Vacancy for CA in The Walt Disney Company

Location Mumbai, IndiaJob Posting Company The Walt Disney CompanyJob Posting Area The Walt Disney CompanyDate posted 07/05/2016

Overall purpose of the role :-

Disney Worldwide Shared Service is responsible for managing Accounts Payable, Payroll, Travel, Fixed Assets, Lease and General Accounting activities for TWDC. The group performs transaction processing, month-end close accounting functions and financial performance reporting on an ongoing basis. The group also partners with Business Stakeholders to improve operational efficiency, enhance service, and deliver value-add reporting for decision making. 

The Analyst will be responsible for creating, analysing, and developing a wide range of reports, financial models and management presentations. The Analyst will assist in the AOP (Annual Operating Plan) and budgeting process. The Analyst will be a part of a DWSS team that will provide analytical rigor to support the different business units & Corp FP&A teams in across a wide variety of initiatives. The role will also create and analyse financial measures initiatives compared to plan and forecast. The Analyst, will review and approve sourcing and procurement projects for adherence to the department’s savings methodology, and coordinate finance validations from the business units supported. This individual will support activities primarily with financial, information systems, communication, and training and performance expertise. The role will work on ad-hoc projects as needed

Responsibilities

Areas of responsibility :-

This position is primarily responsible for:

1. Perform planning, forecasting and trend analysis of cost savings and spend including variance analyses to plan, forecasts, and prior year(s).
2. Assist in developing and measuring against the department’s annual plan, forecasts, budget and 5 year strategic plans including the areas of spend, savings and/or overhead.
3. Develop forecasts and budgets for the Corporate business units for consolidation into the Company’s overall plans.
4. Support financial and other information inquiries from Corp FP&A stakeholders.
5. Collaborate with accounting teams to identify operational issues and concerns, and develop organized change strategies that improve efficiency or enhance service delivery.
6. Review and approve sourcing initiatives for adherence to the department’s savings methodology.
7. Conduct data collection and verification required to measure sourcing and procurement performance measurements, including savings, spend, influence and other sourcing related measurements.
8. Support the transition and on-going performance of client teams by developing and disseminating policy and procedure manuals, product catalogues, performance reports and marketing manuals.
9. Assist in the facilitation of continuous improvement of DWSS and Corp FP&A processes.
10. Participate in the development of long-term direction for the organization.
11. Interpret historical data or perform process/gap analysis to evaluate problems and causes for which procedural or system changes are required.
12. Use creativity and analytical thinking to evaluate solution alternatives, and develop recommendations.

Basic Qualifications

Qualification and Experience :-

1. 2-4 years’ experience in financial planning, management consulting, auditing and/or corporate finance environment
2. Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or CA preferred.
3. Excel, SAP, COGNOS experience required.
4. SQL Database and GL experience preferred.

Additional Information

Skills required :-

1. Excellent spreadsheet and computer modelling skills. Advanced MS Excel knowledge preferred.
2. Proficient budgeting and management reporting experience, including the ability to organize, prioritize and control job responsibilities in order to meet deadlines in an environment with overlapping priorities and reprioritize as necessary in order to meet current business objectives
3. Proficiency in data modelling/data or text mining
4. Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
5. Strong research and presentation skills.
6. Ability to work collaboratively in a team and fast-paced environment.
7. Ability to conceptualize issues and complex models.
8. Strong writing and reporting skills.
9. High attention to detail and ability to work with stringent deadlines
10. Very good work ethic accompanied by a positive, get-it-done attitude

Additional desired Skills:

11. Formal business improvement , project management or business methodology accreditation (e.g. LEAN Six Sigma, Black/Green Belt, PMP or similar)
12. Experience utilizing enterprise SQL database (MS SQL, Oracle, My SQL, SSRS) platforms
13. Experience with leading business intelligence/data warehousing and reporting systems (e.g. BW, Crystal Reports, MS SQL Report Builder or similar)
14. Experience transitioning accounting functions to a Shared Service Centre environment

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