Location: Toronto

Department: Finance

Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work.

Overview

Find a job that lets your imagination run wild! WildBrain is made up of a team of innovators and creators who bring industry-leading kids' content and brands to families globally. We inspire imagination, put creativity first, and believe in the power of storytelling. We are constantly connecting the powers of our global team, making WildBrain a collaborative, openminded and passionate environment to work in.

To work at WildBrain means you get to create stories that let imaginations run wild. Join our team today to become part of the story!

About The Role

WildBrain is looking for a Manager, Financial Reporting to join our finance team! Reporting to SVP, Corporate Controller. The Manager of Financial Reporting will be responsible for the internal and external financial reporting function. The ideal candidate will be trained at an accounting firm with a strong background in public reporting requirements, technical accounting research, have a keen eye for detail and the ability to partner with various stakeholders throughout the organization to drive change. The Manager of Financial Reporting will lead the charge in continuous financial process improvements to create efficiencies and improve the timeliness of reporting and data integrity, while continuing to develop best practices in policies, processes, controls, and documentation.

What You'll Do:

• Responsible for the consolidation of financial results for both internal and external reporting purposes and ensure accuracy and completeness of information across all jurisdiction (Canada, US, Europe)
• Prepare external consolidated financial statements, MD&A, and audit committee report on a quarterly and annual basis
• Ensure the accuracy and consistency of financial master data (e.g., chart of accounts, legal entities, cost centers) to support timely and reliable internal and external financial reporting
• Manage the quarterly and annual consolidated audit and local statutory audits
• Research new accounting standards/changes, makes recommendations on accounting policy changes and/or revised disclosures, and ensures that disclosure in financial statements follow IFRS
• Manage and prepare accounting entries for various accounts, including the company's debt instruments, shareholder's equity, acquisition-related accounting, and certain other liability accounts.
• Support management in the assessment, accounting and documentation of non-routine and complex accounting transactions
• Assist with legal entity accounting and transfer pricing adjustments for statutory reporting and tax compliance
• Conduct financial analyses and prepare working papers to support financial accounting positions
• Lead the quarterly and annual public company filings including SEDAR.
• Assist with documentation and implementation of accounting policies and internal controls, establishing best practices and process improvements for the finance team
• Support ad hoc requests, special projects, and strategic initiatives as they arise

What You'll Bring:

• CPA, CA designation or equivalent
• Experience working in a public company and/or media and or studio production distribution environment preferred
• Experience with financial master data management, including maintaining and standardizing chart of accounts, legal entity structures, and other key reporting dimensions across jurisdictions and systems
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and financial consolidation tools is considered an asset, especially in managing and optimizing financial master data.
• Ideally has solid knowledge of IFRS (IFRS 9, IFRS 3, IFRS 15 and IFRS 16) including the latest standards and public company reporting requirements
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with leaders at all levels in a cross functional capacity
• Highly analytical and strong, effective communicator with senior management and other stakeholders
• Ability to challenge status quo as required by improving existing processes and are open to sourcing ideas from others
• Self starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, focus on generating results and exhibit the highest personal and professional standards of integrity and ethics
• Team player, upbeat, and focused, with a strong passion to learn and succeed
• Strong computer skills required including solid working knowledge of spreadsheet programs (i.e. Excel)

What 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 family-focused benefits, we invest in our people and their future with generous RRSP matching, plus bonus time-off, because you deserve it!

Our Commitment

Diversity and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we've listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required.

About WildBrain

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360°ree; franchise management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands around the world. With approximately 14,000 half-hours of kids' and family content in our library—one of the world's most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain's mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart.

Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show; Snoopy in Space; Camp Snoopy; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Teletubbies Let's Go! and many more. Enjoyed on platforms worldwide, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered approximately 1.5 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada's most loved family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.

WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.