Financial Analyst Jobs

The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies, and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences. Bring your individual talents here and discover for yourself why a career with Disney is the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

This Financial Analyst (FA) role provides day-to-day financial support and analysis for Disney Parks, Experience and Products Technology and Digital (T&D), working closely with T&D project teams. The FA is responsible for managing the financial aspects of multiple projects and monitoring project expenditures to ensure projects are completed within budgetary constraints, and proactively recommend actions to address any variances. The FA maintains budget tracking tools, tracks invoices and billings, manages fee structures, and forecasts potential gains and losses. In addition, they will work with the finance team to develop monthly forecasts, as well as provide other day-to-day financial support.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure accuracy of all financial information received and shared for planning processes and financial analyses, and proactively identify issues (data or process) and ensure appropriate action is taken to resolve issues.
• Support, manage and track the project financials for multiple projects while working closely with the project teams.
• Prepare journal entries for accruals, re-classes, and amortizations to ensure proper posting of financials.
• Develop a solid understanding of the business and provide financial analyses and decision support to Technology & Digital project teams.
• Identify and implement continuous improvements to streamline and innovate processes and outputs.
• Prepare weekly and month-end financial reports/decks and ad hoc analyses for projects.
• Confidently and effectively communicates with managers, team members, stake holders, and business partners .
• Partner with project manager (or person playing the role of PM) and/or delivery manager to provide detailed analysis estimates/forecasts of the impact of changes to any financials.
• Clearly articulate project variances to forecast and outlines cause of change.

Basic Qualifications:

• Basic technical accounting skills and knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Ability to meet deadlines, effectively manage multiple priorities and perform job responsibilities accurately in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Self-starter, with natural curiosity, willingness to challenge the status quo
• Ability to build strong and effective working relationships with team members, peers, partners/clients at all levels across the organization
• One or more years of experience in planning and forecasting, financial analysis, or related field
• Professional team player with a positive “can do” attitude
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in quantitative analysis, financial modeling, and continuous improvement, and project management with a strong attention to detail
• Proactive communicator with strong verbal and written skills as well as active listening skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated proficiency in SAP and Business Objects Analysis
• Ability to simplify complex issues and incorporates effective “storytelling” to engage and influence the audience

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration