Finance Senior Analyst

Job Summary:

Responsibilities:

Commercial Support

Partner with the CPC Spanish team to support them on their Sales & Marketing efforts in Spain including franchise development, retailer campaigns, consumer marketing activations, local retailer strategies and local brand loyalty deals.

Partner with the local Category teams to ensure they manage their local deals and any regional deals managed from Spain in line with Regional guidelines and strategies. Work to ensure deals are contracted in a timely way with all exceptions minimised.


FP&A process

For Publishing and Licensing work closely with the Regional Finance team on the revised FP&A processes for FY20 which aim to streamline the work done locally i.e. regional licensees planned and submitted by the regional team only.

Ensure that regional guidance on the process is followed closely and all deliverables submitted on time and with the right level of explanation and insight.

Liaise with the Regional Finance team, Controllership team and local CPC team to ensure accurate quarterly closes in Spain for CPC.

Marketing and Creative Spend

Ensure that marketing spend is tracked closely against regionally agreed strategies. Set KPIs to measure the success of individual marketing activations (retailer or consumer focused).

Support the creative team spend to ensure its tracked appropriately by franchise/category and within overall budgeted spend.

Insights

For the local insights that are tracked in Spain ensure that timely updates are provided to the CPC team. Also share regionally provided insights with the CPC team.

Keep up to date with trends and development in the Licensing and Retail sectors in Spain.

Business Development

Support the CPC Senior Finance Manager with the identification of new business opportunities whilst understanding the need for focus on the key scalable opportunities in the market.

Basic Qualifications:

Degree level essential and Accounting qualification /MBA preferable + experience of an equivalent commercial role.

Experience of working within the retail / licensing FMCG sector preferably for a US corporation.

Experience of supporting commercial management to a high standard and working with the Regional Finance and Commercial head office.

Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.

Ability to produce clear and insightful presentations that deliver key messaging at the appropriate level of detail.

Experience of managing multiple stakeholders

Numerate and analytical with a desire to think through and not only resolve problems.

Results focussed and outcome driven

About Parks, Experiences and Products:

The Parks, Experiences and Products segment includes Disney’s iconic travel and leisure businesses, which include six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia, a top-rated cruise line, a popular vacation ownership program, and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Disney’s global consumer products operations include the world’s leading licensing business across toys, apparel, home goods, digital games and apps; the world’s largest children’s publisher; Disney store locations around the world; and the shopDisney e-commerce platform.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products, which is part of a business segment we call Parks, Experiences and Products.