Project Manager - Royalty System Optimisation -12m FTC at WildBrain

Key Responsibilities Royalty System Optimisation & Delivery • Own and deliver a defined WestEnd optimisation roadmap, covering process efficiency, data quality, automation and usability improvements. • Lead requirements definition across Partnership Finance, Royalties, FP&A, Controllership and Legal Operations teams, ensuring end‑to‑end workflows are properly understood before system changes are designed. • Convert business needs into clear functional specifications for the WestEnd vendor and associated technical partners. • Manage delivery of system enhancements end‑to‑end: scoping, prioritisation, build, testing, deployment and post‑release validation. • Actively engage in the technical delivery and take ownership of operational tasks to ensure deliverables are met.  • Workstreams include: credit control functionality, delinquency control functionality, subagent accounting, forecasting automation, sku setup automation, reporting enhancements.Vendor & Stakeholder Management • Act as the primary day‑to‑day interface with the WestEnd vendor, coordinating enhancements, resolving issues and maintaining delivery momentum. • Challenge vendor proposals where required to ensure solutions address root causes, not symptoms. • Coordinate UAT with internal users, ensuring changes are robust, understood and adopted. • Maintain strong engagement with senior stakeholders, providing clear progress updates, risk management and dependency tracking. • Coordinate with Corporate Royalties team and Director, Finance Digital Transformation (programme lead on parallel ERP and data architecture projects)Licensing & Royalties Process Expertise • Apply in‑depth understanding of the licensing royalty lifecycle, including: • Deal structures (MGs, overages, royalty rates, advances, participation, recoupment) • Contract execution and set‑up • Royalty reporting and validation • Billing, cash application and reporting to licensors • Ensure system changes support real‑world licensing complexity, including multi‑territory deals, sub‑agenting, forecasting and reporting nuances.Integration & Broader Systems Alignment • Work closely with CRM, finance and data teams to ensure WestEnd improvements align with upstream and downstream systems (e.g. CRM, ERP, reporting tools). • Support dependency management with parallel initiatives affecting licensing and finance processes.