Financial Accounting Analyst | The Walt Disney Company

Job description

Overall purpose of the role - The Real Estate Controls department is responsible for managing, developing and executing the financial accounting functions for both Corporate Real Estate Operations and Design and Delivery as it relates to the domestic and international real estate portfolio. Real Estate Controls is responsible for supporting the purchasing, contract initiation and/or change orders, and invoice processing for this portfolio. In addition, Real Estate Controls ensures that all financial processes and policies are in alignment with corporate guidelines. The Financial Accounting Analyst will be a part of a team responsible for procurement activities, with a focus on customer service, satisfaction and consistency, in support of the various capital projects and repairs and maintenance transactions under the purview of Corporate Real Estate. The Financial Accounting Analyst will prepare shopping carts for capital and operating costs for various projects and in support of repairs and maintenance of our campuses on the East Coast of the US, which will subsequently be converted to purchase orders in our SAP system. All supporting documentation for compliance purposes must be obtained and validated by this position. The Financial Accounting Analyst will be responsible for resolving purchase order related issues and expediting (as needed), as well as for performing service entries and/or payment requests. In addition to the aforementioned procurement activities, this position will also be responsible for refreshing project reporting, ad hoc reporting requests, and contract closeout processes. The Procurement Representative will report to a Manager in the United States with a dotted line to a manager in India. Responsibilities : Areas of responsibility - • Processing of approved shopping carts from SAP (includes ensuring compliance related documents are provided and providing “training” for the requesters) • Resolving vendor issues (generally payment related, but could include other situations) • Providing customer service and order status information. • Perform service entries and payment requests • Performing contract closeout processes and drafting contract initiation packages • Refreshing project reporting • Ad hoc reporting requests Basic Qualifications : Qualification and Experience required - Graduate in any discipline Minimum 2 to 4 years experience Additional Information : Skills required - • Strong communication & interpersonal skills (persuasion & influencing) • Basic understanding of fixed asset, project, and repairs and maintenance accounting • Has a customer oriented mind set • Detail oriented (focus on quality and not necessarily speed) • Ability to multi-task Team player