Finance Analyst

Job Description

As a Finance Analyst your responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Preparing all necessary analysis, reporting and presentations for the Quarterly Forecast and Annual Operating Plan processes. You will also provide support to the 5 Year Planning process for your areas of the business.
• You will be responsible for co-ordinating with Accounting and Controllership to support the Quarterly Close process.
• Working closely with and provide guidance and support to all Europe and Africa Finance teams as required
• Support Finance Management with any ad-hoc analysis, financial modelling, reporting and presentations as required
• Support the regional Finance leadership to help facilitate significant changes to FP&A processes in order to deliver regionally led and managed planning cycles with streamlined input from territory teams
• Support a ‘one team’ approach within EMEA finance. Build a network amongst the finance community across lines of business and markets, sharing resources and knowledge.
• Adopt a flexible approach to provide ad hoc finance support to the finance leadership across all lines of business.

Skills and Experience
The successful candidate will ideally possess the following skills and experience:

• Degree Qualified
• ACCA/CIMA Part-Qualified or studying (or equivalent qualification).
• Experience in financial planning and analysis and experience of working in a similar role within the industry
• Experience working with financial IT systems, experience working with SAP/BW and Cognos Reporting and excellent proven Excel skills.
• Experience of working with and providing financial support to operational and commercial teams
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to produce clear and insightful presentations that deliver key messaging at the appropriate level of detail.
• Financial modelling and analysis
• Template creation and consolidation
• Numerate and analytical with a desire to think through and resolve problems
• Results focussed and outcome driven

We have Finance Analyst opportunities available across three of our core lines of Business, Disney Media, Studios and our Consumer Products division
Media Networks:
The Media Networks division are responsible for a diverse range of channel brands and content. By broadcasting into over 250M households across 105 countries globally, the Media Networks division brings our channel brands, shows and characters into people’s homes and lives each and every day.
The General Entertainment channels network (FOX, FOX Comedy, FOX Life, FOX Crime, FX) is responsible for over 500 hours of scripted drama each year and is the leading home for comedy and adult animation. The General Entertainment channels network supports the pay-TV ecosystem with disruptive and varied content (The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, The Orville, American Dad) and award-winning series and talent (Atlanta, American Crime Story).
Consumer Products Commercialisation CPC):
Disney Parks, Experiences and Products brings the magic of The Walt Disney Company’s powerful brands and franchises—including Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, ESPN, 20th Century Fox, and National Geographic—into the daily lives of families and fans around the world to create magical memories that last a lifetime.
Disney’s global consumer products operations include the world’s leading licensing business; one of the world’s largest children’s publishing brands; one of the world’s largest licensors of games across platforms; more than 200 Disney store locations around the world; and the shopDisney e-commerce platform.
Studios
For over 90 years, The Walt Disney Studios has been the foundation on which The Walt Disney Company was built. Today, the Studio brings quality movies, music and stage plays to consumers throughout the world.
Disney has explored new worlds through magical storytelling since its first completely live-action film, “Treasure Island” in 1950. Across pirate-laden high-seas or down a mysterious rabbit hole, Disney’s collaborations with renowned artists and filmmakers have produced some of the most successful live-action family films in history, including 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, “Maleficent,” 2016’s “The Jungle Book,” and 2017's “Beauty and the Beast.” Following the acquisition of 21^st Century Fox by Disney, the Disney EMEA finance team is recruiting several finance analyst roles within Media, Studios and Consumer Products. This is to ensure that the EMEA Finance team is fully resourced to enable it to properly engage with and support the new joint businesses, from a true business partner capacity. Based in our Hammersmith office we’re looking for dynamic finance professionals looking to build on a promising career and join us at this exciting time.
Preferred Education :
Skills and Experience
The successful candidate will ideally possess the following skills and experience:

• Degree Qualified
• ACCA/CIMA Part-Qualified or studying (or equivalent qualification).
• Experience in financial planning and analysis and experience of working in a similar role within the industry
• Experience working with financial IT systems, experience working with SAP/BW and Cognos Reporting and excellent proven Excel skills.
• Experience of working with and providing financial support to operational and commercial teams
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to produce clear and insightful presentations that deliver key messaging at the appropriate level of detail.
• Financial modelling and analysis
• Template creation and consolidation
• Numerate and analytical with a desire to think through and resolve problems
• Results focussed and outcome driven

We have Finance Analyst opportunities available across three of our core lines of Business, Disney Media, Studios and our Consumer Products division
Media Networks:
The Media Networks division are responsible for a diverse range of channel brands and content. By broadcasting into over 250M households across 105 countries globally, the Media Networks division brings our channel brands, shows and characters into people’s homes and lives each and every day.
The General Entertainment channels network (FOX, FOX Comedy, FOX Life, FOX Crime, FX) is responsible for over 500 hours of scripted drama each year and is the leading home for comedy and adult animation. The General Entertainment channels network supports the pay-TV ecosystem with disruptive and varied content (The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, The Orville, American Dad) and award-winning series and talent (Atlanta, American Crime Story).
Consumer Products Commercialisation CPC):
Disney Parks, Experiences and Products brings the magic of The Walt Disney Company’s powerful brands and franchises—including Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, ESPN, 20th Century Fox, and National Geographic—into the daily lives of families and fans around the world to create magical memories that last a lifetime.
Disney’s global consumer products operations include the world’s leading licensing business; one of the world’s largest children’s publishing brands; one of the world’s largest licensors of games across platforms; more than 200 Disney store locations around the world; and the shopDisney e-commerce platform.
Studios
For over 90 years, The Walt Disney Studios has been the foundation on which The Walt Disney Company was built. Today, the Studio brings quality movies, music and stage plays to consumers throughout the world.
Disney has explored new worlds through magical storytelling since its first completely live-action film, “Treasure Island” in 1950. Across pirate-laden high-seas or down a mysterious rabbit hole, Disney’s collaborations with renowned artists and filmmakers have produced some of the most successful live-action family films in history, including 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland,” the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, “Maleficent,” 2016’s “The Jungle Book,” and 2017's “Beauty and the Beast.”
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