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SalaryThis is a 12 month FTC which is likely to be extended and requires you to be in the Hammersmith office 4 days per week.
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 centre 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.
The Opportunity & Responsibilities:
Process Support, Process Improvement and Governance
Supports the governance and monitoring of finance system compliance in accordance with company policies & standards as well as local statutory and SOX requirements.
Applies knowledge and understanding of financial and accounting principles to our systems and Business Processes.
Partners with various client groups and IT department to identify system enhancement requirements and process improvement opportunities.
Works with EMEA Process Leads to determine technical feasibility, priority and impact.
Facilitates requirements gathering sessions and assists in preparing Functional Specifications
Performs enhancement testing and participates in major system release testing to ensure there is no impact to the integrity of the system’s functionality or data.
Create, track, resolve and close service requests to customer’s satisfaction via our incident management tool.
Keeps abreast of technology and solutions for key finance processes and business analytics.
Prepares documentation of system and process best practices.
Project Management
Leads small-scale projects or relevant workstreams of a larger project.
Interacts with IT, other departments and subject matter experts to support implementations and enhancements.
Executes project activities to ensure project progress is on schedule.
Effectively communicates with management, stakeholders, subject matter experts and project team members.
Performs and/or facilitates System Integration and User Acceptance tests.
Participates in training & development and provides end user training.
Leadership and Strategy
Promotes teamwork both internally and externally.
Contributes to the productivity and morale of the team.
Positively confront issues and resolves conflict with sound judgment.
Listens and asks questions to ensure understanding.
Pulls and monitors metrics to obtain trends and patterns to identify process/system. opportunities and execute corrective action.
Communication
Regularly interacts with end users clients on matters concerning their functional area, segments and department
Concisely develops and delivers key information; ability to develop presentations, communications and training
Tailors messages appropriately to the audiences
Conveys relevant information in a timely and concise manner
The Experience We Require From You:
Deep Business System Analysis expertise
Experience of participating in the full range of testing activities (including but not limited to: functional testing, user acceptance testing, integration testing)
Participation in formal change management processes
Business acumen, with deep expertise in the allocated domain(s) as well as strong skills in the technology that supports the domain(s), particularly ERP systems, primarily SAP
Preferred experience implementing Business Processes in SAP or another ERP
Proven strong negotiating and consensus building abilities.
Preferred experience in statutory electronic invoicing projects, working with third parties to implement solutions
Good excel skills for data analysis
Preferred experience with automation technologies including RPA
Exemplary communications skills
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. We are committed to building a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
