Sr. Analyst, Content Analysis, Business Strategy & Planning

Summary of Position

Content Analysis is a highly visible, cross-functional team that works closely with senior executive management across Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group (MPG). We play a critical role in how executives interpret financial analyses to make greenlight decisions on content investment, distribution, active deal negotiations, M&A and strategic equity investments, and overall MPG strategy to ensure Lionsgate's growth in a rapidly evolving media landscape. The team collaborates across key business units (such as Production & Acquisitions, Global Products & Experiences, Business & Legal Affairs, Global Sales & Distribution, and Global Marketing) to provide actionable insights into complex and exciting business opportunities across films, gaming, location-based entertainment, and new and emerging media.

The team is seeking a highly qualified and motivated candidate for the position of Senior Analyst, Content Analysis. This individual will play a vital role in facilitating the greenlight process, formulating and executing a wide range of deliverables that serve the strategic operations of the company, and will have a front row seat to help develop new ways of doing business inside the industry's largest independent film studio.

We are looking for someone who excels at high-level, critical, and analytical thinking with an ability to simplify complex information and add meaningful context to economic profiles. This is an ideal role for someone who wants to learn the ins and outs of the film business, disrupt the status quo, and find new ways to grow our business and deliver content to global audiences.

Responsibilities

• Play an integral role within the Content Analysis team to manage the overall greenlight process for Lionsgate's Motion Picture Group
• Develop P&Ls and related financial analyses for films, games, live / stage shows, and more from inception, to greenlight, to release, to post-release
• Model and analyze talent, distribution, and equity deals while working closely with executives at all levels throughout the deal negotiation process
• Evaluation of profit / loss, NPV, and IRR for individual projects and overall business units to ensure adherence to MPG Content Strategy and alignment to target financial KPIs
• Provide ad hoc financial modeling and analyses related to strategic projects across the company; e.g., M&A due diligence, deal and organizational structuring, and business development
• Work cohesively with Financial Planning & Analysis team, especially during quarterly forecast & Annual Plan, to connect the dots on how individual content decisions impact the overall MPG P&L
• Participate in the development and management of the business plan(s) of the MPG and individual sub-segments, and seek solutions for internal business performance improvement and operating efficiencies
• Create and maintain high-level reporting for the Chair of MPG, MPG Division leads, and C-Suite executives

Qualifications and Skills

About Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE : LION) is one of the world's leading standalone, pure play, publicly traded content companies. It brings together diversified motion picture and television production and distribution businesses, a world-class portfolio of valuable brands and franchises, a talent management and production powerhouse and a more than 20,000-title film and television library, all driven by the studio's bold and entrepreneurial culture.

Business Unit Overview

Motion Picture Group

Lionsgate operates the largest independent motion picture company in the world. The home of such beloved franchises as John Wick, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Saw and Now You See Me, Lionsgate regularly releases 10-15 wide theatrical films each year, complemented by a slate of 40-50 multi-platform and direct-to-streaming titles. Thanks to an entrepreneurial structure, creative passion, and innovative marketing and distribution strategies, the studio is capable of not only making and extending franchises, but also delivering original successes like La La Land, Wonder, Knives Out, Monster's Ball, Precious, Fahrenheit 9 / 11 and Jesus Revolution. The studio has generated nearly $15 billion in global box office and earned 335 Academy Award® nominations and 71 Oscar® wins.

Our Benefits

Compensation

$75,000 - $80,000

EEO Statement

Lionsgate is an equal employment opportunity employer. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws. In addition, Lionsgate will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. Lionsgate will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and federal law.