Finance Manager

About the Role & Team

At The Walt Disney Company, magic is more than just a word; it's a way of life. For a century, we've been inspiring imaginations, celebrating diversity, and bringing families together through our beloved stories, characters, and experiences. From our iconic theme parks and resorts to our groundbreaking films, television shows, interactive media and products, we're dedicated to creating magic that knows no bounds.

The Direct To Consumer (DTC) finance team are accountable for the financial management of Disney+ in EMEA, The Walt Disney Company’s DTC entertainment service, which is available in 70 markets.

We have a great opportunity for an existing Finance Manager who has a strong media background and excellent stakeholder management skills, to join us.

The role sits in our Regional and UK DTC finance team and supports local and global content cost lines.

This is an office-based role. 4 days working in the Hammersmith, London office with 1 day working from home (Monday or Friday).

What You Will Do

• Review and consolidate EMEA local content spend for financial planning cycles (Close, Forecast & Annual Operating plan)
• Prepare US local content submissions
• Business support for UK and regional acquisition and programming teams
• Track global content slate and costs
• Partner with the programming team to appraise the localisation strategy by analysing KPIs and return on investment
• Finance representative in cross-function process mapping
• Develop close relationships with the wider EMEA Finance team, with a ‘one team’ approach and build a network across lines of business, markets, Burbank and controllership, sharing resources and knowledge
• Adopt a flexible approach to provide ad hoc finance support to the wider D+ finance and business teams

Required Qualifications & Skills

• ACA/CIMA Qualified or equivalent qualification
• Significant experience in business partnering, financial planning and analysis 
• Comfortable working with large volumes of data, preparing insightful reporting and analysis to support management decision-making
• Experience in presentations will be useful
• Working in an equivalent role within the Media sector is a big plus
• Working with financial IT systems, SAP/BW, Cognos Reporting and excellent proven Excel skills

The Perks

• 25 days annual leave
• Private medical insurance & dental care
• Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
• Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
• Excellent parental and guardian leave
• Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided the necessary accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive all benefits of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.