Financial Analyst

at  WildBrain

Company Description
Location: Toronto, ON
Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work.

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

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

WildBrain is looking for a 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.