Senior Financial Analyst, Call of Duty Live Ops

Your Mission

Activision is seeking a highly motivated and financially minded individual to join the Call of Duty Finance team to help drive the franchise with a specific focus on in-game live operations across Call of Duty’s mobile titles. This role is centered around projecting and managing the day-to-day performance of our mobile player counts and key monetization systems such as the Battle Pass, Lucky Draws, Bundles and more. This is a dynamic role which will collaborate and be a key partner across our finance, strategy, product management, commercial, and analytics organizations.

• Perform engagement & monetization analysis identifying trends in our player base and in-game store to help inform and shape the product strategy for Call of Duty
• Partner with the Call of Duty finance leaders to drive Live Seasons and play a vital role in the delivery of updates to Activision leadership
• Create ad-hoc analysis & collaborate with product, commercial, and marketing leadership to inform business decisions
• Contribute to live Season go-to-market plans and business unit performance updates
• Support forecasting process (annual, in-year, long range) in partnership with other COD Franchise Finance team members
• Help with other mobile-centric projects and initiatives that arise in this fast paced, ever-changing industry

Our team is lean, dynamic, and focused - which means you will have real responsibility and the opportunity to impact one of the leading franchises in gaming. Strong financial and business acumen, a desire to learn, attention to detail, timely follow-through, adaptability, and the ability to effectively manage against multiple priorities are keys to success in this role.

Player Profile

The key qualifications for the role include:

• 2-4 years of experience, ideally in investment banking, equity research, or revenue management within a similar industry
• Robust financial modeling, ideally with a history in consumer internet/entertainment
• History of cross functional work with strong relationship management & collaboration
• Strong analytical and critical thinking; ability to communicate complex concepts at a high level
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Interest in video games or entertainment

King is the game developer behind the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as mobile game hits including Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch and Pet Rescue. Candy Crush is the top-grossing franchise in US app stores, a position it has held for the last two years, and King’s games are being played by 245 million monthly active users as of Q3 2021. King, which is part of the Activision Blizzard group since its acquisition in 2016, employs nearly 2,000 people in game studios in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona and Berlin, and offices in San Francisco, New York, and Malta.

A Great Saga Needs All Sorts of Heroes

Making games is fun. Especially when you do it with people who share the same idea of what makes a good workplace great. We design games for everyone, no matter where they are or who they are, and we employ all sorts of people from all kinds of backgrounds to bring them to life. Truth is, we simply cannot expect diversity in our players and originality in our games without first nurturing it in our people. A great saga needs all sorts of heroes.

Making the World Playful

Making the World Playful is what inspires us to create new experiences and raise the bar. It’s what makes King a place where we can all dream bigger, continue to add innovation to our games, broadening the portfolio and exploring new territories in mid-core and casual. We take the art and science of gaming to the next level through our curiosity for the unexplored, passion for games, respect for each other and love for our players - and we’re not afraid to have fun along the way. In fact, together with our parent company Activision Blizzard and experts around the world, we believe having fun is good for you. There has never been a better time to join us. We're dreaming bigger and see a world of possibilities ahead. If you share our passion, our values, and our hunger to shape the future, join us in Making the World Playful!

Applications need to be in English.
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