Career Path of a Financial Analyst at Disney Experiences
Anika started college as a commuter student juggling work and school, leading to initial "minimum wage jobs" for experience, and eventually securing a pivotal year-long internship with Disney's hotel finance team. This experience then opened the door for a six-month internship in revenue management and analytics, providing the opportunity to "explore, you know, what does corporate finance mean compared to a traditional finance role," ultimately leading to a Financial Analyst offer.
Internships, Finance, Data Analytics, Time Management, Entry-Level
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Anika Nguyenkhoa
Financial Analyst
The Walt Disney Company: Disney Experiences
Chapman University
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Business Management & Admin
Arts, Entertainment & Media, Manufacturing, Operations & Supply Chain
Finance
Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Student Athlete
Video Highlights
1. Started with an internship at Disney during the summer between junior and senior year of college, after working minimum wage office jobs.
2. Completed a year-long internship with the hotel finance team at Disney, followed by a six-month internship with the revenue management and analytics team.
3. The internship process allowed exploration of corporate finance versus traditional finance roles, and how to apply finance or analytics in the workplace, leading to a full-time financial analyst offer.
Transcript
Could you walk me through your career path? Please start with your experiences in college, any internships, or jobs you had before your current role.
Here's the cleaned transcript:
I'll give you a bit of how I started from point A to where I am now. When I started college, I was a commuter student, part-time employee, and a full-time student. That was a lot of juggling.
From a career standpoint, I started my first internship with Disney the summer before my junior and senior year. Before that, I worked minimum wage jobs just to get money and experience. Most of it was office jobs, like an assistant or front desk.
Once I got my internship with Disney, I worked with them for a year and then transitioned to another internship. I had a year-long internship with the hotel finance team, and then a six-month internship with revenue management and analytics, which was more of a data side compared to finance.
This entire internship process gave me a lot of opportunity to explore what corporate finance means compared to a traditional finance role, as well as data analytics and how we apply finance or analytics in the workplace. Since then, I was given an offer to come back as a financial analyst.