Job Title: Finance Accountant

Location: Head Office, Leicester

Salary: £Competitive plus bonus & benefits

We are currently looking to recruit a Finance Accountant  within our Sales & Stock Accounting team. This is a hybrid role based 3 days a week in the office.

Next is a dynamic and fast growing business, to succeed in this role you must be happy in a fast-moving, fluid, ever-changing environment. You will need a mixture of solid financial / management accounting skills, coupled with financial analysis to maintain core financial controls, support Key Stakeholders and business initiatives.

The successful candidate will become a key part of the Sales & Stock Accounting team, to support the continued success and growth of the Next business.

The role:

You will be supporting Next’s ‘Royalties & Licensing' business. Based at our Leicestershire Head Office, you will be responsible for delivering finance support to key stakeholders in relation to revenue generated from royalties and licensing.

Key responsibilities:

Royalty Statement Management
 

Manage the preparation and issuance of periodic outbound royalty and licensing statements for 45 partners with an outflow of c. £10m p.a Manage the preparation and issuance of inbound royalty statements and sales invoices, generating income of c. £1m p.a Key liaison with product teams and licensing partners to ensure prompt payment, contract compliance and resolve any operational issues arising from the issuance of statements.

Management Information

Produce weekly sales performance reports for each partner detailing sales, performance v forecast and performance v minimum guarantees. Manage performance v minimum guarantees, involving the management of onerous contract provisions.
 

Contract Management & Compliance

Review all new contracts with product teams and legal to identify and prevent operational challenges. Review contracts for turnover specific clauses to ensure correct billing of royalties.
 

Experience

A pro-active and hands on qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) 

Demonstrable reporting experience

A proven ability to work independently

Demonstrable stakeholder management skills

Strong influencing and negotiation skills.

Exceptional working knowledge of MS Office (esp. MS Excel) suite of products, Google Gsuite is desirable

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