Job Summary:

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 Sr. Financial Systems Analyst in the Disney Financial Systems team.

The Senior Financial Systems Analyst (SFSA) Content Development & Production Reporting, will support the Reporting for Disney General Entertainment Development and Production Finance, Controllership and our enterprise financial systems (e.g. SAP, Business Warehouse, EDP/HANA). The SFSA will build financial analysis and reporting tools through the implementation of business intelligence solutions. In addition, the SFSA will design, build, and support the analysis and reporting process improvements, system enhancements, and transaction automation tools to meet the segment/client needs. Lastly, the SFSA will provide daily support to end user community, identify continuous improvement opportunities and develop training/communication materials.

Responsibilities:

Report Development/Process Realignment/User Support: Provides support to finance, planning and accounting system users and develops/delivers localized segment training as needed. Works with segment partners to understand and support their transaction processing, reporting process, and data needs. Gathers requirements, develops sophisticated macros, analyzes master data and hierarchies, creates report design, conducts testing, and provides change management and training activities. Ability to expertly navigate through large financial workbooks with a deep understanding in finance and accounting practices in order to identify and resolve reconciliation issues and develop VBA code to fix issues.

Strategic Focus: SFSA will serve as a business partner working with business process owners, business units and IT to formulate options to address specific reporting and analysis issues / requirements. The SFSA’s key focus will be to support the reporting and transaction automation strategy and solutions Content Development and Production Finance, and Segment Controllership client groups.

Experience: The ideal candidate should possess experience in large organizations utilizing SAP, Excel with VBA and financial reporting systems (Business Warehouse and Business Objects). The candidate must also possess extensive experience in GL based reporting, financial consolidation and reconciliation, query and report development, conducting process reviews and be familiar with current business analytics and finance process best practices and be able to work with various entities to streamline existing processes.

This person will report to the Financial Systems Manager (DFS Content Development & Production Reporting).

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum of 3 years work experience with finance or accounting, preferably in a large SAP installation with familiarity in software development

Minimum of 2 years working with SAP or other ERP systems specializing in reporting, master data/hierarchy management, GL consolidation and reconciliation.

Experience working for large company and within a matrix organization

Experience managing small to mid-sized projects

Established expertise in financial operations, general ledgers, financial controls, consolidation and reconciliation, accounting and financial reporting

Strong understanding of financial reporting master data elements such as Company Code, Business Areas, Cost Centers, Profit Centers, Trading Partners, and more.

Highly proficient in MS Excel with ability to develop and troubleshoot sophisticated custom VBA macros.

Ability to build reports and grasp querying languages, relational databases, and dimensional reporting cubes.

Demonstrated track record of process improvements and desire to implement best practices.

Must possess strong quantitative and analytical skills combined with solid business and financial acumen.

Excellent project management skills

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 working within 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.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

3-5 years consulting experience as related to enterprise report standardization or master data alignment efforts.

CPA or CMA license, or equivalent

Six Sigma certification

PMP, SCRUM, or other professional project management certification

SAP BW Query Certified

Experience in using SAP or another ERP system

Experience in using Business Objects, Cognos Analytics, or PowerBI 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)

Required Education

Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent work experience in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Business, or a related field

Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Business, or a related field

Preferred Education

Graduate Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration and Information Systems or a related field (e.g., MAC, MBA and MIS)

Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field (e.g., MAC, MBA, MIS)

This role is considered hybrid, which means the employee will work a portion of their time on-site from a Company designated location and the remainder of their time remotely.