Royalty Audit Manager: Contract Compliance (Hybrid)

Grant Thornton (US); Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Paid sick leave (72 hours)

Job summary

Grant Thornton LLP seeks an accomplished Royalty Audit Manager to lead domestic and international royalty and contract compliance audits from planning through reporting. You will drive risk-based selection and manage engagement teams across multiple industries while coordinating with licensees, legal, finance, and internal audit.

The role emphasizes strong project management, contract interpretation, and financial analysis, with opportunities to impact recoveries and process improvements within

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, MIS, or related field is required.
• Minimum 5+ years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level.
• Certification required, CPA, CISA, CISSP, CIA or CISM preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple domestic and international royalty and contract compliance audits from planning through reporting, including risk-based audit selection, scoping, budgeting, staffing, scheduling, and milestone management.
• Be responsible for the oversight and delivery of third-party reviews and management of a diverse portfolio of reviews.
• Interpret licensing, distribution, content, talent, participation, merchandising, and royalty agreements; assess contractual risks; and identify potential recovery opportunities.
• Direct fieldwork and review financial, operational, and contractual testing of sales, royalties, deductions, reserves, advances, guarantees, controls, calculations, and supporting records, while managing complex, forensically focused projects.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal teams, clients, and third parties while serving as the primary client contact, coordinating with licensees and legal, finance, licensing, internal audit, and operational teams.
• Familiarity with intellectual property and licensing industry including typical royalty structures and rights.
• Use data analytics and business intelligence tools to analyze large datasets, identify anomalies and non-compliance, and develop dashboards and reporting.
• Prepare audit reports and executive summaries, quantify findings and recoveries, support negotiations and settlements.
• Supervise, coach, and develop audit staff; review workpapers and performance; support recruiting and onboarding; promote knowledge sharing.

Skills

Project management

Contract interpretation

Financial analysis

Client service

Team leadership

Multinational experience

Education

Bachelor's degree (Accounting/Finance/MIS)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Alteryx

Python

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Generative AI

Job description

Grant Thornton LLP seeks an accomplished Royalty Audit Manager to lead domestic and international royalty and contract compliance audits from planning through reporting. You will drive risk-based selection and manage engagement teams across multiple industries while coordinating with licensees, legal, finance, and internal audit.

The role emphasizes strong project management, contract interpretation, and financial analysis, with opportunities to impact recoveries and process improvements within