Description:
Manager, Controls - Design & Delivery- Corporate Operations Real Estate 169962

The Walt Disney Company
Burbank, CA


GENERAL ROLE DESCRIPTION:

The Manager, Design and Delivery Controls is responsible for the invoice payments; cost tracking and contract/change order processes as they relate to the Design and Delivery efforts for the Corporate Real Estate portfolio.Responsibilities include client interface, project management support, accounting, contract administration, and financial reporting.

CORE FUNCTION & RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Resource Management
- External resources (consultants)
§ Architects, designers, and engineers
§ General Contractors and sub-contractors
§ Permit expeditors and building officials
§ Public relations (as required)
- Internal resources
Partners with Project team:
§ Design
§ Corporate Real Estate
§ Sourcing
§ Facilities
§ Operations
§ Corporate Legal
§ Corporate Finance
§ Corporate IT

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:

· Project Accounting Ownership of projects – The Manager, Design and Delivery Controls is the CFO of the project and is the hub of information for the entire company as it relates to Corporate Real Estate


DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for all financial reporting for Corporate Real Estate
- Prepare, accurately and in a timely manner, monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages.Coordinate corporate reporting with the finance group.
- Prepare monthly cost reporting and variance analysis, budget updates and budget revisions in a timely manner.
- Responsible for reviewing all cash disbursements.Review costs and overruns and verify that costs are applied to a P.O.
- Monitor that project management is reviewing invoices in a timely manner and that all supporting documentation is included.
- Review Contractor Invoices
- Review and ensure all lien waivers are complete and accurate.
- Track required insurance certificates and coordinate with risk management.
- Responsible for the preparation of draw requests, if necessary.
- Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with project managers and provide miscellaneous schedules that will assist the project manager with tracking costs.
- Provide timely information to the real estate financial analyst and be involved with forecast reporting and budgeting processes.
- Responsible for taking the initiative in designing and improving ways to make development accounting and reporting more efficient.
- Responsible for maintaining department policies and procedures.
- 5-7 years of development accounting experience or 3-5 years of Disney project management experience strongly desired.
- Able to demonstrate creative problem solving techniques to resolve project issues.
- Direct experience in managing key milestones for project success.
· Vendor Management
- Proven success in managing financial aspects of projects with vendors, including architects, Contractors, and FF&E manufacturers.
· Internal Team Development
- Ability to support common goals and embrace team achievement over individual needs.
- Proven experience in developing internal partnerships.
· Client Relationship Development
- Must be able to demonstrate a client service orientation.
- Ability to develop positive relationships with client business units.
- Experience interpreting client needs and translating to project team.
- Ability to manage expectations of business units.
- Ability to consistently meet and exceed client expectations.
· General
- Understanding of the financial implications of a proposed physical plan.
- Thoroughly proficient at reading and interpreting construction financial documents, leases, and contracts.

Manager of Controls must be willing to perform functions that are not directly related to Accounting.These functions include:
- Relationship building and support to project management
- Management of invoice approval and review process, proper coding and timely payment of invoices by working with Contractors, Venders along with project management and development accounting and accounts payable
- Coordinate cost reporting and create necessary reporting to assist project managers
- Motivate project team to focus on timely invoice review, budget costs review and accurate reporting to Executive Management
- Communicate proactively with project management

JOB SPECIFIC SCOPE:

Project(s): Multiple small and medium sized projects, individual large projects.
Number of projects:10 – 20 concurrently
Budgetary Amount: Manages all facets of a project with the following budgetary responsibility:
Project value: $50k to $20M

LEADERSHIP SKILLS:

· Ability to master technical issues;
· Ability to handle detail and complexity;
· Ability to simultaneously manage multiple tasks;
· Ability to communicate effectively;
· Ability to resolve conflict;
· Ability to successfully partner with colleagues;
· Ability to form partnerships with client representatives to develop win/win solutions.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION:
· College degree required in a core discipline such Accounting, Business, or a related area of study.

DESIRED QUALIFICATION:

High computer proficiency in Microsoft office programs.Aptitude to become an SAP Super-User


The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with 2007 annual revenues of $35.5 billion. Its four business segments include Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment and Consumer Products. Disney products are sold in 190 different countries around the world under some of the following brands: ABC Television Network, ESPN, ABC Family, Disney Channel, SOAPnet, ABC Studios, Walt Disney Television Animation, Disney Interactive Studios, Disney Publishing, Touchstone Pictures, Miramax, Disney Theatrical Productions, Walt Disney Records, Lyric Street Records, Disney Cruise Line, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Resort Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland.

Experience:
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for all financial reporting for Corporate Real Estate
- Prepare, accurately and in a timely manner, monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages. Coordinate corporate reporting with the finance group.
- Prepare monthly cost reporting and variance analysis, budget updates and budget revisions in a timely manner.
- Responsible for reviewing all cash disbursements. Review costs and overruns and verify that costs are applied to a P.O.
- Monitor that project management is reviewing invoices in a timely manner and that all supporting documentation is included.
- Review Contractor Invoices
- Review and ensure all lien waivers are complete and accurate.
- Track required insurance certificates and coordinate with risk management.
- Responsible for the preparation of draw requests, if necessary.
- Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with project managers and provide miscellaneous schedules that will assist the project manager with tracking costs.
- Provide timely information to the real estate financial analyst and be involved with forecast reporting and budgeting processes.
- Responsible for taking the initiative in designing and improving ways to make development accounting and reporting more efficient.
- Responsible for maintaining department policies and procedures.
- 5-7 years of development accounting experience or 3-5 years of Disney project management experience strongly desired.
- Able to demonstrate creative problem solving techniques to resolve project issues.
- Direct experience in managing key milestones for project success.
· Vendor Management
- Proven success in managing financial aspects of projects with vendors, including architects, Contractors, and FF&E manufacturers.
· Internal Team Development
- Ability to support common goals and embrace team achievement over individual needs.
- Proven experience in developing internal partnerships.
· Client Relationship Development
- Must be able to demonstrate a client service orientation.
- Ability to develop positive relationships with client business units.
- Experience interpreting client needs and translating to project team.
- Ability to manage expectations of business units.
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