Location: Toronto, ON
Department: Finance
Vacancy: This posting is for an existing open role at WildBrain's Toronto office.
Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work.
About the Role Reporting to the Director, Finance Transformation, the ERP Product Owner will play a key role in WildBrain's migration from Microsoft Dynamics GP to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Acting as the bridge between Finance leadership, Technology Solutions, business stakeholders, and the implementation partner, this individual will be accountable for ensuring the solution is designed and delivered in alignment with WildBrain's business objectives, financial controls, and operating model.
The ERP Product Owner will translate business requirements into product decisions, guide critical design choices, and provide leadership throughout discovery, design, build, testing, data migration, deployment, and hypercare. With deep expertise in both GP and Business Central, they will ensure the solution is scalable, auditable, supportable, and delivers the outcomes required by the business.
Job DescriptionProduct Ownership & Business Leadership- Act as the Product Owner for the Business Central implementation, representing the interests of Finance, Technology Solutions, and business stakeholders.
- Translate finance transformation objectives into a clear ERP product vision, roadmap, priorities, and measurable business outcomes.
- Partner closely with Finance leadership to support decisions regarding business processes, reporting requirements, internal controls, and user experience.
- Serve as the primary decision-maker for ERP design questions, business process trade-offs, and solution priorities.
- Ensure implementation decisions support both immediate business needs and long-term organizational objectives.
- Maintain ownership of the ERP roadmap beyond go-live, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and optimization.
Solution Governance & Delivery Oversight- Act as the primary liaison between Finance, Technology Solutions, business stakeholders, implementation partners, and system owners.
- Challenge and validate proposed configurations, customizations, and solution designs to ensure they are practical, scalable, and aligned with business requirements.
- Promote standard Business Central functionality wherever possible and minimize unnecessary customization.
- Ensure the implemented solution remains aligned with established governance, financial controls, and architectural principles.
- Escalate and resolve design conflicts, business process issues, and implementation risks.
- Ensure key system knowledge, business rationale, and design decisions remain documented and retained within WildBrain.
ERP Design & Business Process Ownership- Own and govern the core financial design framework that underpins the Business Central implementation.
- Ensure the overall financial structure accurately reflects decisions made by Finance leadership.
- Oversee and validate:
- Chart of accounts design
- Financial dimensions and dimensional accounting structures
- Legal entity and organizational hierarchies
- Multi-entity configuration
- Intercompany processing models
- Consolidation frameworks
- Master data governance standards
- Financial controls and approval workflows
- Ensure these foundational design decisions remain consistent throughout the implementation lifecycle.
- Ensure the financial "scaffolding" of the implementation remains aligned with business requirements and continues to support future-state operating needs as the build progresses.
Data Migration & Transformation- Work closely with implementation partners and internal teams to oversee data migration activities from Dynamics GP to Business Central.
- Validate data mapping, conversion strategies, reconciliation processes, and migration outcomes.
- Leverage a detailed understanding of WildBrain's existing ERP environment to identify risks, gaps, and data quality issues early.
- Perform hands-on review and validation of financial and operational data to ensure it moves cleanly, accurately, and completely from GP into Business Central.
- Ensure financial and operational data is migrated with appropriate governance, controls, and auditability.
- Testing, Adoption & Go-Live Readiness
- Oversee system testing strategy, including system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and business validation activities.
- Partner with business stakeholders to ensure testing accurately reflects end-to-end operational processes.
- Support release planning, cutover activities, deployment readiness, and hypercare planning.
- Drive user adoption initiatives, business readiness activities, and post-implementation stabilization efforts.
- Ensure the delivered solution is practical, sustainable, and effective for day-to-day users across the organization.
- Remain closely involved through go-live and stabilization to ensure the implemented solution meets business expectations and intended outcomes.
Business Outcomes- Drive the delivery of measurable business outcomes, including:
- A governed and trusted source of truth for financial actuals.
- Reduced spreadsheet dependency and manual reconciliation.
- Improved transaction-level traceability and auditability.
- Consistent multi-entity and multi-currency financial processes.
- More efficient intercompany processing and consolidations.
- Stronger master data and dimensional governance.
- Improved procure-to-pay controls and financial oversight.
- Sustainable business adoption and long-term platform ownership.
QualificationsWhat You'll Bring- Extensive experience leading ERP implementations, transformations, and enterprise business systems initiatives.
- Significant hands-on experience with both Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
- Experience serving as a Product Owner, ERP Lead, Business Systems Lead, Solution Lead, or Solution Architect on complex ERP transformation programs.
- Demonstrated success translating business requirements into ERP product decisions, system design, and operational outcomes.
- Extensive experience supporting multi-entity, multi-currency, and global finance environments.
- Proven ability to partner with Finance leadership and senior business stakeholders to define and deliver business process transformation.
- Experience leading ERP initiatives through discovery, design, build, testing, deployment, stabilization, and ongoing optimization.
- Experience overseeing ERP data migration, testing, user adoption, and change management activities.
- Experience with Binary Stream Multi-Entity Management (MEM) strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of:
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central architecture and capabilities.
- Microsoft Dynamics GP architecture, configuration, and operational processes.
- Financial accounting and reporting processes.
- IFRS reporting environments.
- Multi-entity and multi-currency accounting models.
- Financial controls and governance frameworks.
- Intercompany processing and consolidation design.
- Dimensional accounting structures and governance.
- ERP integrations and data management principles.
- System testing, deployment, and support practices.
- Leadership Competencies
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders and implementation partners constructively.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication capabilities.
- Ability to balance strategic objectives with execution details.
- Comfortable operating independently in a highly visible transformation environment.
- Strong focus on accountability, business outcomes, and continuous improvement.
Additional InformationWhat We Offer Working at WildBrain is more than a job - it's the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful, and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. We offer competitive benefits, and we invest in our people and their future.
Total Rewards At WildBrain, we strive for equitable and consistent pay practices within a robust total rewards framework. Compensation may vary within the same role based on experience, performance, specialized expertise, and overall impact.
Compensation: $115,000 to $120,000 (CAD). Base salary is part of a comprehensive total rewards package that includes:
- Retirement savings with company matching
- Comprehensive health and dental coverage, with shared premium costs from day one.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Our Hiring Process - Initial virtual screening with our Talent Acquisition team
- Interview with the hiring manager (virtual or in person, TBD)
- Interview with 2-3 key business partners (virtual or in person, TBD)
- Role-specific assessment, where applicable
AI in Our Hiring Process We use artificial intelligence (AI) to support and enhance the recruitment experience-for example, by organizing applications or surfacing relevant qualifications. AI is never used to make hiring decisions. All decisions are made by our hiring managers and recruitment professionals. AI tools used in our recruitment process are subject to rigorous privacy, security, and risk assessments and are applied in alignment with WildBrain's Inclusive Hiring framework. We believe technology should enhance human judgment, not replace it.
