Fixed Assets Accounting Intern, Spring 2025

About the Role & Program:

Imagine working side-by-side with industry leaders in your field of study. Imagine building upon the skills you’ve learned in the classroom through real-world hands-on work experience. Now imagine yourself in a Professional Internship with Disney! With your extraordinary talents, our renowned legacy and the promise of an even brighter future unite, just imagine the stories you could be part of! 

This internship is a full-time, six-month commitment in the Orlando, FL area from January 2025-June 2025.

What You Will Do...

As a Fixed Assets Accounting Intern, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Act as an embedded global team member within Disney’s Fixed Asset Center of Excellence

• Perform asset capitalizations and maintain the fixed asset sub-ledger for various lines of business across the Company

• Gather and analyze data, perform computations and prepare cost segregations for fixed asset capitalization and asset creation

• Research and build data decks related to cost analyzation and capital purchases

• Collaborate with business and accounting personnel throughout the company to acquire and analyze data for SOX compliance

• Perform ad hoc special projects & deliverables

• Work with our fixed asset dedicated tax team to prepare our corporate tax return for fixed asset related line items 

Required Qualifications & Skills … 

• Proficient accounting knowledge with strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Possess strong analytical and research skills

• Strong proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and Power Point; Familiar with v-lookups and pivot tables

• Self-starter with a drive for process improvements and the ability to problem-solve

• Ability to handle a high-volume workload in a deadline driven and fast-paced environment, prioritizing work accordingly

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, partnering and customer service skills

• Possess a drive and desire to learn and grow, seeks out new work/projects

• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential information

• Ability to learn new programs and applications quickly

• Proven ability to work well in a team environment, as well as excel working independently

Preferred Qualifications …

• SAP Experience

• Previous internship experience or accounting/tax experience with a CPA firm, or medium to large corporation

• Possess a passion for The Walt Disney Company and our products and services

• Fluent in Spanish

• Grade of “A or B” in Intermediate Accounting classes

Education:

• Be enrolled in an accredited college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program OR must have graduated from a college/university within 6 months at time of application posting OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship

• Undergraduate students in their Junior or Senior year preferred, or a recent graduate within 6 months of graduation date

• Major or previous coursework in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Taxation, Business or other related field

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information:

Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements:

• Be at least 18 years of age

• Possess unrestricted work authorization 

• Have not completed one year of continual employment on a Disney Internship or Disney College Program 

Additional Information:

• The approximate dates of this internship are January 2025-June 2025.

• This internship is located in the Orlando, FL area.

• Candidate must be fully available to work full time hours (approximately 40 hours per week) for the duration of the internship.

• This internship is a primarily on-site position which will require a working, reliable internet connection as well as a quiet, dedicated workspace.

• Able to provide your own housing and reliable transportation for the duration of the internship program in the Orlando, FL area

• We provide limited housing opportunities for Florida Based Professional Interns through American Campus Communities, for more information click here

• Strong candidates may be invited to complete a phone interview. We highly encourage applicants to print a copy of this role description so they can refer to it in the event they are selected to move forward in the interview process. Note that this role description will not be accessible once the posting is closed.