Senior Financial Analyst

3 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Finance

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Financial Analyst at WildBrain will be responsible for corporate accounting, including period-end reporting, G/L account reconciliations, and legal entity statements. Responsibilities involve preparing monthly reconciliations, reviewing financial results, preparing working papers for payables and investments, analyzing production financing structures, and managing legal entity accounting and transfer pricing. The role also includes assisting with the month-end close process, audits, and system improvements. A CPA-CA designation and experience in a public company or media/studio production are preferred. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential.
Must have:
  • CPA-CA designation
  • Experience in public company or media
  • Monthly reconciliations & reporting
  • Financial statement analysis
  • Strong analytical & communication skills
Good to have:
  • Familiarity with Great Plains Dynamics
  • Experience with production financing
Perks:
  • Hybrid work model
  • Professional growth and development opportunities
  • Collaborative and creative work environment

Job Details

Company Description

Location: Toronto

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

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 lets imaginations run wild. Join our team today and make us part of your story!  

About the Role 

WildBrain is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our Finance team! Reporting to the Director of Corporate Accounting, you will have overall Corporate Accounting responsibility supporting efficient and timely period-end reporting, preparing key G/L account reconciliations, and preparing legal entity statements.

Job Description

  • Prepare monthly account reconciliations to identify potential issues or risks, partnering with finance team to resolve.
  • Review of monthly and quarterly financial results, including detailed B/S and P&L analytics for accuracy and completeness.
  • Prepare working papers to support third-party participations payables, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
  • Prepare and maintain Investment in Film-related journal entries and reconciliations.
  • Analysis of production financing structures as it relates to the impact of legal entity accounting and intercompany eliminations.
  • Assist with monitoring the month-end close process.
  • Manage legal entity accounting and transfer pricing adjustments for statutory reporting and tax compliance.
  • Preparation of working papers and analysis to support quarterly reviews and annual audits by external auditors.
  • Coordination of internal, external, and statutory audits
  • Researching new financial disclosure requirements; assessing and documenting the impact on the Company
  • Prepare production workbooks for the active shows and analyze the activities for the period to notify corporate accounting team with adjusting entries.
  • Assist with system improvements and automation of financial reporting processes and reconciliations.

Qualifications

  • Accounting designation required; CPA-CA is required.
  • Experience working as a Financial Analyst in a public company or media/studio production is preferred.
  • Highly analytical and effective communicator
  • Ability to challenge the status quo as required by improving existing processes and are open to sourcing ideas from others.
  • Thrive 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 with a strong passion to learn and succeed.
  • Possess a “hands-on” approach for all situations, no task too big or too small to handle.
  • Familiarity with financial reporting and other systems (ex. Great Plains Dynamics, Management Reporter) is an asset.
  • Strong computer skills required, including solid working knowledge of spreadsheet programs (i.e., Excel)

Additional Information

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.

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° IP management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. With approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment 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!, Caillou, 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 ShowSnoopy in SpaceStrawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic PrimeChip and PotatoTeletubbies Let's Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered over 1 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most-viewed 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

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About The Company

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° franchise management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. Our mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans, both young and young at heart.


We are passionate producers of award-winning content, bringing creative excellence across all formats and all stages of the creative process for WildBrain’s owned content and partner projects through our Vancouver studio, London-based digital studio and House of Cool in Toronto. 


We’re not just content creators; we’re also leaders in engaging audiences with that content across all platforms worldwide, taking an innovative, data-driven approach that blends content distribution and digital marketing to supercharge brand awareness and fan engagement. 


When it comes to franchise management and licensing, we’re the experts. Our franchise teams manage such beloved global brands as Peanuts, Strawberry Shortcake and Teletubbies, and we work with some of the top brand partners worldwide. Our in-house agency, WildBrain CPLG, is a trusted licensing partner for leading brands, offering expertise in building consumer products and location-based entertainment programs with global reach and local expertise. 


Above all, our core values ensure our community at WildBrain remains anchored in creativity, openness and a commitment to Belonging – so everyone can pursue their passions and thrive. Find out more about Belonging @ WildBrain on our website. 


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

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