Senior Accountant

At Walt Disney Company, we’re storytellers and technology pioneers, continuously envisioning ways to captivate audiences worldwide. Our Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver solutions that align with business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and fostering cross‑company collaborative innovation. Team Description Our Senior Portfolio Manager role provides strategic and tactical support for creating and sustaining effective technology business demand and resource management processes across Enterprise Technology. The Portfolio Manager will analyze, plan, and provide data insights to align services and products with project, program, resource, and application portfolios. The role collaborates with technology leaders, business stakeholders, and finance partners to ensure alignment with organizational strategies and business outcomes. The manager leads the selection of programs or projects with senior leaders, prioritizes efforts to drive operational cost management, and secures resources for successful project and product/service delivery. The position requires cross‑functional interaction, collaboration across technology portfolios, and excellent verbal and written communication. What You’ll Do Oversee all aspects of technology portfolio management, including project ideation, scoping, prioritization, approval, activation, and service/product/application cost transparency support. Conduct ongoing portfolio review meetings with executives to establish a prioritized portfolio. Spearhead value and benefit realization management across the technology portfolio, aligning investments with long‑term strategy and measurable outcomes. Support portfolio governance framework, executing change control, approval gates, and risk/issue escalation to ensure consistent delivery. Define, establish, and implement enhancements to portfolio process definition, procedural documentation, tool requirements, and end‑user training. Support cost‑optimization processes, including software rationalization and vendor management alignment. Develop and foster relationships and engagement models with Enterprise Technology leaders, PMO, service/product/application owners, and external partners. Elevate awareness of cross‑portfolio dependencies and impacts. Collaborate, delegate, and oversee analytic deliverables with Portfolio and Business Operations Analysts. Drive and own completion of special projects (up to 10%). Deliver on ad‑hoc requests as required (up to 10%). Required Qualifications & Skills 7+ years combined IT experience in strategic portfolio management and demand management, with strong operational financial acumen preferred. Bachelor’s Degree in a related field. Experience supporting large technology portfolios, including financial oversight of project and operational costs in a multi‑stakeholder environment. Experience overseeing portfolio value and benefits realization frameworks, ensuring technology initiatives deliver measurable business value, operational efficiency, and expected ROI, preferred. Demonstrable experience building and managing stakeholder relationships across Technology, Finance, and Business leadership. Demonstrable work experience with reporting and visualization (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel visualizations). Experience supporting portfolio governance frameworks, including change control, approval gates, and risk/issue escalation processes. Experience defining or improving portfolio management processes, documentation, and tooling. Experience with a PPM tool (e.g., Clarity, Planview, Align) preferred. Ability to present materials to management to drive decision making. Ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels of the organization. Exhibits critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical capabilities with strong attention to detail. Ability to work and adapt to a fast‑paced dynamic environment with consistent change. Must be proficient in Microsoft Office online and collaboration tools. Project Management Institute (PMI) certifications desired: Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) and/or Project Management Professional (PMP). Resource Management experience is a plus. AI experience is a plus. Required Education Bachelor’s Degree in a related field. Compensation The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $120,100 to $165,100 per year and in Burbank, CA is $126,100 to $173,300 per year. The base pay will be determined based on internal equity and may vary by geography, knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long‑term incentive units may be part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.

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