Role Purpose

Partner the CTO as Sony transitions to an outsourced technology operating model, ensuring strong financial governance, commercial discipline and benefits realization. The role will also optimize allocation within approved content spends to sustain or improve portfolio ROIC, and own enterprise-wide capex governance.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Business Finance & Outsourcing Governance

• Act as the primary finance partner to the CTO and Technology leadership team.
• Own technology planning, forecasting, reporting and long-range outlook under the outsourced operating model.
• Establish the governance cadence with internal teams and partners, covering performance, forecasts, commercials, service levels and decisions.
• Track contractual commitments, consumption drivers, change requests, transition costs, savings and benefits realization.
• Provide early visibility of risks and partner Technology, Product, Procurement and Legal on commercial decisions and contract changes.
• Evaluate roadmap investments and change requests through clear business cases, scenarios and unit economics.

Content Portfolio Optimization & ROIC

• Optimize allocation of approved content spends across sports, originals, movies, acquisitions and syndicated content.
• Assess each material investment or renewal for its impact on portfolio ROIC, profitability, monetization and cash flow.
• Develop consistent evaluation frameworks and compare expected versus realized returns.
• Recommend portfolio changes where performance, audience outcomes or economics warrant action.
• Ensure content decisions within the approved envelope sustain or improve portfolio-level ROIC.

Enterprise Capex Governance

• Own planning and governance of all capex across technology, broadcast, facilities and other functions.
• Manage the annual plan, rolling forecast, approval pipeline, utilization and long-range roadmap.
• Set standards for capex business cases, including ROI, NPV, IRR, payback, cash-flow impact and milestones.
• Coordinate approval forums and track projects through implementation, capitalization and benefits realization.
• Provide clear visibility of commitments, utilization, overruns, delays and post-investment outcomes.

Leadership & Decision Support

• Provide forward-looking insights to the CFO, CTO and senior leadership.
• Prepare concise dashboards and decision materials for management and Board reviews.
• Drive accountability for agreed actions, savings and investment outcomes.

Candidate Profile

• 12-15 years of experience in business finance, FP&A, strategic finance, corporate finance or investment analysis.
• Media, OTT, digital, technology, telecom or entertainment experience preferred.
• Strong grounding in technology economics, content returns, capex accounting and financial modelling.
• Ability to establish governance, challenge assumptions and influence senior stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; CA, MBA Finance, CFA or equivalent qualification preferred.