Revenue Accounting Manager

What You’ll Do

The Revenue Accounting Manager analyzes and monitors royalty revenues, revenue reporting, and royalty compliance for a portfolio of global licensing partners.  

What you’ll be working on:

• Review royalty contracts and determine appropriate revenue recognition methodology
• Analyze and summarize monthly and quarterly royalty revenues based on contract terms, the relevant revenue recognition methodology and the current status of license
• Perform review and analysis to ensure completeness and accuracy of royalty revenues
• Analyze and reconcile quarterly reports received from licensees to determine any additional revenues to be billed
• Monitor and analyze accounts related to royalties such as deferred revenue and unbilled royalties
• Maintain adequate accounting records and analyses that supports financial decision-making
• Prepare an analysis of actual royalty revenues to budget, investigate variances and analyze trends
• Prepare monthly and quarterly royalty revenue reports
• Prepare other external reports, as necessary
• Monitor licensee reporting and compliance to determine any operational issues or any potential breach of contract and coordinate with Royalty Zone team on resolution.
• Maintain communication with brand managers, legal department and licensees with respect to licensee operations and reporting
• Provide financial advice by studying operational issues; apply financial principles and practices; and developing recommendations to improve policies and procedures.

Must Haves:

• Graduate of an accounting degree
• CPA and public accounting experience a plus
• Experience with royalty/license revenue accounting preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
• Proficiency in NetSuite preferred
• Ability to learn new software and identify and assist in the implementation of process improvements in the accounting processes and system
• Ability to perform root/cause analysis and propose solutions
• Must possess the following traits:
• Detail and deadline oriented
• Excellent analytic skills, ability to identify variances or unusual trends that will require further investigation
• Good written and oral communication skills, ability to coordinate with personnel across the organization
• Organized and possess good time management skills
• Proactive and ability to work with limited supervision
• Ability to prepare reports in an accurate and concise manner