Senior Accountant, Revenue & Compliance

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New York, NY
Mid level
Marketing Tech • Design
The Role
The Senior Accountant monitors and analyzes royalty revenues and compliance for licensing partners, ensuring accurate reporting and communication with stakeholders.
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Who We Are

Authentic is a unified platform that integrates M&A, brand strategy, creativity and digital innovation to unlock the power of its global Lifestyle and Entertainment portfolio. As the world’s largest sports and entertainment licensing company, Authentic connects strong brands with best-in-class partners to optimize long-term value in the marketplace. Its brands generate more than $32 billion in global annual retail sales and have an expansive retail footprint in more than 150 countries, including 13,000-plus freestanding stores and shop-in-shops and 400,000 points of sale. Authentic transforms brands by delivering powerful storytelling, compelling content, innovative business models and immersive experiences. It creates original marketing strategies to drive the success of its brands across all consumer touchpoints, platforms and emerging media

 Why Authentic

 You’ll be able to access the resources and scale, while leveraging innovative technology and nimble environment. What we’re saying is, this isn’t your average day job. If you’re hungry to drive ideas into action and own your career, let’s chat. Our team is rapidly innovating to evolve and define the future of our brands. With the help of some of the brightest minds in retail, marketing, licensing, legal and more, we are building the intersection of digital and experiential marketing to help achieve that mission. We reimagine, evolve and transform brands! At Authentic, we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought and expertise drive competitive advantage. Our global teams are built by go-getters who contribute unique perspectives and push the boundaries of creativity and innovation. Headquartered in New York City, Authentic has offices in major metropolitan cities including Los Angeles and Miami, as well as Toronto, Mexico City, London, and Shanghai.

What You’ll Do

The Senior Accountant, Revenue & Compliance 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

Primary Location Salary Range:

$90,000 - $100,000


Authentic is an equal-opportunity employer and we value and embrace the diversity and inclusion of all Team Members. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, national origin, disability, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status.

For individuals with disabilities or religious obligations who would like to request an accommodation, please contact [email protected]

To access Authentic' s Privacy Policy, which contains information regarding data collected from job applicants and how we use it, please click here:

https://www.authentic.com/privacy-policy

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
353 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

Authentic Brands Group (ABG) is a brand development, marketing and entertainment company, which owns a portfolio of global media, entertainment and lifestyle brands. Headquartered in New York City, ABG elevates and builds the long-term value of more than 50 consumer brands and properties by partnering with best-in-class manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. Its brands have a global retail footprint across the luxury, specialty, department store, mid-tier, mass and e-commerce channels and in more than 6,100 freestanding stores and shop-in-shops around the world.

ABG is committed to transforming brands by delivering compelling product, content, business and immersive experiences. It creates and activates original marketing strategies to drive the success of its brands across all consumer touchpoints, platforms and emerging media. ABG’s portfolio of iconic and world-renowned brands includes Marilyn Monroe®, Elvis Presley®, Muhammad Ali®, Shaquille O'Neal®, David Beckham®, Dr. J®, Greg Norman®, Neil Lane®, Thalia®, Sports Illustrated®, Reebok®, Eddie Bauer®, Spyder®, Volcom®, Airwalk®, Nautica®, Izod®, Forever 21®, Aéropostale®, Juicy Couture®, Vince Camuto®, Lucky Brand®, Nine West®, Jones New York®, Frederick's of Hollywood®, Adrienne Vittadini®, Van Heusen®, Arrow®, Tretorn®, Tapout®, Prince®, Vision Street Wear®, Brooks Brothers®, Barneys New York®, Judith Leiber®, Herve Leger®, Frye®, Hickey Freeman®, Hart Schaffner Marx®, Thomasville®, Drexel® and Henredon®.

For more information, visit authenticbrands.com.

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