Sr Business System Analyst (Project Hire)

Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10128348 Location Burbank, California, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Aug. 20, 2025

Job Summary:

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. 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.

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. The Enterprise Technology organization drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.

This role is located within the Enterprise Products Organization under the Financial Value Chain business solutions area. Finance Value Chains will be delivering Priority Business Solutions aligned with the enterprise architecture for the Finance, Tax and Treasury Value Chains. We lead with a Business Architecture framework and own the core financial systems and related functions domain technology roadmap.

The Sr Business System Analyst – is a role within Enterprise technology, responsible for supporting the business architecture and delivery of Finance platforms and services ensuring technology solutions are delivered end-to-end in line with architectural standards, delivering on business capability and collaboration with support operations. The span of the role will encompass business requirements, functional design, business modeling, testing and delivery.

**This is an estimated 24-month Project Hire position, with no guarantee of permanent placement.**

Role Responsibilities:

Support translation of business needs to the product solution in support of project delivery and success
Partner with teams to understand and document business requirements
Participate in functional and technical design sessions
Partner with business and technology teams to build business models
Participate in creating documentation (ex. requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, functional design documents, process flows, etc.)
Participate in agile ceremonies (ex. scrum, sprint planning, demos, etc.)
Partner with technical implementation team(s) to provide documentation or information needed, confirm what is built aligns to the requirements
Support traceability of business requirements through technical specs and test cases
Work with the business to confirm test scenarios, validate design, test data & results
Support business ownership of process flows
Execute testing including developing, reviewing or executing test scripts, test results, defect triage
Validating product to acceptance criteria
Provide inputs into the Risks, Actions, Issues and Decisions (RAID) log pertaining to business architecture; proactively identify issues and analyze options to resolve; work with the project management team
Collaborates closely with partners across the organization including business partners, solution architects, and delivery managers
Builds strong relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders, across the enterprise

Skills & Key Attributes:

Technology project experience
Results oriented, biased toward action
Strong communication, consensus-building, and presentation skills
Strong documentation skills and attention to detail
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate well to both technical and business audiences
Strong collaboration skills and works well with a team
Ability to break down and solve complex problems
Demonstrates resilience and perseverance
Flexible and adaptable
Ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment, prioritize work and meet deadlines
Ability to decide and act without having the total picture and comfortable handling risk and uncertainty
Self-starter, with strong ambition to support the project and team
Works independently under general supervision
Ability to effectively navigate a complex organizational structure

Required Experience:

Minimum 5 years of overall Enterprise Resource Planning experience with 3 years of experience supporting Finance Planning and Analysis (FP&A) systems and projects
Proven track record of participating in software projects in finance value chains on a large scale
Experience with FP&A business processes & software
Experience with Business Architecture practice and methodologies
Experience participating in matrixed project teams including architects, developers, operations, PMs, business analysts, and vendor partners
Experience with agile software development and full SDLC
Prior experience of working in a Media environment is advantageous

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $95,300 to $127,800 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Sr Business System Analyst (Project Hire)

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