Licensing Analyst

• Facilitate the timely collection & processing of royalty statements uploaded by licensees in Dependable Solutions, ensuring accurate invoices are raised by the accounting team and shared with Licensees
• Ensuring client payments are accurate, complete and sent in a good timely manner liaising directly with Licensees and Agents.
• Monitor receivables, Calculate Royalty recoupment, request Invoices to be raised by accounting team, perform Payment Reconciliation, liaising directly with Licensees and Agents.
• Assist with internal or external financial queries raised by Licensees & agents 

• Collect & track revenue forecasting from licensees & agents on a quarterly basis 
• Assist the Commercial Team with preparing quarterly royalty projections & analysis
• Assist Head of Brand licensing in monthly management reports 
• Support the commercial team with Ad-hoc Data Analysis 
• Contract processing 
• Support in processing of deal memos and approvals process, with the help of the Licensing Coordinator, liaising with SEGA departments, agents and licensee
• Manage all stages of the Commercial Approval Pipeline, from Deal memo submissions to agreement drafting & execution, supported by Legal Department and Commercial Managers, with the help of the Licensing Coordinator

Administration:

• Maintain and update various Trackers and Templates used on a regular basis, including but not limited to Contracts and Forecasting Trackers, Commercial Proposals etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Degree level or equivalent
• Experience of business finance and/or experience of accounting/AP/AR  
• High level of numeracy & strong proficiency in MS Excel, Word
• High attention to detail with the ability to produce accurate reports
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Ability to work efficiently and in a team
• Able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers
• Solid organisation skills
• Licensing/Handling royalties experience would be beneficial