Walt Disney Imagineering Finance Intern, Summer/Fall 2024
Location
Glendale, CA | United States
Job description
Job Summary:
About the Role & Program
“We make magic.” That’s our motto at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. And it permeates everything we do. At Disney, you’ll help encourage that magic by enabling our teams to push the limits of entertainment and create the never-before-seen!
Walt Disney Imagineering is the master planning, creative development, design, engineering, production, project management, and research and development arm of The Walt Disney Company! Its hard-working corps of Imagineers is responsible for the creation - from concept initiation through installation - of all Disney Resorts, theme parks and attractions, real estate developments, cruise ships, regional entertainment venues, and new media projects. In this role, you will report to a Manager, Finance.
What You Will Do
The intern will maintain financial reports, monitor and control costs and budgets, track commitments from both internal and 3rd party consultants and contractors, prepare budgets and perform financial sensitivity analysis where appropriate. You will assist in the development and monitoring of key internal controls, and develop working relationships with internal customers and understand their core business.
- Maintaining accurate financial information and developing basic financial models for performance and trend analysis
- Identifying financial issues and presenting analyses in a format that clearly communicates results for management evaluation
- Understanding accounting impacts to areas of responsibility that could affect financial performance
- Interfacing and building rapport with project /department team members, management, and internal/external customers
- Promoting financial controls throughout the organization
- Developing financial analysis to influence decisions
- Developing alternatives/proposals for operational improvements
- Working with the project team to establish budgets, costing strategies, and maintain EFC’s (estimated final costs)
- Setting up and maintaining WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)
- Providing regular reporting and analysis management (e.g. cash flow analysis and forecasting, completion cost reporting, AOP)
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Ability to work in a flexible team environment including functional groups outside of the department
- Organized individual with initiative willing to take a creative approach and work on assigned projects independently
- Outstanding verbal and written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
- Experience with creative thinking and fast turnaround production
- Ability to develop and interpret financial models
- Ability to handle several projects simultaneously and work with deadlines
- Proven computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- SAP experience preferred
- Business Intelligence Software (Microsoft PowerBI, Tableau, etc.) experience preferred
Education
- A junior, senior or recent graduate working toward a bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related area
Eligibility Requirements & Program Information
- Must be enrolled in an accredited college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program OR must have graduated from a college/university within 6 months OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Professional Internship
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must not have completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or program
- Must possess unrestricted work authorization
Additional Information
- The approximate dates of this internship are May 2024 - January 2025
- Candidate must be available to work full time hours (approximately 40 hours per week) for the duration of the internship
- This internship is a primarily on-site position -- Must be able to provide own housing and reliable transportation for work in the Glendale, California area, with occasional days in Anaheim, California. Also requires a working, reliable internet connection as well as a quiet, dedicated workspace.
The pay rate for this internship in California is $21.70 per hour.
Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits, visit:
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