Director, DTC Content Finance
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10137751 Emplacement Glendale, Californie, États-Unis Entreprise Disney Entertainment Date de publication 05/12/2025Résumé du poste:
About the Role & Team
Featuring a portfolio of top-tier streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Select, and Hotstar, Disney Direct to Consumer (DTC) is the premium entertainment destination that connects viewers to the great stories of The Walt Disney Company and more. We’re looking for talented team-player specialists with an entrepreneurial spirit, who thrive upon the incomparable legacy of our company yet embrace unconventional thinking, and who are passionate about contributing to The Walt Disney Company’s direct-to-consumer experience through strategic hard-work and determination.
As the Director of Content Finance for Disney+, you’ll lead a global finance team responsible for amortization forecasting, spend optimization, and management reporting across the Disney+ content portfolio. In this highly strategic role, you will partner closely with cross functional finance teams, and senior leaders serving as content expert and strategic advisor to help shape long-term content investments, drive efficiency, and translate complex financial insights into actionable strategies.
What You Will Do:
- Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Lead the delivery of forecasts, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), and Long-Range Plan (LRP) for Disney+ content.
- Oversee amortization forecasting for all Disney+ content, including global originals and library.
- Consolidate and oversee detailed cash flow projections and P&L forecasts for content spend.
- Strategic Analysis & Executive Reporting
- Execute ad hoc analyses across the Disney+ portfolio to support senior leadership decisions.
- Identify investment optimization opportunities and provide actionable recommendations.
- Prepare and present executive-level materials, translating complex financial data into concise, strategic narratives.
- Proactively surface risks, opportunities, and trade-offs to senior leadership for informed decision-making.
- Monitor SVOD industry trends, competitive dynamics, and best practices to inform content finance strategy.
- Process & Tools Development
- Design, implement, and standardize processes for content finance reporting (e.g., metadata tagging, title-level accounting, greenlight tracking).
- Enhance and maintain financial reporting tools, dashboards, and models to scale with global content operations.
- Collaborate with Controllership to define and refine accounting structures, ensuring compliance and accurate content amortization treatment.
- Cross-Functional Partnership
- Work closely with Programming, Content Planning & Analysis, Creative, and Operations to align financial plans with creative strategy and business objectives.
- Partner with other finance teams across the organization
- Team Leadership & Development
- Hire, lead, develop, and motivate a high-performing team of approximately 8 finance professionals, including 2 Senior Managers.
- Set clear team goals, drive accountability, and foster a collaborative, innovative culture.
- Build capacity for strategic thinking, cross-functional partnership, and executive-level presentation skills within the team.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
- Minimum 10 years progressive leadership experience in finance
- 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
- Basic understanding of GAAP accounting
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in business or economics or MBA or CPA
The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $184,800 to $225,800 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Sur Disney Entertainment:
Chez Disney Corporate, vous verrez comment les secteurs d’activités qui animent les marques puissantes de la société se rassemblent pour former la société de divertissement la plus novatrice, développée et admirée au monde. En tant que membre d’une équipe d’entreprise, vous travaillerez avec les leaders de classe mondiale qui mettent au point les stratégies qui permettent à The Walt Disney Company de rester à la pointe du divertissement. Collaborez avec d’autres penseurs novateurs pour permettre aux meilleurs conteurs de créer des souvenirs pour des millions de familles du monde entier.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à Disney DTC LLC , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons Disney Entertainment.
Disney DTC LLC est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.