Royalty Controller

SF Studios is seeking a Royalty Controller to join their team in Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden. This role offers a broad and operational finance position where finance meets contracts, data, and systems. You will be responsible for the entire royalty process, from interpreting contracts to calculating, reconciling, and reporting royalties.

SF Studios has been a leading Nordic film and TV studio for over 100 years, producing iconic films and working with renowned talents. Today, they operate across all Nordic countries, involved in feature film and TV series production, distribution, and digital streaming services.

We are looking for a Royalty Controller who thrives on ongoing financial work and wants to contribute to developing our processes and ways of working. Apply now to join our creative and passionate team!

Company Overview

For more than 100 years, SF Studios has been a leading Nordic film and TV studio that has produced some of cinema’s most iconic films and worked with some of the greatest talents in the industry, such as Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Bergman and Greta Garbo. Today we have operations in all of the Nordic countries and our business include production of feature films and TV series and distribution of content to cinemas, through home entertainment and our digital streaming services SF Anytime and Blockbuster. We are also an international distributor of film and TV content represented globally by our partner REinvent Yellow Sales. We are driven by creativity and a strong passion for filmmaking. We put magic in motion.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Not Specified
• Job Type: Full-time
• Qualifications: Not Specified
• Experience: No Experience / Fresh

Key Responsibilities

• Calculate and report royalties according to agreements and ensure correct and punctual settlements.
• Manage and quality assure large datasets and reporting documentation.
• Work with reconciliations, payment documentation, and reservations in connection with reporting and closing accounts.
• Analyze outcomes, identify deviations, and investigate differences in documentation and calculations.
• Interpret contract terms and ensure they are handled correctly in the royalty process.
• Follow up on information flows between FilmTrack and Unit4 and investigate errors and system issues.
• Collaborate with Finance, IT, and other internal functions, and liaise with rights holders.
• Contribute to requirements, testing, and follow-up during system changes.
• Improve and automate recurring work tasks and develop routines and controls.

Requirements

• Relevant education in economics or equivalent knowledge through work experience.
• Good financial understanding, comfortable working in Excel, and analyzing large datasets.
• Curiosity about systems and understanding how information flows between different parts of a process.
• Experience with royalty, contract management, or systems like FilmTrack and Unit4 is a merit, but prior royalty experience is not required.
• Practical experience with generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) is a plus.
• Meticulous, analytical, and responsible personality.
• Comfortable with ongoing work, detail-oriented, and sees opportunities for simplification and improvement.
• Prestige-less team player who helps colleagues and contributes to the team's overall work.
• Good communication skills in Swedish and English.

Benefits

• A role with many points of contact and opportunities for development within Finance, royalty, contracts, and systems.
• Be part of a team where collaboration, quality, and development are important parts of everyday life.
• Opportunity to work with generative AI tools.