COMPLETE Financial Systems Manager - USA - FL - Team Disney - Florida

Job Posting Title:

Financial Systems Manager

Req ID:

10042225

Job Description:

At Disney Financial Systems, you will team with the best in the business to create and build in one of the most innovative teams in any industry. Uniquely positioned at the center of The Walt Disney Company, the forward-thinkers at Financial Systems constantly pursue new ideas and cutting-edge technologies to help The Walt Disney Company’s many businesses drive value, all the while gaining something valuable from the experience themselves.  An opportunity exists to support this dynamic organization as a Financial Systems Manager in the Disney Financial Systems team based in Orlando, FL.
 
The Financial Systems Manager will support a number of business initiatives including but not limited to providing ongoing business support for project accounting, record to report data compliance, system enhancements, financial consolidation processes, new business integration and financial systems modernization efforts.  This role will collaborate with our finance and technology community to coordinate and execute project activities to meet business objectives.
 
The ideal candidate should have strong accounting/finance and project management background with finance system implementations a plus.  This candidate should have proven history of building and maintaining excellent client service relationships, interact and partner with all levels of management to help drive collaborative business decisions, strong leadership experience to direct and mentor teams to meet objectives, excellent communication skills, work in a fast-paced environment, and adaptable to business priority changes with ease.

Responsibilities

Strategy

• Translates strategy into specific priorities, objectives and action plans
• Connects their segment & process priorities to the greater organizational goals.
• Makes sound business decisions that balance competing priorities
• Participates in the strategic business planning with business units (within Segments and across the Enterprise) and IT to formulate enhancement options to address specific functional issues / requirements
• Identifies and analyzes metrics to obtain trends and patterns to identify process/system opportunities and recommend corrective action
• Recommends and implements process improvement/reengineering initiatives
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of business specific objectives

Project Management

• Liaises with IT to drive system enhancements, upgrades and modifications; ensures architecture supports business requirements
• Manages smaller scale/budget, lower risk, and single-process focused projects.
• Leads the design, resource management, implementation and support of finance system solutions for each Segment and the Enterprise
  • Effectively communicates with management, stakeholders, subject matter experts and project team members
  • Assists in developing project infrastructure for team (i.e. templates, project management methodology and execution)
  • Assists in the development of project plans specifying goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans and allotment of resources for each phase of the project
  • Coordinates & executes project activities to ensure project progresses on schedule
  • Monitors project results against objectives, milestones and scope.
  • Develops and solution testing, training and communication.
  • Obtains project signoff of completion and appropriately close-out
  • Collaborates and solves problems

Leadership

• Promotes teamwork both internally and externally
• Manages team resources and ensure they are utilized appropriately
• Proactively recruits, retains and develops a diverse range of talented people
• Provides challenging work assignments and development opportunities
• Supports productivity and morale of the team
• Manages activities of one department.  Exercises supervision in terms of costs, methods and staffing.
• Ability to positively confront issues and resolve conflict with sound judgment
• Ability to define a clear vision and motivate others to embrace change
• Works with team to lead the resolution of day-to-day technical/procedural challenges

 
Process Support and Governance

• Direct management of governance and finance system compliance in accordance with company policies, standards and SOX requirements
• Applies expert knowledge and understanding of financial and US GAAP accounting principles to our systems and business processes
• Proactively identifies and troubleshoots issues (data or process) and take appropriate action to resolve
• Manages end user support and training.  This includes request management (incidents/system enhancements) and training (standard materials, course design and delivery)
• Manages testing efforts for system implementations, enhancements and modifications
• Coordinates testing with end users, IBM staff and peers supporting other Disney business units
• Ensures orderly, accurate and timely completion of all required test scripts, localizes test scripts as necessary to ensure each Segment’s specific business needs are addressed
• Completes the most complex tasks and projects

Communication

• Regularly interacts with management, clients and stakeholders on matters concerning their  functional area, segments and departments
• Able to concisely develop and deliver key information; ability to develop well laid out presentations
• Tailors messages appropriately to the audiences
• Conveys relevant information in a timely and concise manner

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 to 7 years work experience with financial or accounting, preferably in a large SAP installation
• Minimum of 5 years working with SAP or other ERP systems
• Experience working for large company and within a matrix organization
• Strong understanding of financial systems, processes and enhancements
• Proven history of building and maintaining excellent client service relationships
• Proven ability to interact and partner with all levels of management to help drive collaborative business decisions
• Charismatic, dynamic leader and effective manager, with a history of leading by example and mentoring teams to meet high profile objectives
• Proven “team player” who possesses solid interpersonal and organizational skills
• High energy level; strong work ethic
• Self-driven, independent thinker
• Results-oriented, able to anticipate change and respond to client priorities with agility
• Demonstrated track record of process improvements and desire to implement best practices
• Established expertise in financial operations, financial controls, GAAP accounting, financial reporting, and financial systems
• Must possess strong quantitative and analytical skills combined with solid business and financial acumen 
• Experience in directing the accounting and reporting of a highly complex, diverse, international, multi-location financial organization
• Excellent project management skills
• Flexible, “special-projects” orientation coupled with solid ability to deliver on baseline client service obligations
• Experience leading and championing change on projects of moderate scope and budget,  involving localized teams  whose success is dependent upon the management of  potential risk factors, impacting  a specific line of business
• Experience managing a team of high performing financial professionals with focus on solving complex technical issues to achieve specified results within service level agreement  (SLA) parameters, while providing a positive  experience for customers
• Experience managing and supervising a high performing customer service and support organization with demonstrated expertise in  reporting and analyzing metrics to and driving resulting improvements in service levels
• 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 fosters relationship building and collaboration.
• Ability to work independently on self -directed and assigned tasks  under moderate  direction and supervision
• Understanding of general ledger, hierarchies and data structures

Preferred Qualifications

• Management experience
• 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
• Experience implementing financial processes and systems
• Experience using systems designed to manage issues, changes and testing (e.g. Service Manager, Rational Team Concert, ALM)
• Auditing Experience

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent work experience
• 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)

Job Posting Segment:

Enterprise Financial Systems

Job Posting Primary Business:

Corporate Controllership

Primary Job Posting Category:

Financial Systems

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

USA - FL - Team Disney - Florida

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2023-04-07