Royalty Audit Associate: Data Reconciliation & Investigations

Apply Now; Great Holland; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

Penguin in Frating, Essex, is seeking a Royalty Audit Assistant to join the Royalties team. You will review third-party royalty reporting, analyze data, and help identify discrepancies while supporting audit planning and investigations.

You’ll recover income from overseas tax deductions and liaise with internal and external stakeholders. The role involves leading recovery of tax deducted for German sublicensees and coordinating with overseas tax portals.

Qualifications

• Good numerical and analytical skills with high accuracy.
• Experience with financial, royalty or other transactional data.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to reconcile large datasets.
• Ability to identify discrepancies and anomalies and document findings.
• Good written and verbal communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Curious, questioning approach to investigate differences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the recovery of excess tax deducted from German sublicensees and process refund applications.
• Support analysis and recovery of tax deducted on Ventures income from overseas sub-agents.
• Support royalty audits by analyzing data from third-party licensees and reconciling sales data.
• Analyze high-value author and brand royalty statements to identify anomalies and support audit planning.
• Perform quality assurance checks on cash and royalty statements and escalate issues.
• Track improvements from royalty audit reviews and follow up on actions.

Skills

Numerical ability

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Discrepancy identification

Communication skills

Curious mindset

Tools

Excel

Job description

Penguin in Frating, Essex, is seeking a Royalty Audit Assistant to join the Royalties team. You will review third-party royalty reporting, analyze data, and help identify discrepancies while supporting audit planning and investigations.

You’ll recover income from overseas tax deductions and liaise with internal and external stakeholders. The role involves leading recovery of tax deducted for German sublicensees and coordinating with overseas tax portals.