[WEBTOON] IT Budget & Procurement Analyst (Temp) at Wattpad

WEBTOON Entertainment is a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms. As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON Entertainment has transformed comics and visual storytelling for fans and creators. With its CANVAS UGC platform empowering anyone to become a creator, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators and series, WEBTOON Entertainment’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. WEBTOON Entertainment adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company’s content partners include Discord, HYBE and DC Comics, among many others. We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive IT Budget & Procurement Analyst to act as the primary steward of our North American IT spend across WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (WEI) and Wattpad, keeping IT spend organized, predictable, and well-governed. You will track and update IT budgets, manage day-to-day purchasing activities (from purchase requests to invoice processing), and turn scattered cost data into clear reports and insights for IT and Finance leaders. This is not a simple order-processing role. A key part of this job is to review IT spending requests (tools, licenses, and equipment) and evaluate whether they are truly fit-for-purpose and appropriate, considering our existing tool stack, standards, and budget constraints. You will act as a partner to internal teams—asking clarifying questions, challenging and redirecting requests when similar functionality already exists, and helping stakeholders find the most cost-effective and sustainable options. Strengthening operational efficiency through tool rationalization and standardization is a core part of this role. ** Fixed-Term Employment: This is a 12-month Temp position based in our LA office. ** Location & Relocation: Our office is currently located in Los Angeles and is planned to relocate to El Segundo in 2026 (timing subject to change). This role is expected to work from the current LA office and the new El Segundo office after the relocation. ** Hybrid Work: This position requires a hybrid work arrangement with regular in-office days. Fully remote work is not available. ** Global Collaboration: You will collaborate closely with stakeholders in LA, Toronto, and Korea. Flexibility to attend meetings outside standard local business hours (e.g., early mornings or evenings) is required. Key Responsibilities: Budgeting & Spend Management • Financial Planning: Support annual IT budget planning and help translate IT and business needs into clear budget line items for North American entities (WEI and Wattpad). • Variance Analysis: Track monthly and quarterly IT spend and prepare budget vs. actual reports, highlighting key variances and trends. • Forecasting: Work with IT leadership and FP&A to update and refine IT spend forecasts throughout the year, maintaining records of contracts and renewals. • Spend Optimization: Use spend and usage data to identify tools or services that may be redundant, underused, or misaligned with our standards, and raise recommendations for optimization. • Risk Management: Review new IT spend requests to ensure they fit within budget and flag trade-offs or risks when additional approval is needed. Key Responsibilities: Procurement & Vendor Coordination • End-to-End Procurement: Coordinate procurement activities for IT hardware, software, and services (from request to PO to receipt and invoice) across WEI and Wattpad. • Fitness-for-Purpose Evaluation: Evaluate requests for new tools and services checking for overlap with existing solutions and alignment with IT standards. • Needs Assessment & Advisory: Collaborate with requestors to deeply understand their business goals and recommend the most effective solutions, such as leveraging existing enterprise tools or reallocating available licenses. • Solution Optimization: Provide data-driven insights to help stakeholders select the most sustainable and cost-effective tools, ensuring alignment with global IT standards while avoiding unnecessary duplication. • Vendor Operations: Collect and compare vendor quotes, support basic negotiations, and maintain an organized overview of key IT vendors and contracts to prevent service interruptions. • Global Communication: Communicate regularly with vendors and stakeholders in Korea, providing clear updates on purchase status, delivery schedules, and renewal timelines. Key Responsibilities: Data, Process & Systems Support • Reporting: Consolidate IT budget, spend, and procurement data into clear spreadsheets or dashboards for reporting to IT and Finance leadership. • Process Improvement: Help document and improve internal workflows for IT purchasing, approvals, and vendor onboarding, with a focus on repeatability, transparency, and operational efficiency. • Tool Landscape Management: Maintain a clear view of our existing IT tool and license landscape, and leverage that view to prevent redundant purchases and encourage consolidation. • Rationalization: Identify patterns in IT spending (such as overlapping tools or underused licenses) and share recommendations to reduce waste, consolidate vendors, or standardize solutions. • Project Support: Support IT projects by coordinating procurement-related tasks, tracking project-specific spend, and ensuring required tools are delivered on time. Minimum Qualifications: • Bilingual Proficiency: Fluency in Korean and English (written and spoken) is required. Many key stakeholders, decision-makers, and vendors are based in Korea. • Experience: 2+ years of experience in budgeting, finance, purchasing, or procurement roles (IT-related experience is an asset). • Data Savvy: Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills for budgeting, reconciliation, and simple data analysis (pivot tables, lookups, charts, etc.). • Analytical Communication: Ability to interpret numerical data and turn it into clear, actionable summaries for non-finance stakeholders. • Stakeholder Management: Strong skills in asking clarifying questions, pushing back and negotiating using data and standards, while maintaining good relationships. • Commute: Comfortable working in a hybrid environment in the Los Angeles / El Segundo area. Must be able to commute to the current LA office and, after relocation, to the El Segundo office. • Flexibility: Willingness to occasionally work outside standard LA business hours to coordinate with teams in Toronto and Korea. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with IT procurement (hardware, software, SaaS) or IT asset/license management. • Familiarity with SaaS licensing models and common IT tools (e.g., Google Workspace, Slack, Okta). • Experience using ERP or procurement systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Coupa, Jira Service Management). • Tool Rationalization: Demonstrated experience evaluating and rationalizing tool stacks (e.g., consolidating overlapping tools, sunsetting low-value solutions, or driving standardization). • Data-Driven Influence: Demonstrated experience reprioritizing or challenging requests using data (e.g., utilization data, overlap with existing tools) while keeping stakeholders aligned. Why Join Us? • Global Experience: Gain hands-on experience working in a fast-paced, global entertainment company with operations in Korea, US, and Canada. • Impact: Play a key role in structuring and optimizing IT spending for a major organization, building processes from the ground up. • Culture: Be part of a creative, diverse, and collaborative team that is passionate about storytelling and technology. • Networking: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Finance, IT Security, and HR across multiple regions. What Success Looks Like • Clarity: IT leadership and Finance have a clear, accurate, and timely view of IT spend and commitments across WEI and Wattpad in North America. • Structure: IT purchasing requests are handled in a structured way, with fewer ad-hoc, redundant, or low-value tool purchases. • Partnership: Stakeholders understand standards around tools and services and recognize this role as a partner for finding the most appropriate and efficient solutions, not just as an order taker. • Global Alignment: Vendors and stakeholders in Korea, Los Angeles, and Toronto experience consistent, professional communication and predictable processes. • Efficiency: Over time, IT spend becomes more efficient through better visibility, fewer duplicate tools, and improved planning. With approximately 155 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--WEBTOON Productions, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others. Join us and work with some of the biggest artists, IP, and fandoms in comics! #WEBTOON