Analyst, Financial Markets – Treasury

The Walt Disney Company • Burbank, CA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Markets Analyst is an entry-level role in The Walt Disney Company’s Treasury organization, supporting the Capital Markets, Foreign Exchange Risk Management, and Pension & Investments functions. The analyst builds financial models and produces reporting and market analysis to inform decisions about corporate funding, financial risk, and investment of pension assets. The role supports work involving an approximately $45 billion debt portfolio, more than $20 billion notional in foreign exchange derivatives, and roughly $17 billion in pension assets. The position is full-time and on-site in Burbank, California, and is expected to begin in Summer 2027.

Across the three workstreams, the analyst will develop and maintain models for cash-flow forecasting, liquidity planning, and capital structure analysis; prepare analysis and presentations for senior leadership; and partner with teams across the enterprise. The role also applies technology and AI tools to streamline recurring processes, particularly work involving multiple data sources.

In Capital Markets, the analyst supports capital raising, strategic capital planning, shareholder return analysis, and forecasting of interest expense and shares outstanding. In Foreign Exchange Risk Management, the analyst monitors global currency and commodity exposures and hedge positions, supports hedge program operations, works with business teams to estimate currency impacts, conducts macroeconomic research, and contributes to analysis of business initiatives. In Pension & Investments, the analyst supports pension asset investment, asset allocation strategies, funded-status monitoring, investment-manager due diligence and selection, and monitoring of markets and fund performance.

Requirements

• Strong record of academic achievement with demonstrated financial acumen and quantitative aptitude.
• Analytical, data-driven approach to problem solving and strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Excel, including the ability to build, audit, and explain financial models.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical analysis to non-technical partners.
• Self-starter willing to take on significant responsibility early, manage competing priorities, and operate with ambiguity.
• Demonstrated interest in global financial market developments and their impact on the Company, and willingness to learn concepts such as derivatives, hedging programs, and fixed income.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Must have graduated and be available to begin full-time by Summer 2027.

Nice To Haves

• Prior finance internship experience, such as corporate treasury, corporate finance, FP&A, investment banking, sales and trading, or asset management.
• Coursework in corporate finance, derivatives, fixed income, or investments.
• Exposure to data and automation tools such as Power Query, Power Automate, Tableau, SQL, or Python.
• Familiarity with Bloomberg or comparable market data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial models for company-wide cash-flow forecasting, liquidity planning, and capital structure analysis.
• Prepare analysis and presentations for senior leadership reviews, including the Financial Risk Management Committee and periodic investment reviews.
• Partner with FP&A, Controllership, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Investor Relations, and Corporate Development.
• Apply technology and AI tools to streamline recurring processes and improve outputs, particularly for work involving multiple data sources.
• Support capital raising activity, including bond issuances, the commercial paper program, and bank credit facilities.
• Contribute to strategic capital planning analysis covering liquidity, leverage, credit-rating positioning, and capital structure optimization.
• Conduct analysis informing shareholder return programs, including share repurchase and dividend strategy.
• Maintain interest expense and shares outstanding forecast models used in the Annual Operating Plan and Long-Range Plan.
• Maintain and enhance reporting used to monitor global currency and commodity exposures and hedge positions.
• Support day-to-day hedging program operations, including timely designation of derivatives within the Treasury Management System.
• Partner with segment FP&A and Accounting teams to aggregate exposures and estimate the impact of currency movements on each business’s P&L.
• Conduct macroeconomic research supporting budget rates and long-term economic assumptions used by the businesses each planning cycle.
• Support analysis of business initiatives, including international pricing decisions and hedging exposure of cruise ships under construction.
• Support investment of the Company’s pension plan assets, including development of asset allocation strategies and monitoring pension plan funded status.
• Conduct due diligence and select investment fund managers across equities, fixed income, and alternative asset classes.
• Monitor financial markets and fund performance.

Benefits

• Medical benefits.
• Financial benefits.
• Other benefits dependent on the level and position offered.
• A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level