Senior Financial Analyst

Do you want to help shape the future of the Disney Experiences Finance organization? Come join the Finance Transformation team to define future processes and drive the long-term data strategy for finance!

We are looking for forward-thinking individuals who embrace innovative technologies, challenge existing processes, and want to collaborate across our global finance organization.

Ideal candidates will have a finance background with forecast & planning experience, are highly collaborative, adaptable to working in a dynamic environment, and eager to build strong relationships across finance.

Responsibilities:

• Support initiatives related to data definition and the design of new, integrated forecast and plan processes.
• Consolidate inputs from global partners, summarizing key insights for leadership.
• Collaborate with project partners to document and standardize key business definitions and evaluate current state forecast and planning processes.
• Track and monitor data definition progress using Power BI, ensuring updates are accurate and responding to partner feedback.
• Gather feedback to measure project impacts to assist in preparing executive updates.
• Become a subject matter expert on the tools shaping the future of Finance, including Alation (i.e., Data Catalog), Enterprise Data Platform (EDP), Power BI, Power Apps, Smartsheet, etc.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2+ years of experience in financial planning and/or accounting.
• Experience collaborating with global teams (e.g., Finance, Business, Technology, etc.).
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and experience with SharePoint, Power BI, and Power Apps.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to evaluate conflicting feedback and recommend solutions to align definitions across stakeholder groups.
• Advocate for change, with experience challenging existing processes and implementing process improvements. 
• Ability to collaborate and influence action across diverse stakeholders.
• Effective at multi-tasking and prioritization to meet strategic business objectives.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience interacting with and influencing varied levels of the organization
• Business intelligence/data warehousing or reporting system experience (e.g., Enterprise Data Platform (EDP), Cognos, MS SQL Report Builder, Python, etc.)
• Ability to evaluate processes and distinguish between symptoms and root causes

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in finance/accounting, Business Administration, Data Science, related field, or equivalent work experience