Senior Manager - Data, Analytics, & Finance Transformation

The Senior Manager – Data, Analytics & Transformation will lead the newly formed team responsible for driving finance data, forecasting, and analytics strategy across all DSE lines of business. This team’s goal is to enhance data-driven decision-making capabilities within finance and the broader organization, spearhead Finance Transformation initiatives across DSE, collaborate with Disney Experiences and Enterprise Finance, and maintain new data governance and reporting standards. This leader will drive the finance organization of the future and a culture of transformation and continuous improvement.

The right-fit candidate will also lead and/or support ad hoc projects and initiatives leveraging the insights of newly acquired data and/or tools. By providing project management and high-quality, thoughtful insights, the Senior Manager plays an integral role in supporting the short-term and long-term financial success of DSE. The individual must be comfortable working with large data sets and translating them into easily digestible outputs, be an excellent communicator (both verbal and written), and be comfortable presenting to senior executives and stakeholders across TWDC. Reporting to the Vice President, Finance, this role will lead a team of 4-6 Cast Members.

Responsibilities:

• In conjunction with the DSE Finance and DX Transformation Executive teams, assist in setting the strategy and vision for the team and organization, and then drive implementation of this vision across LOBs.
• Leverage the recently completed current state assessment and partner with finance, business, and IT leaders across the organization to design and build tools to leverage data and convert into easily digestible dashboards and reporting (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, AI)
• Serve as the subject matter expert for other users of analytics tools and provide support and advice to the broader organization.
• Develop a transformation network across LOBs to foster sharing of best practices and instill a culture of continuous improvement.
• Assess business financial performance and identify areas of opportunity through data analytics and analysis.  Support the development and reporting of relevant LOB KPIs to provide Senior Leaders with timely information to enhance decision-making.
• Closely partner with DX and TWDC transformation teams to align around a consistent strategy that works for all organizations.

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in developing and leading technical and finance teams that have driven large scale projects and associated change management impacts
• Fluency in communicating complex ideas and data sets graphically in an easily digestible way for senior-level executives

• Strong project management skills for projects of any size or duration

• Takes initiative and is a self-starter, with the ability to lead projects and team from inception to completion
• Familiarity with working in or with large organizations and driving large scale change
• Understanding of finance and business needs and thought process and ability to translate those into technical requirements
• Proactive and adaptive communication style, able to effectively communicate with people from various disciplines, organizations, geographic locations and management levels
• Analytical and financial modeling skills applying strategic thinking as well as an understanding of execution needs
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead others in day-to-day assignments and complex projects. Ability to encourage collaboration within a team and with external partners
• Proven experience with evaluating new technologies and their application to business environments. 
• Demonstrated strength in translating technical terms into easy-to-understand outputs
• Experience implementing automation solutions
• Experience working with and curating structured and unstructured data

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in finance, particularly in forecasting and planning.
• Proficiency in developing complex financial models and performing F&P consolidations.
•  Strong understanding of GAAP accounting principles and practices and its relationship to a forecast and plan
• Advanced user of Tableau, Power BI, and/or other data visualization software
• Previous experience in Python / SQL and/or object-oriented programming (e.g., C#/.NET, Java) would be beneficial
• Previous experience with cloud deployments in AWS and Snowflake database and/or enterprise SQL database platforms (MS SQL, Oracle, My SQL, SSRS) would be beneficial
• Experience with Docker, version control in GitHub / GitLab, and CI/CD pipelines setup

Education:

• Bachelor of Science in Finance, Data Science, Statistics, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent technical background