Financial Systems Manager

The Walt Disney Company • Lake Buena Vista, FL

9d • $120,700 - $147,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Join us in shaping the future of our enterprise systems. We're seeking an experienced SAP professional who combines technical SAP configuration expertise with successful implementation and project leadership experience. The ideal candidate has personally built, configured, and delivered SAP solutions, partnering with business and technology teams to drive meaningful transformation and measurable results.
At Disney Financial Systems, you will team with the best in the business to 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 innovative ideas and cutting-edge technologies to help The Walt Disney Company's many businesses drive value, all while gaining valuable from the experience themselves. An opportunity exists to lead within this dynamic organization as Financial Systems Manager, based in Orlando, FL, reporting to the Manager of Financial Systems and supporting the Record to Consolidate function.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive experience in financial or accounting roles, including experience with a large-scale SAP installation.
• 5+ years hands-on experience with SAP or a comparable ERP system supporting financial consolidation and reporting.
• Established expertise in financial operations, financial controls, GAAP accounting, and financial reporting.
• Strong critical thinking, quantitative, and analytical skills combined with solid business and financial acumen.
• Experience directing the accounting and reporting of a complex, diverse, international, multi-entity financial organization.
• Proven track record leading end-to-end process evaluation, redesign, and automation transformation initiatives that deliver measurable gains in efficiency, accuracy, and control across a large finance organization.
• Skilled at diagnosing workflow inefficiencies and driving automation-enabled solutions across finance operations, from business case through execution.
• Experience reviewing and setting standards for others' automation-enabled solution work, including documentation and control practices, and governing the deployment of high-visibility solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize a process/automation portfolio by value and risk, formally review and approve others' work, and lead change adoption across a team.
• Strong project management expertise, including planning, resourcing, and delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives on time and on budget.
• Proven ability to champion change on enterprise-scale, high-visibility initiatives involving cross-functional teams, significant budget, and material organizational risk.
• Proven leadership experience directing and mentoring teams to meet business objectives.
• Experience operating within a large company and matrix organization, with a demonstrated ability to build consensus and influence senior leaders in a politically complex environment.
• Proven ability to partner with all levels of management, including executive leadership, to drive collaborative business decisions.
• Proven history of building and maintaining excellent client and stakeholder relationships.
• Self-driven, independent thinker who operates with a high degree of autonomy and sound judgment.
• Results-oriented, with a demonstrated ability to anticipate change and respond to shifting business priorities with agility in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to succinctly convey relevant information across multiple levels of the organization.
• Confidently projects a professional, executive-level presence that fosters relationship building, trust, and collaboration.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, with a demonstrated record of collaborative, cross-functional partnership.
• Bachelor's Degree - Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Business, or a related field

Nice To Haves

• CPA or CMA license, or equivalent.
• PMP or other professional project management certification.
• Six Sigma certification.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project).
• Experience using Business Objects, Tableau, and/or Cognos reporting tools.
• Experience developing end-user training.
• Experience implementing financial processes and systems.
• System auditing experience.
• Graduate Degree - Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field (e.g., MAC, MBA, MIS).

Responsibilities

• Drive several high-visibility business initiatives, including ongoing business support for accounting-related projects, record-to-report data compliance, system enhancements, financial consolidation processes, new business integration, and financial systems modernization efforts.
• Partner with finance and technology leaders to set direction and execute project activities that meet enterprise business objectives.
• Lead end-to-end process evaluation, redesign, and automation transformation initiatives that deliver measurable gains in efficiency, accuracy, and control across a large finance organization.
• Diagnose workflow inefficiencies and drive automation-enabled solutions across finance operations, from business case through execution.
• Review and set standards for others' automation-enabled solution work, including documentation and control practices, and govern the deployment of high-visibility solutions.
• Prioritize a process/automation portfolio by value and risk, formally review and approve others' work, and lead change adoption across a team.
• Manage complex, cross-functional initiatives on time and on budget.
• Champion change on enterprise-scale, high-visibility initiatives involving cross-functional teams, significant budget, and material organizational risk.
• Direct and mentor teams to meet business objectives.
• Build consensus and influence senior leaders in a politically complex environment.
• Partner with all levels of management, including executive leadership, to drive collaborative business decisions.
• Build and maintain excellent client and stakeholder relationships.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy and sound judgment.
• Anticipate change and respond to shifting business priorities with agility in a fast-paced environment.
• Convey relevant information across multiple levels of the organization.
• Foster relationship building, trust, and collaboration.
• Engage in collaborative, cross-functional partnership.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager