Analyst, Royalty Reporting

The Senior Royalty Reporting Analyst sits within the Financial Contracts Reporting DC Comics Royalty department, which handles contractual reporting to talent who provide services and create new characters for DC Comics. The role reviews, interprets and applies contractual agreements to ensure all financial obligations are met, preparing and reviewing royalty and participation statements for accuracy and compliance. The analyst works closely with DC Comics Business Affairs, Legal and Editorial Administration, and partners with the technology team on royalty system enhancements and business process improvements.

• Prepare high-dollar, complex and high-visibility participations royalty statements using the publishing system, the enterprise SAP platform, existing tools and analytical methodologies.
• Read and interpret abstracts, legal agreements and other related written documentation.
• Perform current and historical data analysis and verify that reporting is in accordance with contractual agreements.
• Take into account patterns of publishing, film, television and other product, and agreements between WB Pictures, Animation, Television, Games and DC Comics.
• Research abnormalities using SAP and other line-of-business components to review underlying transactional activity.
• Respond to inquiries on royalty statements, research and answer questions from various stakeholders, and participate in business unit meetings to discuss process improvements and changing business needs.
• Support ad-hoc and special projects, including identifying system enhancements, assisting in design and testing, presentations to management and staff, and historical research and clean-up activities.
• Address changing business needs with new processes, systems, tools and templates.
• Identify and implement process improvement and automation on an ongoing and continuous basis.
• Work with the technology team to identify and test royalty system enhancements and improve business processes.

• Minimum 1–2 years of previous accounting, audit or financial-related experience.
• Business analyst or financial analyst experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience.
• Strong proficiency in Excel and other data analysis techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong planning and organisational skills.
• Strong time management skills to manage multiple tasks.
• Strong maths and algebra skills.
• Strong English verbal and written communication skills, including the development, documentation and delivery of training materials.
• Ability to read and understand digests, abstracts and legal agreements.
• Ability to interact with all levels of personnel and management, and to understand and communicate with operational, financial, IT and executive personnel.
• Ability to adapt and learn new technology.
• Ability to work independently and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, with flexibility to changing priorities and working overtime as needed.
• Ability to take on progressive responsibility within the organisation.
• Solution-oriented mindset with the ability to think outside the box.

• Experience with royalties, participations or residuals.
• Publishing or entertainment industry-related experience.
• Experience with system implementations and testing.
• SAP experience.
• Tableau or Power Platform (Power BI, Query, etc.) experience.
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics or Information Systems.

• Robust year-round training programme.
• Opportunities to learn the entertainment industry and many aspects of DC Comics and the publishing business, including the inter-relationship between publishing, merchandising, TV, theatrical and games.