Talent (HR) Systems & Reporting Senior Specialist
Top Benefits
About the role
Company Description
Department: Talent (Human Resources)
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 HR Systems & Reporting Senior Specialist to join our Talent Team! Reporting to the Director, Talent (HR) Systems & North American Payroll, the HR Systems & Reporting Senior Specialist will be a key partner in managing and enhancing our HR systems globally, with a focus on UKG Pro (formerly UltiPro), UKG Workforce Management (formerly Kronos), and our reporting ecosystem. You'll collaborate globally across teams to support system integrations, build reporting tools, and drive process improvements that keep WildBrain agile and people-focused.
Job Description
What You’ll Do:
-
Maintain and optimize our HR systems, primarily UKG Pro and UKG WFM
-
Assist in the development and management of reports and dashboards using Cognos BI and Excel to support the Talent, Finance & IT teams.
-
Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into system configurations, data flows, or automated processes
-
Support payroll processes with an understanding of payroll-related data and system interactions
-
Lead or participate in system integration projects as required
-
Assist with managing data transfers and integrations via APIs, flat files, and SFTP connections
-
Monitor data quality and ensure compliance with internal controls and external regulations
-
Create Job Aids and provide training and support to system users across the organization
-
Lead or contribute to Talent projects that rely on strong data and systems foundations
Qualifications
What You’ll Bring:
-
Post-secondary course work in business, human resources, a related field or equivalent knowledge or experience.
-
Experience in HRIS configuration and management required (UKG Pro, UKG WFM preferred).
-
Experience with payroll requirements and processing strongly preferred.
-
Previous experience implementing systems and data related processes or initiatives.
-
High proficiency in Office 365 (ie. Excel – Power Query, VBA Macros, VLOOKUPS, Pivot Tables, Formulas, PowerPoint), and an understanding of programming languages (ie. SQL).
-
Progressive experience producing robust reports, key insights, dashboards, and data visualization utilizing UKG’s Cognos BI Reporting, Power BI or a similar tool.
-
Understanding of data analysis processes including collecting, cleaning, analyzing, and interpreting.
-
The ability to conduct needs analysis with the broader HR team, business leaders and other stakeholders as appropriate to ensure the data being collected and analyzed is relevant and useful in supporting evidence-based decision making.
-
The ability to clearly communicate the results of analysis and present to individuals and groups at various levels of the organization as required.
-
Exceptional relationship management skills with a knack for listening, interpreting information, and working collaboratively to achieve business results.
-
An interest and willingness to learn new systems and methodologies as needed to support the HR team and broader business. Understanding of talent business needs and employee life cycle to provide relevant people insights preferred.
-
Quality focused, with strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
-
Previous experience working with sensitive information and holds a high regard for confidentiality
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. Some of the perks we have are private health insurance, income protection, gym subsidies, employee share programs and flexible working.
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° 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.
About WildBrain Studios
Welcome to WildBrain’s Content Creation ecosystem. We are WildBrain’s storytellers, integrating all of WildBrain’s development and production capabilities from our Vancouver animation studio, London-based Digital Studio, Toronto pre-production experts, and live-action production business.
Our Canadian studios are go-to premium production partners for global kids & family entertainment, with creativity and talent at the core of our award-winning creative process. In Vancouver, WildBrain Studios produces award-winning, fan-favourite series such as Sonic Prime, The Snoopy Show, and Carmen Sandiego with cutting-edge 2D and CG pipelines. In Toronto, House of Cool is an industry leader in pre-production for premium animated series and films, partnering with many of the world’s biggest entertainment companies on projects like The Paw Patrol Movie, The Peanuts Movie, and many more.
In London, our Digital Studio team are digital native storytellers and production experts, creating engaging content across animation, live action, stop motion and gaming formats for platforms such a YouTube, AVOD, FAST and social. Their creative process is informed by platform insights, data and expertise, resulting in audience-led content that follows trends and themes.
Follow us to celebrate the creative excellence of all of our teams across every format, and let your imagination run wild!
