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Royalties & Licensing Accountant
Leicester | Full-time | Office-based | Circa £45,000
Previous royalties experience is essential.


Cedar is working with a well-established international business operating across the licensed consumer products sector, to recruit a Royalties & Licensing Accountant to join their finance team in Leicester.


This is a specialist role with responsibility for the full royalty accounting process across a portfolio of licences. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders, licensors and external auditors, combining financial analysis with commercial and contractual understanding.


About the Role
You’ll take ownership of the end-to-end royalty process, including:
*Preparing and distributing monthly, quarterly and semi-annual royalty statements.
*Managing the timely receipt and processing of licensor royalty statements.
*Reviewing, validating and approving royalty invoices.
*Analysing and summarising large volumes of royalty data for licensors.
*Using Excel to manipulate, analyse and reconcile high volumes of data.
*Producing monthly and quarterly royalty analysis and reporting.
*Supporting the reconciliation and clearance of royalty-related balance sheet accounts.
*Preparing and distributing royalty forecast reports.
*Acting as a key point of contact for internal and external royalty queries.
*Supporting and managing the end-to-end licensor audit process, including data collection, compliance, query resolution and settlement calculations.
*Carrying out detailed reviews of licensing agreements to identify financial, operational and contractual risks.
*Interpreting contract clauses and highlighting potential risks, ambiguities or unfavourable terms.
*Supporting internal and compliance audits across key licences.
*Building effective relationships with licensors and other external stakeholders.
*Identifying opportunities to improve processes, controls and reporting.


Person Specification


Royalties experience is essential. We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate:
*Previous experience within a royalties, licensing or similar finance environment.
*Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables.
*Confidence working with large volumes of financial data.
*Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
*Experience working with financial audits.
*The ability to interpret and understand contractual and licensing terms.
*Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
*A proactive approach to improving processes and controls.
*The ability to manage multiple priorities and work to tight deadlines.