Royalties & Partnership Accountant in London

Location: 182 Eversholt Street, London

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

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, and is responsible for the end-to-end management of licence-based royalty reporting, validation, invoicing, and collections logged in the in-house Royalty system West End. The role ensures that all royalty income is accurately reported, validated, invoiced, and collected in accordance with contractual terms, internal processes, and financial controls.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the timely submission & receipt of royalty reports from licensees and third-party agents, ensuring accuracy, completeness & compliance with contractual terms.
• Onboard new licensees onto the West End royalty portal, providing guidance and ongoing support with the accurate submission and upload of royalty reports.
• Review royalty statements for accuracy, completeness, and contractual compliance.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies in reported royalties with licensees.
• Prepare and issue invoices in line with validated royalty reports and contractual terms.
• Monitor advances, recoupments, and overage positions across licence agreements.
• Track outstanding invoices and proactively follow up to secure timely payment.
• Maintain an accurate and up-to-date debtors ledger with clear commentary and audit trail.
• Escalate overdue balances and collection risks to commercial stakeholders where required.
• Assist with maintaining data integrity within the Westend royalty system (approx. 2,500 reports across the groups per quarter) ensuring accurate processing and that recoupment and overage positions are correctly reviewed for each licensee contract.
• Ensure consistency between licensee reports, internal records, and invoicing data.
• Act as the main point of contact for licensee queries related to royalties and payments.
• Proactively collaborate with internal teams to gather and validate required data, ensuring timely resolution of issues and successful collection of overdue royalties & royalty reporting.
• Collect and consolidate royalty forecasts from licensees to support planning.
• Flag discrepancies, create and update SKUs (product identifier to track sales), and work collaboratively with licensees to investigate and resolve reporting errors.
• Monitor and identify overdue payments, taking action in line with WB CPLG credit control procedures to ensure timely collection.
• Prepare and issue withholding tax documentation to licensors and licensees, ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain dashboards & strong audit trails to ensure compliance and support financial controls.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of royalty processes and reporting efficiencies.
• Provide cross-territory support by assisting with workload coverage during team absences or annual leave, ensuring continuity of royalty reporting, validation, and credit control activities.
• Other ad hoc duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience working within a related finance role.
• Royalties experience preferred.
• Ability to interpret and apply contractual terms accurately.
• Strong MS Excel skills (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables).
• Demonstrated ability to juggle multiple tasks within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Excellent organisational & prioritisation skills.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• High level of accuracy & a strong attention to detail.

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 recognise your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. We offer competitive benefits, and we invest in our people and their future.

Our Commitment:

Diversity, Equity, 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 recognise 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.

WildBrain CPLG is part of WildBrain Ltd., a global leader in kids’ and family entertainment.