Sr Corporate Development Analyst

Job ID 10128353 Location Burbank, California, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Sep. 02, 2025

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Job Summary:

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 $103,500.00 to $138,800.00 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.

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About The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).

Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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