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Director, Strategic Financial Planning
Comcast
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Job Summary:
The Director Strategy and Financial Planning will be a member of the team that oversees the strategic and financial planning functions for Comcast Corporation. This person will work across all of Comcast's businesses, including NBCUniversal, Comcast Cable, and Comcast Ventures. The scope of the role includes evaluating new growth opportunities, working directly with senior executives in the businesses on strategic opportunities and challenges, and supporting a general focus on returns on capital and investments.
Responsibilities:
• Oversees projects and develops strategic analyses to assess new growth opportunities or emerging business risks for the Executive Management Committee
• Identifies business, financial and operational implications. Provides business insights based on rigorous, fact-based analyses of customer needs, competitive dynamics and cost trends.
• Evaluates new or existing projects for financial returns IRR/ROI/ROIC
• Participates in business development and partnership discussions, including distribution, technology/product, content and monetization deals.
• May support the launch of new products and business operations by working with key constituents across products and functions (e.g., product development, programming, operations) to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Represent the broad view of Comcast when supporting the business on specific projects or initiatives.
• Support select internal initiatives such as strategic retreats, recruiting programs, efficiency programs.
Core Responsibilities:
• Serves as a channel for senior management to relay their financial planning and business needs/issues. Leads the preparation and review of budget materials for the executive leaders and manages ongoing reporting against budget and plan objectives.
• Ensures compliance with Federal SEC and state public financial reporting regulations, in which the company and its subsidiaries are subject to, by preparing SEC Annual and Quarterly reports.
• Develops ways to continually improve the processes to ensure timely and accurate budget analysis and financial review for management team.
• Develops and implements organizational policies to determine planning policies and instructions, financial planning methodology, and database design.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Education level: Bachelors Degree or equivalent
Field of Study: Finance
Years Experience: Generally requires 12+ years related experience
Skills and Other Requirements:
• Experience developing business plans, business cases, and senior-executive level presentations.
• Previous management consulting experience.
• Financial modeling expertise.
• Experience conducting risk analyses and portfolio assessments.
• Previous experience with the cable, telecommunications, internet, media and/or entertainment industries.
• Excellent diplomacy, relationship building and communications skills across all levels.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• MBA or post-graduate degree preferred.
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