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Macmillan Learning · 2 months ago

Senior Manager/Director of Accounting – Rights & Royalties

New York, New York, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$130K/yr - $150K/yr

8+ years exp

Macmillan Learning is seeking a highly skilled and process-driven accounting leader to oversee their Rights & Royalties accounting functions. This role will manage two Accounting Managers and focus on improving accounting processes, ensuring accuracy, and maintaining robust internal controls across royalties and subrights.

Education

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor two Accounting Managers overseeing a subrights and royalty accounting team consisting of 5 full time employees and 4 contractors

Serve as the senior point of contact for royalties and subrights accounting across the organization with both internal stakeholders and external auditors

Oversee the creation of process documentation and serve as the process owner for rights and royalties accounting

Design, implement, and improve processes for monthly accruals, year-end estimates of advance recoupments, reconciliations, account roll-forwards, and streamline journal entries

Partner with Finance, Contracts, and Subrights Sales teams to streamline reporting and ensure accuracy

Drive transformation initiatives tied to ongoing system changes and new ISBN-level accounting in SAP

Oversee the reconciliation of advances and royalty earnings from two different royalty systems into the SAP general ledger

Leverage Excel and large datasets to enhance analysis, reporting, and internal controls

Own the data definitions of royalties and subrights fields that impact the financial ledger and serve as the point of contact for technology in changes impacting the rights & royalties accounting process

Provide timely and accurate reporting to division finance teams

Support ongoing and future implementations of new royalty systems and associated process transitions

Ensure accounting practices align with internal controls and company policies

Qualification

Rights & Royalties AccountingProcess ImprovementLeadershipSAPAdvanced ExcelInternal ControlsCompliance RequirementsData ManagementTeam ManagementCross-functional Collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA preferred

8+ years of progressive accounting experience (10+ years for Director level)

Direct experience with rights & royalties accounting (required)

Strong process-improvement background with a track record of building scalable accounting processes in modern ERP systems

Advanced Excel skills and demonstrated ability to manage large, complex data sets

Strong understanding of internal controls and compliance requirements

Proven leadership skills with experience managing teams and working cross-functionally

Preferred

Experience in publishing strongly preferred

Experience within entertainment & media mandatory

Proficiency in SAP or equivalent ERP systems (preferred)

Company

Macmillan Learning

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Macmillan Learning improves lives through learning and offers content developed in partnership with the authors, educators, and developers. It is a sub-organization of Macmillan.

Founded in 1946

New York, New York, USA

501-1000 employees