Direct and oversee the day to day and long–term facilities operations and planning activities for ESPN’s global facilities footprint of 1.1M+ sf owned and 1.2M+ rsf leased buildings located in 40 different locations in 8 countries. Direct staff at corporate headquarters and provide guidance and support for management staff at all other office locations. Staff members engage in a variety of tasks including; maintenance, grounds, repairs of the physical plant, distribution services, space planning and interior design, moves and furniture reconfigurations, facilities services call center, coordination of campus events, procurement of goods and services for facilities, food service operations, and department communications. Primary point of contact for all Real Estate leases and property acquisitions. • Lead space planning, restacking, budget development and forecasting as member of core team responsible for the planning and development of ESPN corporate headquarters expansion.• Development and oversight of Facilities, Security, Safety and Sustainability annual operating (70M+) and capital (18M+) plans. Consistently coming in at or below budget targets by continually finding opportunities to reduce costs through value engineering and strategic sourcing.• Collaborate with other department leaders on the completion of various construction and space planning projects to ensure on-time delivery and budgetary compliance. Recent projects include; 18,000 sf, Cafeteria expansion and renovation, and 54,000 sf, conversion of leased light manufacturing facility into office space. Both projects completed on time and below established budgets.• Act as ESPN owner/tenant representative working with Disney Corporate Real Estate team to insure business requirements are met for every location.• Development, implementation and administration of corporate space planning and design standards resulting in effective and efficient space plans that resulted in reduced real estate costs.

Develop the annual operating and capital plans to maintain, modify and support all ESPN facilities. Establish and implement new corporate space planning standards to create efficient and effective space plans to meet the evolving and growing needs of the company and control real estate costs.

Manage and coordinate all department business systems and processed to insure proper administration of all procurement activities for operating and capital budget purchases, Responsible for oversight of fixed asset recording and reporting to corporate. Oversee and handle all Human Resources information and activities for department.

Process purchase orders for the acquisition of goods and services for the ESPN Operations and Engineering departments. Assist department Vice President with the planning and tracking of all headcount and merit budgets for the Operations and Engineering departments (approximately 700 employees).

Supervise staff of six in the preparation of bi-weekly payroll. Coordinate and review the generation and payment of Federal, State, and Local payroll tax returns. Prepare and review monthly general ledger entries and accruals.

Assist with the bi-weekly calculation, preparation, and input of the payroll authorizations and various payroll change forms. Analyze and input employee timesheets and prepare reports for department and corporate distribution.

Weekly and bi-weekly processing of payroll information. Balancing of entries, preparation of custom reports, employee benefits accounting, and monthly bank reconciliation of company cash accounts.