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. By measuring the demand and preferences of more than 2 billion audiences worldwide, Parrot Analytics’ AI platform quantifies the value of content, talent, franchises, and sports rights — enabling partners to forecast revenue, assess risk, optimize portfolio strategy, and drive more predictable success. About the Role The global entertainment industry invests hundreds of billions of dollars into film and television content every year. Yet investment decisions are still largely made using fragmented market signals, limited financial modelling, and incomplete audience insight. Parrot Analytics is building a new analytical layer for the industry — combining the world’s largest dataset on global audience demand with structured financial modelling to help studios, investors, and funds make more disciplined content investment decisions. We are seeking a 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.

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. By measuring the demand and preferences of more than 2 billion audiences worldwide, Parrot Analytics’ AI platform quantifies the value of content, talent, franchises, and sports rights — enabling partners to forecast revenue, assess risk, optimize portfolio strategy, and drive more predictable success. About the Role The global entertainment industry invests hundreds of billions of dollars into film and television content every year. Yet investment decisions are still largely made using fragmented market signals, limited financial modelling, and incomplete audience insight. Parrot Analytics is building a new analytical layer for the industry — combining the world’s largest dataset on global audience demand with structured financial modelling to help studios, investors, and funds make more disciplined content investment decisions. We are seeking a 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.

• Execute financial data reconciliations across systems and reports • Investigate data discrepancies and support timely resolution • Validate data used in close, regulatory, statutory, and management reporting • Assist with preparation and validation of financial reports • Support Finance stakeholders by ensuring data availability and consistency • Maintain documentation related to data sources and reconciliations • Support SOX and audit activities by preparing data evidence and documentation • Identify recurring data issues and recommend improvements • Support automation and standardization initiatives as directed

Job Description SUMMARY: The Manager of Data Analytics leads a team supporting Compliance, Funding Compliance, and Internal Audit through high-quality analytics, automation, and data-driven insights. This role ensures that data used in compliance monitoring, funding submissions, operational audits, and SOX testing is accurate, complete, well-documented, and audit-ready. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who is forward-thinking, technically strong, and committed to building scalable, automated, and AI-enabled analytics solutions. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. Team Leadership & Development - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of data analytics analysts. - Set standards for documentation, auditability, data lineage, and evidence retention. - Prioritize work across Compliance, Funding, and Internal Audit to ensure timely, high-quality results. Analytics Strategy & Execution - Oversee development of automated reports, dashboards, and analyses supporting compliance, funding accuracy, and audit/SOX needs. - Review complex analytics for accuracy, completeness, and audit readiness. - Drive implementation of automation, continuous monitoring, and AI-driven analytics. Funding Compliance Oversight - Lead deep-dive analytics that validate enrollment, attendance, and other data submitted for district and state funding. - Ensure funding data reconciliations and validations are accurate, documented, and reproducible. - Implement automated exception reporting and anomaly detection to reduce errors. Compliance, Privacy & Audit Support - Support operational and privacy compliance through automated validations and monitoring routines. - Guide the development of analytics for internal audits, risk assessments, and SOX testing. - Oversee population completeness testing, key report validation, and automated audit routines. Cross-Functional Partnership - Collaborate with IT, Data Engineering, School Operations, Funding, Security/GRC, and Internal Audit leadership. - Translate business questions into clear analytical requirements and communicate results effectively. - Present insights to senior leaders, highlighting risks, trends, and opportunities for automation. Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises 1 - 5 Full-time Equivalent (FTE) regular employees and/or contractors. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelor’s degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or related field. - 5+ years of experience in analytics, with experience leading or mentoring others. - Proficiency in SQL, Python, R, or similar tools. - Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.). - Strong understanding of documentation, auditability, evidence standards, and data quality. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. - Ability to clear required background check Certificates and Licenses: None required. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Experience in compliance, funding, privacy, SOX, or internal audit environments. - Familiarity with enterprise data systems (ERP, HRIS, SIS, LMS). - Experience with automation tools or AI/ML analytics. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. We anticipate the salary range to be $ 114,116.00 and $182,586.00 Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. Job Type Regular The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer. If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting stridecareers@k12.com. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.