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Senior Financial Reporting Analyst - Orlando, United States - The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company Orlando, United States

3 weeks ago

Description

About the Role & Team
This Senior Financial Reporting Analyst supports the Revenue Reporting Team.

This position plays an integral role in Financial Reporting's new revenue initiative support and the recurring financial close process by providing revenue recognition subject matter expertise, project management, and day-to-day support in the areas of system implementation, journal entry preparation and review, G/L accounts reconciliation preparation, and analyses of G/L accounts and variances.

This position supports business unit ticket admissions revenue and deferral processes, SOX compliance, and management decision support. This position requires a professional who is highly motivated and a self-starter.

This individual must be able to develop professional relationships with various business partners, analyze and decipher accounting data to accurately review the department's reporting obligations.

They must be able to identify problems and develop innovative solutions to further efforts toward continuous process improvements.

This is an exciting opportunity for an accounting professional to apply their expertise in an exciting, rewarding, and creative environment while gaining valuable experience in a unique and highly visible role.

Financial Reporting is the organization within the Controllership that leads and facilitates the segment's financial reporting processes, including the production of all deliverables and supporting analysis for SEC reporting and segment management reporting.

In addition, the team has direct responsibility for the financial statement consolidation of the individual financial reporting processes for business areas within the parks and resorts segment.

Specifically, the Revenue Reporting Team prepares monthly, quarterly, and year-to-date financial statements and analyzes variances to forecast, plan, and prior year for admissions, room rentals, merchandise, F&B, participant income and other revenue-producing lines of business.

Typical responsibilities of a Senior Financial Reporting Analyst include completing recurring monthly financial reporting results, quarter-end tasks, and other projects as assigned by Management.

What You Will Do

Strategic analysis of new revenue initiatives which can include revenue recognition subject matter expertise, system configuration, and system testing
Ensure compliance with revenue recognition rules, SOX guidelines, and various control and compliance procedures related to admissions revenue recognition systems and admissions product setups
Lead recurring system testing efforts to maintain and uplift the admissions revenue recognition systems
Assist team with data analytics and reporting associated with the admissions revenue recognition systems
Identify process improvements and lead various efficiency projects

Required Qualifications & Skills

Minimum 3-5 years accounting experience
Proactive, highly motivated, detailed, self-starter, and a champion of change
Strong understanding of general Finance and Accounting processes (including internal controls) to ensure financial integrity and control requirements are met (including SOX compliance)
Ability to prepare and present information to support decision-making through effective "storytelling" (both written and verbal) to audiences of all levels of the organization persuasively, articulately, and with full command of the topic
Strong leadership qualities, attention to detail, & organization skills including the ability to plan and prioritize work and handle multiple priorities
Strong social skills and ability to establish relationships and work on cross-functional teams
Ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously with very strict adherence to deadlines
Identifies process improvement opportunities and provides solutions
Ability to be flexible with work schedule

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with project work including transformation efforts, system implementations, efficiency efforts, report development, etc.
Experience performing testing efforts to validate financial requirements
Experience applying ASC 606 (Revenue Recognition) in a practical business setting
Strong technical skills in Business Intelligence software such as Business Objects, Business Warehouse, MicroStrategy, Alteryx, Tableau, and/or Power BI
Advanced understanding of VBA, SQL, and database design
Experience leading people

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Location: Lake Buena Vista,Florida

Job Posting Company: The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)