Controller, Korea

Primary accountability and responsibility for the Controllership functions for Disney’s operations in Korea.  Assuring accountability for the production of accurate financial results, and management of the underlying financial processes, controls and operations across the Walt Disney Company Korea.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team member, fostering a diverse and inclusive team culture, providing controllership support to all lines of business

• Ensure all control standards (USGAAP, local standards), and Sarbanes Oxley requirements of Korea entities are adhered to

• Responsible for statutory compliance obligations in Korea

• Work closely with and support regional Tax and IER teams to meet tax obligations.

• Review, analyze and provide required context to Senior Executives on the financial performance of Korea legal entity and underlying lines of business on an ongoing basis

• Partner with Korea leadership (i.e. Finance, Legal, HR, etc.) to provide advice, including but not limited to, on accounting treatment of new business activities/deals, and investigation and resolution of accounting/control issues; and to ensure Controllership team is delivering upon customer needs and expectations

• Partner effectively with Global Shared Services and Centers of Excellence (COEs) to provide effective financial and accounting operational support to Korea, to ensure service standards and the requirements of the Korea territory are consistently met.

• Partner effectively with regional EFS leaders to ensure third party deliveries are well monitored.

• Pursue and support organizational and technology initiatives to achieve wider financial objectives of Enterprise Financial Services, ensuring optimal deployment of resource

• Provide guidance, direction and advice to Senior Executives on all controllership and accounting related matters for TWDC Korea

Areas of Accountability

• Accountable to APAC Regional Controller

• Close partnership and effective support to local key stakeholders including Head of Finance, Head of Legal, Head of HR, Line of Business leaders, etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline; CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.

• Minimum 10+ years of experience as a senior leader in a Financial Control team in a large and complex organisation.

• Strong business partnering skills with senior stakeholders in a matrix organization and diverse cross-functional environment.

• Demonstrable experience of leading finance/accounting/tax professionals, directly and/or indirectly

• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders in a matrix organization is required

• Prior experience in a multinational corporation (MNC) is strongly preferred.

• Experienced in managing change, and a multiple stakeholder collaboration work model

• Extensive knowledge of local statutory reporting requirements and relevant industry experience

• Qualified accountant with strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, Korean statutory accounting requirements, internal controls, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance.

• Native-level proficiency in Korean and proficiency in both written and spoken English.

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