Corporate Development Analyst

About the Role & Team

The Corporate Development group at The Walt Disney Company is a team of approximately ten professionals with backgrounds in media & technology, investment banking, private equity, and consulting, who serve as in-house advisors to company’s executive leadership on key inorganic growth opportunities globally and who negotiate and execute M&A transactions.  The department’s activities and accomplishments have contributed to the growth and success of many of the company’s business units across the Disney Entertainment, Sports, and Disney Experiences segments.

Examples of work completed include:

• Acquisitions: 21st Century Fox, Hulu, BAMTech, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar
• Joint Ventures: Merger of Star India with Viacom18, combination of Hulu + Live TV and Fubo
• Divestitures: Fox’s 22 Regional Sports Networks, Endemol Shine, FoxNext Games
• Investments: Minority stakes in Epic Games, Professional Lacrosse League

What You Will Do

Senior Analysts plays a key role in evaluating and executing acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, and developing new business opportunities.

The position entails building complex financial models to support company valuation and structuring, developing market and business performance forecasts, analyzing and synthesizing data from a variety of sources, and communicating information in coherent oral and written presentations for senior leadership.

Senior Analysts must employ excellent quantitative and qualitative problem-solving skills while building a rich base of knowledge within the media and entertainment industry. The position further requires multitasking across a multitude of projects with competing, urgent timelines while maintaining best-in-class professional excellence.

Benefits:

• Cultivate the critical thinking skills gained in strategy consulting to work through the strategic merits of an M&A transaction, valuation skills learned in investment banking, and the ‘principal’ perspective attained in private equity
• Develop excellent quantitative, qualitative, and leadership skills while learning the nuances of the media and entertainment industry from a high caliber team of executives
• Set the stage for a successful career within or outside of Disney, as demonstrated by an excellent track-record of prior team members achieving:
  • Senior executive positions across the company
  • Placement at leading investment and media & entertainment firms and MBA programs

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Excellent record of academic and professional achievement
• Strong accounting, finance, modeling, valuation, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills
• A team-oriented attitude
• A passion for both business and media & entertainment
• 2+ years’ experience at a top tier investment bank, private equity, or comparable corporate strategy/development group within a major media and entertainment company

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, California is $85,800.00 to $115,000 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.