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Manager, Financial SystemsThe Walt Disney Company (Corporate) • Palms, California, USA
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Manager, Financial Systems

Manager, Financial Systems

The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) • Palms, California, USA
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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 five (5) direct reports. Come join us and be part of this dynamic team!

What You’ll Do

  • Lead and Inspire : Manage and mentor a high-performing team of financial systems analysts, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Strategic Systems Leadership : Define and execute long-term strategies for financial systems, with a focus on SAP S / 4HANA and related technologies supporting record to consolidate processes .
  • Client Partnership & Calibration : Act as a thought partner to finance and business leaders, helping shape and align system capabilities with evolving business needs.
  • Project Delivery Excellence : Oversee end-to-end project lifecycles—from discovery and planning to execution and post-implementation support—ensuring timely, on-budget delivery.
  • Process Optimization : Use data-driven insights to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for automation and simplification across financial processes.
  • Stakeholder Engagement : Build and maintain strong relationships with internal clients, technology teams, and external vendors to ensure alignment and successful outcomes.
  • Change Leadership : Champion change management, training, and communication strategies to support adoption and maximize business value.

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • 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
  • 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 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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    The hiring range for this position in Burbank, California is $139,200.00-$170,000.00 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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