Derek Carpenter Email & Phone Number

Golden, CO, US

Los Angeles, California, United States

Burbank, California

• Program Manager for FP&A Pillar of Finance Transformation, driving efforts to reimagine the forecast and planning systems, processes and timelines of the company
• Partner across multiple lines of business to identify areas for short-term process improvement, drive towards integrating data science and automation into current functions, and deliver the future vision of FP&A for.

Glendale, CA

• Coordinated financial system and process integration of Parks & Resorts and Consumer Products segment integration. Worked across multiple stakeholders to align processes and timelines to create a single, cohesive.
• Represented DPEP in cross-segment Integration Management Office (IMO) working team to integrate 21st Century Fox assets into The Walt Disney Company. Work began in mid-September, 2018 to evaluate the assets integrating.

Glendale, CA

• Led process to create 2nd year outlook process (FY19), which extended the financial planning horizon past the current corporate submission requirement to identify areas of risk & opportunity. The process utilized MS.
• Partnered with technology development teams to create IBM COGNOS enhancements to support longer term planning cycles. Using learnings from the offline and manual FY19 outlook process, the enhancements created systemic.
• Supported FY18 5-year strategic plan process to deliver a fully integrated system solution that allowed flexible business hierarchy. The FY18 5-year strategic plan (including interim years) and Studio Ultimates were.

Glendale, CA

• Led global coordination of all GFL&C financial processes, including AOP, forecast, close, and 5-year strategic plan.
• Assisted in preparing and presenting the GFL&C financial and business operations performance to senior management.
• Direct support of GFL&C EVP and CFO on day-to-day business operations, special projects and ad hoc analysis.
• Supported the Marvel & Lucasfilm franchise management teams in all day-to-day finance & business operations processes, including North America annual operating plan, forecast, quarterly close, and 5-year Strategic Plan.
• Coordinated across multiple stakeholders and lines of business to help integrate Marvel & Lucasfilm into the DCPI business intelligence and financial reporting methodology.

London, United Kingdom

• Led the EMEA integration of Marvel brand, including communicating with Marvel global offices on forecast and annual operating plan, coordinating messaging of process changes across EMEA markets, and driving marketing.
• Partnered with the VP of Licensing finance on the EMEA 5-Year strategic plan, providing executives with outlook on financial performance, regional macroeconomic factors, franchise/product priorities, and white space.
• Performed ad hoc analysis across multiple business areas including licensee & category rationalization and royalty rate analysis to determine equitable value of licensing royalty rates

London, United Kingdom

• Partnered with the VP of EMEA Home business to develop and drive strategies, identify new business partners, and negotiate contracts with pan European licensees.
• Assisted with the Europe integration of Marvel after the acquisition by Disney. Worked with Pan European category managers to identify go-forward strategy with current Marvel partners and identify potential new.

London, United Kingdom

• Coordinated all forecast, AOP, 5-Year strategic plan, and fiscal period close processes with Fashion stakeholders across the Europe G7 markets.
• Managed Direct-to-Retail (DTR) licensees forecast and close processes, including consolidating accurate accrual submissions and developing forecasting tools for internal use.
• Assisted the EMEA licensing finance team by providing market and business drivers during forecast and close and served as the primary point of contact for Fashion related inquires from regional and global business.

Glendale

Mclean, VA

Ashburn, VA

Glendale, CA

Glendale, CA