Analyst, Business Operations and Strategy

About the Role:

We are looking for a Business Analyst to support our Business Operations team. You will play an important role in analyzing data and powering the ROI-driven approach to decision making across the entire company. This is an ideal opportunity to learn and contribute to a highly productive, data-driven and analytical team. This role requires great attention to detail, the ability to work cross-functionally and communicate effectively. Role is remote at the moment but can be based in San Francisco or Los Angeles. 

The ideal candidate will have advanced skills in Powerpoint, Excel and SQL. 

Responsibilities:

• Team leadership will define highest priorities for the business and create road maps for parallel projects with the goal of: creating operational visibility to all aspects of the business, driving ROI-based decision making, presenting analytical performance of company KPIs and initiatives, story boarding and fleshing out C-suite presentations to drive strategy discussions
• This role will have the opportunity to work with Data Science & Business Intelligence teams to build out data infrastructure and reporting. Additionally, the analyst will play an integral role in supporting the Finance organization with weekly, monthly, and quarterly KPI reporting.
• Ideal candidate will work cross functionally in a supporting capacity to a highly driven and impactful team across several verticals including but not limited to: content, sales, growth and marketing
• Content vertical is focused on deep dives into capturing financial performance of specific titles, financial modeling of potential content acquisition deals from dozens of content partners, deep dives into specific content initiatives to identify areas of opportunity for the business. This vertical includes, but is not limited to, identifying drivers of content performance, evaluating drivers of content viewership, optimization around machine learning driven content engines, build out of complex models for varying content deal types, and cost optimization around content deals
• Sales vertical is focused on deep dives into ad sales revenue streams of the business, cross sectional views of performance of direct, partner, specific advertisers as well as specific revenue KPIs (cpm, fill, capacity). Ample opportunity to expand into ad sales operations and streamlining opportunities for improvements
• Growth vertical is focused on return on investment on user acquisition spend across all channels, tradeoffs of resource allocation, evaluation of strategic opportunities across OTT platforms, and identifying barriers and solutions to scaling
• Marketing vertical is focused on tracking what is typically not analytical metrics, defining success and delineating roadmaps for roll out of marketing initiatives in a cost-effective manner 

Your Background:

• Bachelor degree
• 2+ years of experience in top tier management consulting, investment banking, major studio, media or tech company
• Advanced Excel and Powerpoint skills
• Accounting or finance degree or work experience a plus
• Enthusiasm for complex problem-solving through financial modeling, data analysis and other statistical modeling
• SQL and visualization tools (i.e. Periscope, Looker, Tableau)
• Computer science background/training a plus
• Ability to work cross functionally and manage multiple tasks at a rapid pace
• Flexibility and willingness to pivot to new priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Genuine curiosity, keen attention to detail, and strong desire to contribute to the success of the team through data-driven analysis
• Passionate consumer of premium Movies & TV

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