Finance Transformation Manager

2 Months ago • 7 Years + • Finance • $124,900 PA - $152,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Finance Transformation Manager at The Walt Disney Company will play a crucial role in modernizing the company's financial processes. This involves partnering with segment teams and external consultants to enhance budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis capabilities. The role requires exceptional project management skills to deliver transformation blueprints, manage ambitious timelines, and maintain accountability. Responsibilities also include crafting compelling presentations for senior executives, generating insightful quantitative analyses, and ensuring significant efficiency gains. The ideal candidate possesses strong FP&A experience, excellent communication skills, and a passion for creating a modern finance organization.
Must have:
  • 7+ years FP&A experience
  • Complex project management
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong analytical & modeling skills
Good to have:
  • Experience in entertainment/media
  • Process improvement & automation
  • MBA or CPA
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Long-term incentives
  • Full benefits package

Job Details

Job Summary:

About the Role & Team:

The Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and Finance Transformation Department is responsible for managing the P&L for the total company, partnering with Corporate and Segment teams on budget management, and transforming the Finance function. Finance Transformation is a high-profile, cross-functional initiative to define and create the future of Finance at The Walt Disney Company.

We are seeking an exceptional Manager of Finance Transformation to join our Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and Finance Transformation team. This role will be instrumental to the success of FP&A Transformation initiatives across the company, focused on planning processes, data governance, and a modern technology foundation for Finance.

The ideal candidate is a highly organized, dynamic and capable self-starter with a proven track record supporting complex, cross-functional projects. They bring experience in FP&A along with a passion for the process, data and tools that enable a modern Finance organization. Excellent project management, communication and organization are essential to empowering senior Finance leaders and driving successful project outcomes. Experience with process improvement and automation is a plus.

What You Will Do:

  • Partner closely with Segment transformation teams and external consultants to modernize and enhance our capabilities in budgeting, actuals, forecasting, and financial analysis, while realizing significant efficiencies.
  • Provide exceptional project management to drive the development and implementation of comprehensive Finance transformation blueprints in collaboration with Segment transformation teams and external consultants.
  • Ensure successfully delivery against ambitious timelines, maintaining accountability through thoughtful partnership and influence
  • Craft compelling presentations, reports, and other documentation required to communicate the Finance Transformation vision and progress effectively
  • Generate detailed, accurate and insightful quantitative analyses to drive key decisions and the overall Finance Transformation business case.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

  • 7+ years of progressive experience in financial planning, strategic planning, and/or corporate finance.
  • Experience in entertainment, media, technology, or related fields preferred.
  • Proven track record managing complex, cross-functional projects in a highly matrixed environment.
  • Strong relationship-building skills and ability to influence decisions through partnership and collaboration.
  • Create structure and organization, drive projects to completion, and manage priorities in a dynamic environment
  • Excellent quantitative and analytical skills coupled with business and financial acumen including strong financial modeling skills
  • Highly proficient at developing presentations and other communication materials for a senior executive audience

Education:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field
  • MBA and/or CPA is preferred

The hiring range for this position in Burbank is $124,900.00-$152,500.00 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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