24 Oct
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WildBrain
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Toronto
Compensation: CAD 115,000
- CAD 120,000
- yearly Department: Finance This posting is for an existing open role at WildBrain’s Toronto office. Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work. WildBrain is made up of a team of innovators and creators who bring industry-leading kids’ content and brands to families globally.
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. 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 explicit 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. 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. 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. Own and govern the core financial design framework that underpins the Business Central implementation. Chart of accounts design Legal entity and organizational hierarchies Multi-entity configuration 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. Drive user adoption initiatives, business readiness activities, and post-implementation stabilization efforts. Reduced spreadsheet dependency and manual reconciliation. Stronger master data and dimensional governance. Sustainable business adoption and long‑term platform ownership. 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. 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. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central architecture and capabilities. Microsoft Dynamics GP architecture, configuration, and operational processes. Financial controls and governance frameworks. ERP in
📌 [Remote Work] Product Owner (Toronto)
🏢 WildBrain
📍 Toronto