Talent (HR) Systems & Reporting Senior Specialist
Top Benefits
About the role
Company Description
Department: Talent (Human Resources)
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 HR Systems & Reporting Senior Specialist to join our Talent Team! Reporting to the Director, Talent (HR) Systems & North American Payroll, the HR Systems & Reporting Senior Specialist will be a key partner in managing and enhancing our HR systems globally, with a focus on UKG Pro (formerly UltiPro), UKG Workforce Management (formerly Kronos), and our reporting ecosystem. You'll collaborate globally across teams to support system integrations, build reporting tools, and drive process improvements that keep WildBrain agile and people-focused.
Job Description
What You’ll Do:
-
Maintain and optimize our HR systems, primarily UKG Pro and UKG WFM
-
Assist in the development and management of reports and dashboards using Cognos BI and Excel to support the Talent, Finance & IT teams.
-
Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into system configurations, data flows, or automated processes
-
Support payroll processes with an understanding of payroll-related data and system interactions
-
Lead or participate in system integration projects as required
-
Assist with managing data transfers and integrations via APIs, flat files, and SFTP connections
-
Monitor data quality and ensure compliance with internal controls and external regulations
-
Create Job Aids and provide training and support to system users across the organization
-
Lead or contribute to Talent projects that rely on strong data and systems foundations
Qualifications
What You’ll Bring:
-
Post-secondary course work in business, human resources, a related field or equivalent knowledge or experience.
-
Experience in HRIS configuration and management required (UKG Pro, UKG WFM preferred).
-
Experience with payroll requirements and processing strongly preferred.
-
Previous experience implementing systems and data related processes or initiatives.
-
High proficiency in Office 365 (ie. Excel – Power Query, VBA Macros, VLOOKUPS, Pivot Tables, Formulas, PowerPoint), and an understanding of programming languages (ie. SQL).
-
Progressive experience producing robust reports, key insights, dashboards, and data visualization utilizing UKG’s Cognos BI Reporting, Power BI or a similar tool.
-
Understanding of data analysis processes including collecting, cleaning, analyzing, and interpreting.
-
The ability to conduct needs analysis with the broader HR team, business leaders and other stakeholders as appropriate to ensure the data being collected and analyzed is relevant and useful in supporting evidence-based decision making.
-
The ability to clearly communicate the results of analysis and present to individuals and groups at various levels of the organization as required.
-
Exceptional relationship management skills with a knack for listening, interpreting information, and working collaboratively to achieve business results.
-
An interest and willingness to learn new systems and methodologies as needed to support the HR team and broader business. Understanding of talent business needs and employee life cycle to provide relevant people insights preferred.
-
Quality focused, with strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
-
Previous experience working with sensitive information and holds a high regard for confidentiality
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. Some of the perks we have are private health insurance, income protection, gym subsidies, employee share programs and flexible working.
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° 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.
About WildBrain Studios
Welcome to WildBrain’s Content Creation ecosystem. We are WildBrain’s storytellers, integrating all of WildBrain’s development and production capabilities from our Vancouver animation studio, London-based Digital Studio, Toronto pre-production experts, and live-action production business.
Our Canadian studios are go-to premium production partners for global kids & family entertainment, with creativity and talent at the core of our award-winning creative process. In Vancouver, WildBrain Studios produces award-winning, fan-favourite series such as Sonic Prime, The Snoopy Show, and Carmen Sandiego with cutting-edge 2D and CG pipelines. In Toronto, House of Cool is an industry leader in pre-production for premium animated series and films, partnering with many of the world’s biggest entertainment companies on projects like The Paw Patrol Movie, The Peanuts Movie, and many more.
In London, our Digital Studio team are digital native storytellers and production experts, creating engaging content across animation, live action, stop motion and gaming formats for platforms such a YouTube, AVOD, FAST and social. Their creative process is informed by platform insights, data and expertise, resulting in audience-led content that follows trends and themes.
Follow us to celebrate the creative excellence of all of our teams across every format, and let your imagination run wild!