ERP Product Owner

- Compensation: CAD 115,000
- CAD 120,000
- yearly Company Description

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. Overview Find a job that lets your imagination run wildWildBrain 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 theRole 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 Description
Product 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