Manager, Royalty
Miramax
Santa Monica, CAThis was removed by the employer on 3/21/2017 10:09:00 AM PST
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Full Time Job
The Royalty Manager is responsible for all areas of royalty administration, under the direction of the Sr. Manager. This role will have responsibilities to ensuring high quality and timely delivery of a royalty related accounting services.
Responsibilities
• Manage the flow of incoming royalty statements from licensees and 3rd party distributors
• Engage in the review and interpretation of royalty agreements
• Work with licensees and/or distributors to ensure that royalty statements are being reported in accordance to contractual terms
• Collaborate with C&C to ensure the timeliness of payments and submissions of statements
• Audit and review all royalty statements for proper accounting treatment
• Support International Distributor audits by providing agreements and statements to external audit team, monitoring status of ongoing audits, identifying audit issues and assist in their resolution
• Work With Sr. Manager to implement a more effective and efficient royalty process for the entire licensing business
• Prepare/Review journal entries and account reconciliations to ensure the integrity and accuracy of data and accounts
• Prepare tax withholding documentation for our US and UK entities
• Work with IT to identify and implement a new royalty system solution
• Prepare support for monthly close package and internal/external quarterly audit requests for royalty business
• Assist the Sr. Manager in special projects
• Ad hoc analysis as required
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, finance or equivalent; MBA and/or CPA preferred.
• Strong ability to read and interpret complex contracts in financial terms
• 5 years of experience, in a studio film/TV environment
• 5 years of experience, licensing royalty accounting
• Strong understanding of the nature of all royalty revenue streams
• Strong organizational skills and detail-oriented self-starter with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines
• Excellent excel and analytical skills
• Systems experience, including ideally experience with rights management systems, Filmtrack and SAP
• Proactive approach to work, attention to detail, initiative and enthusiasm
• Must possess strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and consistently meet tight deadlines, work efficiently with a sense of urgency, a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail