Director, Financial Contract Reporting

About Crunchyroll

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About the role

The Director Financial Contract Reporting, will help optimize business processes and ensuring top-notch service delivery to our licensors. Collaborate with international counterparts to align Royalty processes, manage financial components, and lead global integration efforts. As the Director of Financial Contract Reporting you will oversee the end-to-end royalty reporting process, from data ingestion to reconciliation, while managing accruals, payment approvals, and troubleshooting queries. You will lead the team in implementing new technologies, develop reporting systems, and set measurable Goals.

As the Director Financial Contract Reporting you will report to the VP Finance.

A day in the life:

• Work cross-departmentally to implement better ways of working throughout the business, ensuring the very best service to our licensors
• Work with international counterparts to ensure understanding of Royalty processes and tracking of financial components affecting reporting and payouts (Revenue, P&A costs, Advances shortfalls)
• Manage integration for new acquisitions and ongoing business efforts to achieve global integration for FCR
• Manage accruals process and reporting and payment approvals and reconciliation
• Manage all outbound royalty distributions to our licensors
• Implement new technologies and develop corresponding reporting to organize and track projects progress and capture KPIs
• Set goals to measure targets and create regular performance reports for senior management
• Oversee end-to-end royalty reporting process: data ingestions, contract set up (in collaboration with Deal Management), preparation and review of royalty statements, research of underlying transactional activities to ensure accuracy and contractual compliance
• Perform royalty-related financial analysis
• Participate in system testing and data cleansing and contribute to future planning requirements for rights Management/royalty tools
• Comply with and complete internal audit requirements (including SOX), managing checklists, reviews and approvals

About You

• 12+ years of experience in accounting, entertainment, or a related field with exposure to third-party participation, royalty reporting and content accounting
• 5+ years of experience managing people and leading a global team
• CPA and/or MBA
• Experience designing integration plans, and consolidate international operations
• Experience with international deal reporting and analysis in a large corporate setting
• Ability to read and interpret legal agreements
• Familiarity with large scale ERP and Royalties systems

About the Team

The Crunchyroll Financial Contract Reporting (FCR) Team is a global organization of professionals working together to support important business functions and ensuring compliant global contractual reporting obligations, following company policy and ensuring internal process alignment across multiple areas.   As part of the Financial Contract Reporting (FCR) leadership team, you will join during a period of transformation and will help build an outstanding team and processes to help us achieve short- and long-term goals for global growth. 

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

• Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
• Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Health Saving Account HSA program
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan, with employer match
• Employer paid commuter benefit
• Support program for new parents
• Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid

This is a Hybrid role. We are open to candidates in any of our three US offices; Dallas, Culver City or San Fransisco.

The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and perfor