Senior manager, financial systems
Company: The Walt Disney Company
Location: Glendale
Posted on: April 19, 2024
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Job Description:
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 Senior
Manager Financial Systems responsible for the Record to Consolidate
functions.This role will report to the Director, Financial
Systems.Come join us and be part of this dynamic team! What You
Will Do As the Senior 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 and lead 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.You
must have a strong accounting/finance and project management
background.Have extensive experience in SAP and with the Record to
Consolidate financial processes.Be familiar with current best
practices and new technological trends to be able to work with
various teams to streamline existing processes.In support of
projects and initiatives of the organization, the Sr.Manager will
work with cross functional teams to lead, 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.In addition, the position will build and maintain
excellent partner and client 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 advise 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.They will lead and manage the day-to-day
operations of a high performing team ensuring accountability of
deliverables, promote strategic innovative thinking to achieve
common goals as a team, and focus on professional development of
team members.Required Qualifications & Skills 10+ years work
experience with financial or accounting 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 Serve as the primary business process
and system functionality subject matter expert to assist
organization in optimizing, standardizing, and improving system
solutions and business processes Understand how operational and
financial decisions impact the financial statements, including
impacts to GAAP and SEC reporting and internal controls Demonstrate
technical proficiency in leading projects of medium to large scale
and implement 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 results including resources, project oversight,
objective risk and related contingency Capture key assumptions and
dependencies established through estimation activities Skillfully
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 Collaborate with cross subject area team members to
validate project assumptions, review project plans with leadership
and ensure accurate documentation of scope of work Demonstrate
concise and clear written and verbal communication skills with the
ability to actively listen to other points of view, adapt messaging
based on audience, influence and effectively articulate thoughts to
internal and external partners Work independently on self -directed
and assigned tasks under moderate direction and supervision
Anticipate and recognize changing environments and adapt in a
responsive and effective way delivering quality service to clients
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, Power Point, 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) #twdcmedia #corp_media The hiring range for this position
in Glendale is $163,200.00 to $199,400.00 per year.The base pay
actually offered will take into account internal equity and also
may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region,
job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.A
bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of
the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical,
financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and
position offered.
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