Job ID 10080413

Location Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States

Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)

Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

At Disney Financial Systems, you will team with the best in the business to create and build one of the most innovative teams in any industry! Uniquely we are positioned at the center of The Walt Disney Company, the forward-thinkers in Financial Systems constantly pursue new insights and innovative technologies to help the businesses we support drive value.

An opportunity exists to join our dynamic organization as Manager Financial Systems responsible for the record to consolidate functions. This role will report to the Senior Manager, Financial Systems and will lead direct reports. Come join us and be part of this dynamic team!

What You Will Do

As the Manager Financial Systems, you will help define and drive long term strategy and improvements for Disney Financial Systems and related processes within the record to consolidate process areas. Implement strategic plans and participate in the selection of methods, tools, techniques, and evaluation criteria required to achieve desired results. Develop strategies for acquiring and analyzing metrics to identify trends, process/system opportunities and recommend corrective action.

In support of projects, we work with cross functional teams to coordinate and advise on all aspects of the project life cycle including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, developing training and communication solutions, and ensure closure and completion projects. Build and maintain excellent client service relationships, interact, and partner with all levels of management to help drive collaborative business decisions.

The ideal candidate, will have a proven history of demonstrating effective leadership and can direct and mentor teams to meet objectives, showcase excellent communication skills, and can work in a fast-paced environment while adapting to business priority changes with ease.

Required Qualifications & Skills

5+ years of staff management experience
Experience working for large company and within a matrix organization
Exhibit the ability to lead, mentor and develop versatile teams
Demonstrated technical proficiency in leading projects of medium to large scale and implemented change initiatives as a technical expert within a specified product or process area
Facilitate scope definition, and high-level planning, discovery, and estimation workshops for projects with cross-functional teams
Quantify cost factors to deliver project deliverables including resources, project oversight, objective risk and related contingency
Capture key assumptions and dependencies established through estimation activities
Expertly lead and drive cross-functional projects, and individual project tracks of large programs through full delivery life-cycle ensuring project is delivered timely and on-budget
Manage resource assignment, budget, scheduling, and scope prioritization, and change control
Work with cross subject area team members to validate project assumptions and review project plans with leadership
Ensure accurate documentation of scope of work with help from cross subject area functional leads
Serve as primary liaison among multiple teams, including DFS, Technology, vendors and key functional/business teams
Must possess strong quantitative and analytical skills combined with solid business and financial savvy
Flexible, “special-projects” orientation coupled with solid ability to deliver on baseline client service obligations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to succinctly convey relevant information across multiple levels of the organization and confidently project a professional image that develops relationship building and collaboration.
Ability to work independently on self -directed and assigned tasks under moderate direction and supervision

Preferred Qualifications

CPA or CMA license, or equivalent
PMP or other professional project management certification
Six Sigma certification
Experienced in using the Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project)
Experience in using SAP or another ERP
Experience in using Business Objects and/or Cognos reporting tools
Experience developing end user training

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Business, or a related field

Preferred Education

Graduate Degree - Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field (e.g., MAC, MBA, MIS)

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