
Supervisor – Royalty Contract Compliance
Armanino
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Hyderabad • India
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About the role
- Supervise, plan and perform royalty compliance audits and desktop reviews for various client engagements
- Conduct detailed contract reviews to summarize and interpret financial provisions of client agreements with third parties, including record labels, publishers, digital service providers and other licensing entities
- Lead a team of staff members under supervision of a Manager and/or Director
- Exhibit strong analytical skills to evaluate calculations presented on royalty statements for compliance with financial terms in the relevant agreements
- Prepare basic and moderately complex workpapers and written reports to calculate and quantify understated royalties as per agreement terms
- Continue to develop administrative, professional, and interpersonal skills to the extent of being able to organize, analyze and communicate with both the engagement team and client personnel in a professional, productive, and efficient manner
- Exercise professional skepticism in the critical assessment of audit evidence
- Research and analyze pertinent client, industry, and technical matters
- Prepare clear, complete, and accurate workpapers and audit reports
- Update Managers and/or Partners of engagements’ statuses and assurance issues in timely manner
- Develop understanding of client businesses related to assigned assurance areas
- Understand and comply with the Firm’s quality control policy
- Perform timely review of staff workpapers and provide constructive feedback
- Perform some management duties, including: second review of workpapers, support manager(s) with resource management, directly report to Partner and attend client presentations/meetings.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Music Business or related field
- 1+ year of supervisory experience
- 3+ years of experience in the music industry working with royalties, interpreting agreements and/or accounting in audit or assurance
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and experience in data analytics tools is a plus
- Experience in querying large datasets to conduct thorough and accurate analyses
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of articulating complex findings in a clear and concise manner
- Knowledge of Python or other programming skills, with the ability to use these skills to streamline data analysis and reporting
- Experience with valuing intellectual property, including master recordings, publishing rights, and name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights.
Benefits
- Provident Fund
- Gratuity
- Medical Insurance
- Group Personal Accident Insurance
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Hard Skills & Tools
royalty compliance auditscontract reviewsfinancial analysisdata analyticsquerying large datasetsPythonExcelworkpapers preparationaudit reportingintellectual property valuation
Soft Skills
analytical skillsinterpersonal skillsorganizational skillscommunication skillsprofessional skepticismteam leadershipconstructive feedbacktime managementclient engagementproblem-solving