Accounting and Finance Internship

MOBOLISE; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Employee discounts

Wellbeing app access

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is offering a 12-month undergraduate placement in Finance and Accounting, based in London. You’ll join a variety of Finance teams, work on real projects, and gain hands-on experience across planning, reporting, tax, cash management, and business partnering.

Expected to contribute to day-to-day activities, strategic projects, and process improvements while developing commercial and financial skills within Disney’s values.

Qualifications

• Interest in accounting and finance with a commercial mindset.
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Good communication skills and professional conduct.

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience across finance areas including planning, reporting and business partnering.
• Support day-to-day activities, strategic projects and process improvements.
• Develop financial knowledge, analytical capability and stakeholder management.

Skills

Curiosity about accounting/finance

Commercial awareness

Attention to detail

Professional communication

Tools

Excel

MS Office

Job description

Job Requirements

Ready to make magic? We’re hiring for our 12-month undergraduate placement schemes.

Behind every Disney experience is a team of finance professionals, driving business performance across our brands, products and experiences. As an Accounting and Finance Intern, you'll gain hands‑on experience, develop valuable commercial and technical skills, and build a strong foundation for your future career.

Whether you're interested in financial planning, accounting, reporting, tax, cash management, procurement, or business partnering, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to real projects while working alongside experienced professionals across The Walt Disney Company EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa).

Throughout your internship, you'll be fully integrated into your team, supporting day‑to‑day activities, strategic projects, and process improvements while developing your financial knowledge, analytical capability, and stakeholder management skills.

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values; acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

By applying for this Internship, you will be considered for all available teams outlined below. If you have any role preference(s), please note this in your cover letter.

Business Partnering

Our Business Partnering roles help teams across EMEA understand performance, manage investments, and make informed decisions. You’ll gain exposure to core finance activities including planning, forecasting, reporting, budgeting, and commercial analysis, while developing your ability to turn financial data into meaningful insight. If you have a preference for a particular area within the Business Partnering area, please state this in your cover letter:

• Disney+: You’ll help teams understand business performance and support strategic decisions for one of the world’s leading streaming platforms.
• Disney Consumer Products (DCP): Working across businesses including Fashion, Home, Toys, Publishing, Health & Beauty and Food+, you’ll help provide financial insights that support the performance of products across the EMEA region, partnering with Marketing and Commercial teams to support key business decisions.
• Disney Destinations International (DDI): You’ll work closely with the team to support financial decisions across Disney’s travel brands across EMEA to experience Disneyland Paris (DLP), Walt Disney World Resort in Florida (WDW), and Disney Cruise Line (DCL) holidays.
• Media Networks & Ad Sales: Working closely with teams that support Disney's portfolio of entertainment channels, content distribution and advertising partnerships.
• Stage Plays: You’ll support the financial performance of Disney's live theatrical productions that bring Disney stories to life on stage.
• Studio Distribution: working across either theatrical distribution or digital transactional, you’ll help analyse and track the performance across the distribution of content from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures.
• Studios Marketing & Music: You’ll help to analyse and track the investment behind major film releases and marketing campaigns across Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Searchlight Pictures and 20th Century Studios, and gain exposure to Disney’s Music business.
• The Disney Stores (TDS): Gain exposure to both Disney's retail stores and e-commerce business. You’ll help support business decisions for products inspired by Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic.

Central Planning

Join Disney EMEA's Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team and gain exposure to the financial performance of multiple businesses across the region. You’ll support the company working on forecast cycles, close cycles, risks & opportunities, headcount, and the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) budget, whilst helping drive innovation through data transformation and process improvement initiatives.

