Systems System
Resume:
GINA SCALIA
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SUMMARY
Accounting/Royalty professional with expertise in managing and processing Theatrical and Publishing
royalties. Collaborated with consultants to customize and design several Theatrical royalty systems.
Instrumental in creating workarounds for royalty clients with contractual complex royalty rates and
exceptions.
Qualification Highlights:
• Royalty Statements Processing
• Contract Interpretation
• Managing Royalty Systems
• Royalty Client Data and Rate Analysis
• Contractual Advances
• Royalty Payments Analysis and Tracking
• Royalty Client Satisfaction
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN ORGANIZATION, New York, NY 1981 - 2013
Director of Royalty Accounting & Analysis
Assured timely and accurate payout of royalties by managing and maintaining royalty systems capturing
all new changes to existing agreements.
• Oversaw and reviewed royalty client contracts to ensure all contractual terms were met and that
information was either entered into royalty system and/or prepared appropriate spreadsheets.
• Ensured translation of contractual rate terms into CoreAX royalty system collaborating with
business affairs.
• Acted as liaison to royalty clients and agents providing analysis information, responding to
inquiries and resolving issues enhancing client satisfaction.
• Ensured compliance of royalty contracts when managing, preparing and processing monthly,
quarterly, semi-annual and annual royalty statements.
• Worked in conjunction with consultants to customize and design several Theatrical royalty
systems.
• Created workarounds for royalty clients with contractually complex royalty rates.
• Managed reconciliation of revenue processing in royalty system for Month End Close assuring
tight deadlines were met.
• Worked with Royalty Systems (UERP and CoreAX) and General Ledger (AX Dynamics)
consultants to reconcile systems, create reports and ensure that royalty systems were interfacing
correctly with GL.
• Worked with Core and iMaestro royalty publishing systems to access client information and for
analysis purposes.
• Controlled and prepared updated quarterly advance recoupment analysis schedules and
reconciled to General Ledger advance account.
• Managed and handled the entries of contractual advances into royalty system to ensure
appropriate advance payments to royalty clients and recoupment of future earnings.
• Managed and prepared manual Grossed Up royalty statements, calculated new rates and made
adjustment entries into royalty system to ensure accurate royalty payout.
• Facilitated alignment of payments by preparing guarantee analysis schedules capturing
shortfalls or overages
• Reviewed contractual payment terms and provided analysis and tracking schedules of specific
tours and various productions to guarantee timely and accurate payments.
• Entered appropriate tax adjustment entries into royalty system for specific royalty clients
ensuring corrected payments and accurate payments to the IRS.
• Reviewed and reconciled monthly revenue for proper allocation and processing.
• Tracked and prepared schedules of advances received to ensure correct recoupment and
processing of earned revenue within appropriate royalty periods.
• Managed, reconciled and prepared updated monthly deferred revenue schedules to assure
advance payments/unearned revenue was properly recorded and/or processed.
• Managed and reconciled royaltor/writer trial balance reports to ensure accurate ending balances.
• Reviewed and reconciled vendor (royaltor/writer) aging reports to make certain that liabilities
information was correct for month end close and quarterly.
• Prepared royalty and/or royaltor comparison analysis schedules.
• Communicated with foreign sub-agents regarding remitted reports and ensured that payments
and statements were remitted as per contractual terms.
• Prepared conversion schedules of all foreign sub-agents reports to properly allocate payments in
US dollars.
• Reviewed and approved AP royalty payment journal reports to make certain that payment
information was accurate and advised on payment method.
• Researched and provided internal and external supporting documentation for various projects.
• Improved receipt of W-9’s and W-8BEN’s due to relationship with clients and agents.
EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Completed 1 year of College in Accounting at Queensboro Community College – Bayside, NY
Fluent Italian Speaker
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