Accounting and Finance Internship

Job ID 10162280 Location London, United Kingdom Business The Walt Disney Company (EMEA) Date posted Oct. 13, 2026

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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

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?

Before applying, we would strongly encourage you to read our hints and tips here: https://disneycasting.net/kenexa/profintern/Candidate_Hints_and_Tips.pdf so you can set yourself up for success and learn about the recruitment process.

You will need to apply with your CV and cover letter via the link on this page. Please combine your CV and cover letter into one file and upload it when prompted to submit your resume. Please note, applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

For your cover letter we will be looking for approximately 400 words and looking to understand the following areas:

Why have you chosen Disney?
Why have you chosen this internship?
Why should Disney consider you for this internship?

This deadline for applications is Midnight 20th October 2026.

Please only apply for one Internship across The Walt Disney Company. By applying for this opportunity, you may be considered for other roles that align with your interests and skillset.

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.

Disclaimer

This position is with The Walt Disney Company Limited, which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (EMEA).

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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.

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About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

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