Royalty Accounting Analyst (Media & Entertainment)

Job Description:

Position: Licensing Compliance Consultant

Location: New York NY 10036

Duration: 8+ months

Job Description:

Department: Global Consumer Products Business Operations

Principal Responsibilities - Royalty Compliance

• Review contracts for financial terms and compare to royalty statements, checking for compliance
• Tracing financials through a contracts life cycle to identify and resolve discrepancies
• Advise internal teams how to correct entry errors that prevent statement processing
• Advise licensees how to resubmit statements that cannot be processed due to errors
• Troubleshoot access issues when licensees are not able to access our system
• Troubleshoot inquiries from Finance and offshore royalty reporting teams
• Complete ad hoc special projects and provide reporting for management as needed
• Principal Responsibilities - Cash Collections/Compliance
• Reach out to licensees (customers) to collect/resolve open AR balances and royalty compliance issues
• Maintain collection reason codes to accurately identify status of open receivables
• Monitor cash expected from licenses to ensure they are received in a timely manner
• Manage internal/ external ad-hoc requests as they relate to invoice account balances
• Point person for all withholding tax certificates ensuring they are received and sent to Viacom tax
• Assist cash application team resolve unapplied payments
• Provide support to Sales Team and Finance Dept. as needed
• Play an active role during month end close

Skills

• Strong understanding of General Accounting Principles (royalty accounting is a plus)
• Strong ability to trace an issue to find its root cause and final impact
• Strong ability to understand and interpret contracts
• Strong MS Excel skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong time management and organizational skills
• Proactive mindset with ability to provide creative solutions to complex problems
• Detail oriented with ability to see the big picture and work on cross-divisional projects with many stakeholders
• Ability to multitask and manage diverse projects and assignments
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively (i.e. leader as well as team player)

Experience/Knowledge

• 3-5 years of relevant global licensing industry work experience
• Experience in operations finance, accounting, and operations management preferred

Education/Background

• B.A., B.S. in Business or Finance Required. However, if a candidate has experience with collections and royalties, we can consider other B.A./B.S. degrees.

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.

Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.