Controllership

Our Controllership roles support the financial accuracy, compliance and governance behind Disney’s EMEA operations. You’ll gain exposure to core accounting, reporting, tax, cash management and controls activities, helping ensure financial information is accurate, well‑managed and aligned to internal, statutory and regulatory requirements. Working with teams across finance and the wider business, you’ll develop technical knowledge, analytical skills and an understanding of how strong reporting, governance and compliance support Disney’s day‑to‑day operations and long‑term success. If you have a preference for a particular area within Controllership, please state this in your cover letter:

• External Reporting: You’ll gain hands‑on experience producing statutory financial reporting, while developing practical skills across financial audits, tax and accounting processes. This role offers valuable insight into how financial reporting supports business decision‑making and governance at Disney. You’ll also build strong working relationships with our external auditors, giving you first‑hand exposure to how large multinational organisations manage complex reporting requirements.
• Sustainability Reporting: You’ll support the preparation of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosures across a global organisation. You’ll work alongside sustainability, finance, legal and reporting teams to help analyse ESG data, support regulatory reporting requirements, and contribute to disclosures under leading sustainability frameworks.
• Tax: Gain hands‑on experience across corporate tax, VAT, transfer pricing and tax compliance. You’ll support a range of businesses areas, including Disney+, Disney Licensing, The Disney Stores, Parks & Resorts, and Disney Studios, working on real business challenges.
• Cash: Supporting the financial operations of a diverse portfolio of businesses, including Disney+, The Disney Stores, Stage Plays, and Disney Travel. You’ll help manage cash reporting, reconciliations, financial analysis, and process improvements, working with large volumes of transactional data.
• US GAAP Accounting: Gain exposure to financial accounting, reporting, reconciliations, audits and process improvement activities. You’ll support a diverse portfolio of businesses including Studios, Media, Home Entertainment, Disney Store and Stage Plays.

Retail Insights

You’ll help transform retail sales data into meaningful insights that support business decisions. Working closely with Brand Commercialisation and Retail Sales teams, you’ll analyse the performance of Disney products and franchises, support data transformation initiatives involving automation, artificial intelligence, research consumer trends, and create impactful reporting and presentations for senior stakeholders.

Sourcing & Procurement Finance

Gain hands‑on experience supporting how The Walt Disney Company tracks company spend, measures procurement savings, and delivers financial insights to business leaders. You will work with stakeholders across multiple business areas to analyse spend data, monitor sourcing performance, support reporting activities, and help identify opportunities to drive value.

Working within any of these teams will provide you with a brilliant foundation for a career in Finance.

This is an office‑based internship. 4 days working in the Hammersmith, London office with 1 day working from home (Monday or Friday).

Eligibility

• Important: Please upload your CV and cover letter as a single document, as only one file can be submitted. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
• Must be a second‑year undergraduate student on a placement year course returning to study in Autumn 2028
• Must have the right to work in the UK already in place
• Available to start working full time from June 2027
• Interested in the area you are applying for, whether this is through your studies, experiences, extracurricular activities or a general interest

About you

• A strong curiosity about in‑house Accounting, Finance, Tax, Reporting or Procurement
• Interested in developing your commercial and financial knowledge
• Attention to detail and the ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to connect with people at all levels in a professional and mature manner
• Ability to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and undertake various administrative duties
• Strong MS Office Skills, particularly Excel

The Perks

• Develop your workplace skills and experience to help build the foundations of your future career
• Constructive on‑the‑job training as well as companywide learning and development initiatives
• Learn how decisions and actions are made within a global business environment
• Tackle real responsibility and become an essential part of an encouraging team
• Have the support and network of a large community of interns
• Access to join and support our Employee Resource Groups ranging from WOMEN @ Disney, Disney MOSAIC, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group – TRUST
• Annual salary of £28,000 with 25 days’ holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Contractually enrolled into Disney’s workplace pension scheme
• Discounts & Perks: You are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort food & beverage and ticketing
• Access to free support services including Unmind, the mental wellbeing app
• Opportunity to select eye care and flu vouchers

Interested?

This deadline for applications is Midnight 20th October 2026.

Once we have received your application, we will be in contact within 14 days to let you know more about the blended online assessment.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided the necessary accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive all benefits of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

The Walt Disney Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.