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The Walt Disney Company · 3 months ago

Manager, Financial Systems

Glendale, CA, USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$139K/yr - $170K/yr

5+ years exp

The Walt Disney Company is a leading entertainment and media enterprise, and they are seeking a Manager for their Financial Systems team. This role involves defining and driving long-term strategy and improvements within the record to consolidate process areas, while leading a team and collaborating with cross-functional teams on various projects.

Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

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

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

Lead and mentor teams to meet objectives, showcase excellent communication skills, and adapt to business priority changes with ease

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

Possess strong quantitative and analytical skills combined with solid business and financial savvy

Deliver on baseline client service obligations

Convey relevant information across multiple levels of the organization and develop relationship building and collaboration

Work independently on self-directed and assigned tasks under moderate direction and supervision

Qualification

SAPStaff ManagementProject ManagementQuantitative SkillsAnalytical SkillsERP ExperienceTeam DevelopmentTraining DevelopmentMicrosoft OfficeBusiness ObjectsCognos ReportingChange ManagementRisk ManagementCommunication SkillsLeadershipFlexibility

Required

5+ years of staff management experience

Experience working for large company and within a matrix organization

Experience in using SAP or another ERP

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