Sr Financial Analyst Revenue Management

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

This Senior Financial Analyst is a key member of the Pricing & Revenue Management department and performs detailed financial analyses of attendance trends and forecasts to make strategic recommendations for ticket pricing and product offerings. By providing high-quality insights, this Senior Financial Analyst supports both the short-term and long-term financial success for Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Horror Unleashed.

• Analyze sales and attendance trends by origin, sales channel and product mix. Use this along with macro-economic variables, business intelligence and other inputs to action frequent admission price changes that drive incremental revenue lift.  Understand and provide feedback on models and tools to help in continuous improvement. This requires maintaining advanced Excel models and translating data into actionable insights.
• Developing innovative pricing initiatives (e.g. volume-tiered, variable pricing) and evaluating their success (e.g. sensitivity, break-even, volume analysis) to drive revenue and margin growth. This includes analyzing the financial feasibility of proposed promotional offers and present clear business cases to executive leadership. 
• Conduct postmortem analysis to evaluate effectiveness and profitability of pricing initiatives and promotional offers.  Make recommendations for adjustments to strategies.
• Partner in development and deployment of tests to identify pricing strategies which maximize profitability. Leverage these results along with other analytics in pricing recommendations.
• Collaborate with Marketing & Sales, Finance, Global Pricing & Analytics and other partners across the organization to gather and provide feedback on how pricing decisions will impact the business and to execute key business initiatives.
• Ad hoc data querying, modeling and analysis as required.
• Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UDX policy, procedures, training, and team member involvement activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
• 3-5 years of progressive experience within pricing, finance, or analytics.
• Must be willing to work in the Universal City offices on a hybrid basis.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with Domo, Tableau, Microstrategy, PowerBI, R, Python, or VBA a plus .

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong analytical skills, capable of delivering detailed, accurate information in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to link financial results to performance drivers and able to concisely communicate findings to all levels of the organization.
• Able to meet deadlines while managing multiple assignments, handle conflicts constructively, and work methodically around challenges.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to work effectively cross-functionally, and the ability to w