About the Role & Team

This Senior Financial Analyst will play an integral role on the Walt Disney Imagineering Project Finance team. This position will also play a meaningful role in instituting new systems and practices around project controls, budget management and financial reporting!

What You Will Do

On any given day you might:

• Meet and collaborate with partners across the business to review financial results or to make changes to the operation

• Support forecasting, budgeting, and short & long term business planning for US-based projects

• Support the completion of ad-hoc analysis

• Build detailed analysis for presentations and reporting packages to Senior Leadership

• Coordinate strong written and verbal communication that conveys data and analysis to partners at all levels, including Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents

• Develop cases for new business opportunities such as a new attraction, new hotel/vacation club, fireworks show, a new Food & Beverage location, a special event, cruise line projects, etc.

• Feel like an “insider” when you visit a store or watch a new parade, and see Guests purchasing and enjoying the work and analysis you do behind the scenes

Required Qualifications & Skills

• At least two (2) years of finance or accounting experience in a service industry environment

• Proven experience and strong understanding of SAP and company hierarchy

• Demonstrated leadership skills

• Strong finance and accounting analytical skills

• Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy

• Proven ability to critically analyze drivers and variance explanations

• Ability to perform sophisticated financial analysis and identify solutions

• Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills

• Strong decision-making skills

• Strong process orientation with a demeanor for continually driving efficiency

• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to build and deliver executive level presentations

• Positive relationship building skills and ability to interact with all levels of partners

• Ability to work in an environment with constantly evolving priorities

• Demonstrated proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint

• Ability to work a flexible schedule to support partners in different time zones

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record to solve problems creatively

• Service oriented individual who wants to help and push the team forward

• Self-starter who excels in a team environment and who challenges the status quo by continually searching for opportunities to improve internal processes

• Knowledge of Disney Experiences operations, business units, and product offerings

• A Master’s degree or equivalent experience

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business, Finance, Industrial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Accounting