Royalties & Partnerships Accountant (Subagent)

1 Month ago • All levels • Administrative

Job Summary

Job Description

The Royalties & Partnerships Accountant (Subagent) at WildBrain CPLG manages licensing deals, ensuring timely royalty report receipt and processing. Responsibilities include liaising with third parties, reviewing reports in the WestEnd system (handling approximately 2,500 reports per quarter), flagging discrepancies, creating SKUs, collaborating with licensees to fix errors, tracking payments, issuing invoices, providing status updates, gathering forecast information, and preparing withholding tax documents. The role requires strong Excel skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication and organizational abilities. The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate effectively with various teams and stakeholders.
Must have:
  • Royalties experience
  • Strong MS Excel skills
  • Multitasking ability
  • Excellent communication
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Attention to detail
Perks:
  • Private medical insurance
  • Income protection
  • Gym subsidy
  • Bonus time off
  • Employee share programmes
  • Reduced summer hours
  • Flexible & home working

Job Details

Company Description

Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work. 

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WildBrain CPLG is a world-leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agency with 20 offices worldwide. Since 1972 we have been providing our partners with dedicated licensing and marketing professionals and fully integrated retail, creative & product development, legal and accounting services.  

We are looking to add to our talented team of innovators that can help us manage some of the most profitable and enduring brands in the world! We believe that our partnerships are about clarity, openness, and trust, and we are widely known for our straightforward approach.

About the role

Reporting to the Royalties-In Manager, the Royalties & Partnership Accountant will focus on the management of Licensing deals. The focus will be ensuring that all royalty reports are received in a timely manner, that all key information is logged on the in-house Royalty system and any payments due are received in a quick and efficient manner.

Job Description

  • Tracking the timely submission of periodical reports and liaising with 3rd Party contacts to request reports not received.
  • Reviewing the royalty management system (WestEnd) to ensure all licensee royalty reports (approx. 2,500 reports across the groups per quarter) are correctly processed, checking the recoupment and overage position for each licensee contract. 
  • Flagging discrepancies, creating new SKUs and collaborating with Licensees to fix any errors.
  • Tracking payments due and where necessary issuing invoices.
  • Identifying overdue payments to ensure payment is received in accordance with WB CPLG credit control procedure.
  • Providing regular status updates to Regional Commercial Leads and raising any issues that require escalation.   
  • Gathering and collating Forecast information from Licensees
  • Preparing withholding tax documents for issue to Licensors and Licensees
  • Other ad hoc duties as required.

Qualifications

  • Previous experience working within a related finance role
  • Royalties experience preferred
  • Strong MS Excel skills (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables)
  • Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple tasks within a fast-paced environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with people at all levels
  • Strong organisational and prioritising skills 
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills
  • A strong attention to detail

Additional Information

Hybrid work

Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work.

What We Offer

Working at WildBrain is more than a job — it’s the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. Some of the perks we have are private medical insurance, income protection, gym subsidy, bonus time off, employee share programmes, reduced summer hours and flexible & home working.

Our Commitment

Diversity and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required.

About WildBrain CPLG 

WildBrain CPLG is a trusted licensing partner for leading brands worldwide, offering 50 years of expertise building consumer products and location-based entertainment programmes across the entertainment, sport, corporate and lifestyle sectors. With over 20 offices serving the UK, Europe, India, the Middle East, China, Asia Pacific and the US, WildBrain CPLG combines the strength of global reach with expertise in local markets to achieve the best results for partners.

Our passionate teams consistently challenge themselves to explore new and innovative ideas and opportunities in partnerships, activations, creative and business processes to celebrate and build brands. At WildBrain CPLG, we believe that collaboration is about clarity, openness and trust, and we are widely known for our no-nonsense, straightforward approach. Our ASPIRE division offers expert Corporate & Lifestyle brand representation and management. WildBrain CPLG is part of WildBrain Ltd., a global leader in kids’ and family entertainment. Please contact us or visit the WildBrain CPLG website for more information: www.cplg.com

 

About WildBrain:  a parent company of Wildbrain CPLG

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° IP management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. With approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart.  

Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show; Snoopy in Space; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Chip and Potato; Teletubbies Let's Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered over 1 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most-viewed family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.   

WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.  

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About The Company

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° franchise management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. Our mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans, both young and young at heart.


We are passionate producers of award-winning content, bringing creative excellence across all formats and all stages of the creative process for WildBrain’s owned content and partner projects through our Vancouver studio, London-based digital studio and House of Cool in Toronto. 


We’re not just content creators; we’re also leaders in engaging audiences with that content across all platforms worldwide, taking an innovative, data-driven approach that blends content distribution and digital marketing to supercharge brand awareness and fan engagement. 


When it comes to franchise management and licensing, we’re the experts. Our franchise teams manage such beloved global brands as Peanuts, Strawberry Shortcake and Teletubbies, and we work with some of the top brand partners worldwide. Our in-house agency, WildBrain CPLG, is a trusted licensing partner for leading brands, offering expertise in building consumer products and location-based entertainment programs with global reach and local expertise. 


Above all, our core values ensure our community at WildBrain remains anchored in creativity, openness and a commitment to Belonging – so everyone can pursue their passions and thrive. Find out more about Belonging @ WildBrain on our website. 


WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). 

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