Senior Analyst, Finance-Xumo

Xumo, a joint venture between Comcast and Charter Communications, was formed to develop and offer a next-generation streaming platform for the entire entertainment industry. The company consists of three primary lines of business: Xumo devices, Xumo Play, and Xumo Enterprise. Powered by Comcast’s global entertainment platform, Xumo devices feature a world-class user interface with universal voice search capabilities, making it easy for consumers to find and enjoy their favorite streaming content. Xumo Play is a free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service offering hundreds of linear channels and on-demand options. Xumo Enterprise provides tools and services for content creators, distributors, and advertisers to make FAST content more accessible.

Job Summary

This role provides comprehensive financial operations, close, forecasting, and reporting leadership across Xumo’s device monetization and platform development workstreams. The analyst owns AVOD wholesale inventory billing/collections, revenue-share invoicing/payments with TV OEM and SB operator partners, and all device revenue close and accrual entries. In partnership with Ad Sales, Accounting, and Platform/TPX stakeholders, the role delivers rigorous forecasts (AVOD, Audience Direct, Commerce), builds executive-ready commentary for “Monetization & Platform Development,” and advances FP&A processes, tools, and modeling to enhance decision support, audit readiness, and business performance.

Job Description

Position is office based in Philadelphia, PA- 4 days/week & 1 day remote.

Core Responsibilities:

Planning & Forecasting-
    • Own the Device Monetization Forecast across AVOD (Devices), Audience Direct (Devices), and Commerce (Devices).
    • Own the Device Revenue Share Forecast for Xumo TV (Hisense, Element) and Xumo SB (Charter, Mediacom).
    • Own the TPX Development Forecast, aligning platform investment outlooks with monetization drivers.
Ad Monetization & AVOD-
    • Serve as Owner: AVOD Wholesale Inventory financial operations, including billing & collections cadence and dispute resolution.
    • Translate Ad Sales monetization KPI outputs into pacing and variance narratives that inform forecast and outlook.
Financial Close & Controls-
    • Serve as Owner: Device Revenue Entries, covering AVOD (Devices) and Audience Direct (Devices) during monthly close.
    • Serve as Owner: Revenue Expense Accrual Entries for TV OEM and SB Operator Revenue Share.
    • Provide audit support (PBC/tie-outs/walkthroughs) for revenue/monetization areas.
Business Partnership-
    • Partner with Ad Sales to align device monetization drivers with inventory, yield, and pacing narratives.
    • Partner with Accounting to ensure timely, accurate monthly closes and clean reconciliations.
    • Collaborate with Platform Development / TPX on business cases, partner economics, and pilot tracking scorecards.
Reporting & Insights-
    • Build commentary for “Monetization & Platform Development” sections of actuals & forecast packages, P&L variance analysis, and financial review decks.
    • Deliver budget/forecast/variance analysis and related reports; synthesize drivers clearly for leadership consumption.
    • Assist in preparation of financial presentations for Senior Leadership Teams.
Operational Excellence-
    • Champion FP&A process improvements, automation, and scalable financial models to enhance forecast accuracy and reporting speed.
    • Create/maintain relevant financial datasets and reporting cadences; retire duplicative or low-value processes.

Preferred Qualifications
    • Finance/FP&A background with demonstrated strength in forecasting, close, and variance analysis
    Experience in OTT/AVOD monetization, device revenue models, and revenue-share structures.
    • Experience with revenue and accrual accounting entries in complex, partner-driven monetization models.
    • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment.
    • Highly analytical, organized, and skilled in communication and problem solving.
    • Ability to collaborate effectively with variety of stakeholders.
    • Commitment to advancing FP&A processes, tools, and financial modeling.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

    • Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
    • Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
    • Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
    • Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
    • Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
    • Drive results and growth.
    • Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
    • Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer:

This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

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Skills:

Financial Plan; Financial Close; Financial Operations Management; Financial Analysis; Presentations

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Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

5-7 Years