Senior FP&A Analyst: Strategy, Forecasting & Insights

The Walt Disney Company; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney is seeking a Senior Financial Planning Analyst to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial evaluation. The role requires multi-project handling, strong analytical skills, and the ability to present insights to C-level and operations executives.

The position emphasizes planning processes, variance analysis, and implementing pricing scenarios while ensuring accurate account coding and data integrity across financial statements.

Qualifications

• Budgeting and forecasting capabilities with ability to manage complex analyses.
• Strong time management to handle multiple deliverables and tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for executive-facing materials.

Responsibilities

• Manage area close, annual operating plan, 5-year plan, and forecasts.
• Consolidate company revenue financials for CIO presentations and compare actuals to forecasts; identify variance causes.
• Perform analytics on financial statements and explain key drivers.
• Identify drivers of forecast methods and their impact on accounting close.
• Prepare budgeting, forecasting, and price-trending analyses for assigned customer groups.
• Suggest opportunities to management and customers, including price impact of scenarios.
• Support NPV evaluations and control of project costs for strategic initiatives.
• Assist operations with proper account coding and data integrity.
• Oversee ad hoc projects and apply venture management methodologies.

Skills

Budgeting & forecasting

Time management

Written & verbal communication

Customer service orientation

Excel/PowerPoint proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

SAP

Cognos

Job description

Disney is seeking a Senior Financial Planning Analyst to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic financial evaluation. The role requires multi-project handling, strong analytical skills, and the ability to present insights to C-level and operations executives.

The position emphasizes planning processes, variance analysis, and implementing pricing scenarios while ensuring accurate account coding and data integrity across financial statements.