Planning/Forecasting Analyst

About the Role & Team:

The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to inspire audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and cruise line to sports, streaming, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we are constantly looking for new ways to improve these exciting moments. Bring your individual talents here and discover for yourself why a career with Disney is the opportunity you have been seeking.

“It takes people to make the dream a reality.” Walt was on to something when he said that, and it continues to ring true today. No matter what the stage in your career, being a part of Disney Parks, Experiences & Products, means being part of a team where you help bring innovation to life. As a cast member, you are steward and connection to our legacy and the backbone of our thriving experiences. Join our team and make your dreams come true!

What You Will Do:

The Revenue Planning and Forecasting team demonstrates deep understanding of the operating environment, guest trends, pricing strategies and marketing plans to support the strategic direction and key projects of the Walt Disney World Parks & Resorts. This role supports daily/weekly/monthly forecasts and data-driven insights for Walt Disney World Theme Park attendance volumes and revenues. The position helps the organization understand current business trends and support future growth initiatives. Responsibilities include delivering guest-driven analytics, data mining/visualization, and partnering with key business teams. A qualified candidate will have a natural curiosity but sensitivity to proactively identify, evaluate, and communicate business performance using data-driven insights.

Analytics and Measurement

• Participate in creating Walt Disney World Theme Park attendance volume expectations, and revenue short term weekly and long-term monthly forecasts

• Develop a detailed understanding of guest behavior to deliver insights

• Maintain and improve predictive forecasting models

• Apply data visualization techniques to identify, evaluate, and communicate business trends and key metrics; clearly representing the story and key takeaways

Insights and Strategic Decision Making

• Translate business performance drivers and metrics into insightful analysis and recommendations

• Partner with customers across various functional teams such as Operations, Commercial, Finance, Marketing and Pricing, to understand potential impacts generated by those teams

• Communicate effectively to the team and others, relevant observed business trends to guide decision making

• Understand and evaluate new initiatives to provide strategic direction for the business

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• 1+ years of financial analysis, forecasting, or quantitative analysis experience

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment

• Demonstrate strong written and verbal presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts in an easy to understand way

• Ability to provide actionable, fact-based insights and recommendations to inform decision making for our senior leaders.

• Demonstrate technical ability to leverage data, using predictive modeling methods, and translate results to insights that can be shared with leadership

• Experience in working with data visualization tools

• Demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines, balance multiple priorities, and perform job responsibilities accurately with minimal supervision

• Ability to share and cover team workload on some weekends, holidays and evenings as dictated by business needs

• Demonstrate a strong sense of responsibility, ownership, and pride in delivering quality, accurate and reasonable results, with the ability to understand business impacts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Disney Experiences forecasting and planning processes

• Expert in Excel with solid understanding of VBA

• Demonstrate experience working with SAS, Snowflake, Python, SQL, Tableau, and Business Objects

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Industrial Engineering or other quantitative field

Disability accommodation for employment applications

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The Walt Disney Company is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. 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.