Senior investment analyst

About Parrot Analytics Parrot Analytics is the global authority on media and entertainment intelligence, providing the strategic decision support that the world's leading studios, producers, streamers, investors, and government bodies rely on to de‑risk content investment and maximize returns. Trusted across the full media economy — from studios and streaming platforms to film funds, sports leagues, and government bodies — Parrot Analytics informs capital allocation, acquisitions, programming strategy, and IP valuation at the highest levels of the industry.
About The Role Senior Investment Analyst to lead the development of financial models used to evaluate film and television projects. This role sits at the intersection of entertainment economics, investment analysis, and data science, translating audience demand signals, project budgets, and distribution assumptions into structured financial forecasts and investment insights. The successful candidate will play a key role in helping investors understand the risk and return profile of content investments before capital is committed.
Build Investment Models for Film & Television Projects
Develop sophisticated financial models that evaluate the commercial performance of film and television projects across multiple distribution windows
Models will incorporate production budgets and cost structures, financing structures and investor positions, distribution revenue streams across global markets and investor return scenarios and capital recovery timelines
Revenue modelling will consider multiple distribution pathways including theatrical, SVOD, AVOD, FAST, Pay TV, and international licensing
Leverage Parrot Analytics' global dataset on audience demand and content valuation to inform revenue assumptions within financial models
Develop structured approaches to translating audience demand signals and valuation into realistic commercial scenarios, benchmarking projects against comparable titles across genres, markets, and platforms
Quantify Investment Risk
Evaluate projects through structured scenario modelling that assesses downside risk and capital exposure, break‑even performance thresholds and investor return scenarios under different market conditions
Conduct sensitivity analysis across key variables including budget changes, distribution outcomes, and shifts in audience demand
Support Investment Decision-Making
Produce financial analyses used by funds, studios, and investors evaluating content opportunities
Translate complex financial models into clear insights that help decision-makers understand the economic implications of project budgets, distribution strategies, and market positioning
Develop Industry-Leading Modelling Frameworks
Help design the financial modelling frameworks used to evaluate film and television investments using Parrot Analytics' data
The goal is to build repeatable analytical tools that allow projects to be evaluated with institutional investment discipline, enabling more structured decision‑making across the industry
Requirements Your experience 5-10+ years of experience in roles that require strong financial modelling and investment analysis in the following environments:
Film or television investment funds
Studio finance or content strategy teams
Media-focused investment banking or private equity
Entertainment strategy consulting
Corporate finance roles within media or technology companies
Direct experience working with film finance structures, production budgets, or distribution economics is required.
The Skills You Bring
Advanced financial modelling – Ability to build complex Excel models from scratch incorporating scenario analysis, sensitivity modelling, and structured investment return frameworks.
Investment analysis mindset – Strong ability to evaluate opportunities through structured risk and return analysis.
Data‑driven thinking – Comfortable integrating external datasets and quantitative signals into financial forecasts and commercial assumptions.
Intellectual curiosity – A genuine interest in understanding how film and television projects generate economic value.
Communication – Ability to translate complex financial analysis into clear insights for non‑technical decision‑makers. Ideally fluent in Arabic to service regional clients.
Who Will Thrive In This Role
Enjoy building deep, structured financial models
Are naturally curious about the economics of media and entertainment
Think rigorously about downside risk as well as upside potential
Enjoy turning messy real‑world information into structured analysis
Are excited about building new analytical frameworks for an industry
Benefits
Be Part of a Founding Team: Join a pivotal, early team member group supporting our newly established HQ in Qatar, with the opportunity to help shape its direction and impact from the ground up.
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