Financial Systems Manager jobs in the United States

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About the Role & Team

At Disney Financial Systems, you will team with the best in the business to lead and build the tools and processes required of the finance community in support of Disney’s growth, innovation, and creativity. Uniquely positioned within The Walt Disney Company, Financial Systems leaders are forward problem solvers who constantly pursue excellence, solve challenges, and provide business expertise over the technology used by the finance community to drive value and improve the employee experience.

An opportunity exists to support this dynamic organization as a Financial Systems Manager -assisting support the modernization and implementation of SAP’s S/4 HANA general ledger software and other related systems critical to the managing the company’s financial results and used by the Finance teams. If selected for this role, you will work with the Senior Manager, Financial Systems. Come join us and be part of this dynamic team!

What You Will Do

Support implementation of SAP’s S/4HANA general ledger software and other related systems critical to the running the company’s financial results and used by the Finance teams. Possess a strong operational understanding of accounting processes to ensure that newly implemented systems support accurate financial reporting and strong internal controls. Act as a liaise with various controllership and technology teams providing specialist knowledge of the finance systems and processes, and accounting policies. Possesses expert functional / technical knowledge of SAP and operates with a customer- centric focus.

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• Working closely and in collaboration with the Disney Finance organization and Enterprise Technology and business partners to facilitate the successful implementation of SAP S/4HANA, a new consolidation application, and will help lead master data governance and reporting close cycles
• Work closely to develop and implement strategies to address finance needs, collect data and analyze implications, and define and document agreed upon finance functional requirements, end-user system procedures, and business process flows
• Connect the functional processes and priorities to the greater organizational goals
• Use your functional expertise and deep knowledge of SAP to develop solutions to system issues
• Develop testing strategies, coordinate and participate in finance related testing efforts for system implementations, improvements and modifications
• Communicate with partners, management, and subject matter experts
• Exercise critical thinking, problem solving and analytical capabilities with attention to detail

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years’ work experience with accounting teams working for a large company
• Possess a deep knowledge of SAP accounting solutions and at least three years of operational experience supporting an SAP GL platform
• Experience working in a complex, multi segment organization
• Proven capabilities related to your deep knowledge of the SAP accounting solutions and demonstrated ability working in SAP’s general ledger
• Ability to navigate complex issues; identify and implement innovative solutions
• Strong analytic and critical thinking skills, and ability to use data-driven insights to inform your decisions
• Ability to identify and mitigate risks to financial processes
• You deliver excellence; you work closely with hard-working teams
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Ability to deliver results and thrive in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience using SAP or S/4 HANA system
• Experience implementing financial processes and systems along with developing the associated end user training

Education

• Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) or equivalent work experience in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field

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