial modelling, data analysis, visual and concise executive presentation building and storytelling, and executive memo writing
• Strong idea generation and business strategy sense, with the ability to take an ambiguous concept and create a long-term stable strategy with detailed execution plan
• Track record of driving monetization opportunities at scale
• Creative thinking paired with a keen business acumen to analyze data to inform insights for overall strategy development
• Highly motivated with a positive attitude and joyful leadership style
• Able to translate between high level strategy and the details of tactical planning and execution
• Strong interpersonal skills (especially in high stress environments) and professional presence
• Exceptional written and verbal communication as well as presentation skills (both in creation and delivery)
• Ability to work independently, manage time effectively, and…