Royalty Analyst – Temp To Permanent

Summary: The Royalty Analyst is responsible for managing the royalty accounting and reporting cycle for global brand licensing programs, ensuring financial accuracy and compliance. This role requires analytical skills and effective stakeholder management to facilitate timely royalty reporting across various clients and regions. The position involves collecting and processing royalty reports, managing invoicing, and collaborating with internal teams for financial analysis. Strong accounting knowledge and attention to detail are essential for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collect, review, and process royalty reports and sales projections from licensees, ensuring compliance with contractual terms and accurate invoicing of royalties.
• Manage royalty invoicing and client remittances in line with contractual and operational requirements, fulfilling obligations under Client Representation Agreements.
• Track receivables and collaborate with Credit Control and Commercial teams to drive timely collection and query resolution.
• Interpret licensing contracts to determine financial terms, reporting requirements, and commission structures.
• Reconcile and validate royalty reports against contractual commitments, identifying variances or irregularities.
• Ensure client payments are accurate, complete, and processed in a timely manner.
• Respond to queries from licensees, clients, auditors, and internal teams, providing supporting documentation and financial analysis.
• Prepare and post month-end journals, including revenue and cost accruals, bad debt provisions, and write-offs.
• Perform reconciliations of royalty, reserve, and other key general ledger accounts.
• Support the preparation of monthly management reports, including Cost of Sales (COS) and G&A analysis, and revenue & variance analysis.
• Liaise with Accounts Payable to ensure timely and accurate supplier payments.
• Support quarterly royalty forecasts, cash flow tracking, and ad-hoc revenue analysis.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Commercial, Legal, and Operations to ensure accurate and timely information flow.
• Assist in preparing client presentations and internal reporting packs for senior management.

Key Skills:

• Strong understanding of accounting principles (revenue recognition, accruals, reserves, reconciliations).
• Strong analytical acumen and aptitude, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel skills essential.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills – able to explain financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Proactive, organised, and able to manage multiple priorities under pressure.

Salary (Rate): £18 per hour

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other