Senior Royalty Compliance & Audit Analyst

Citrin Cooperman; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Citrin Cooperman seeks an experienced Senior Royalty Inspection and Compliance Analyst for its Music royalty practice within the Business Management and Family Office. The role requires leading complex royalty inspection engagements with minimal oversight and deep knowledge of royalty accounting and licensing arrangements.

You will analyze contracts, apply royalty provisions, and communicate findings to clients and management, leveraging advanced Excel skills and solid reporting abilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 3 to 5+ years of music royalty experience with royalty inspection experience.
• Comfortable leading royalty inspections independently.
• Deep understanding of record label, music publishing, neighboring rights, mechanical, performance, synchronization, and digital royalty income streams.
• Advanced Excel skills; pivot tables, look-ups, etc.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work closely, and independently, with royalty professional staff on royalty audits of music companies (e.g. record labels and music publishers) and other licensees of intellectual property on behalf of the Firm’s clients.
• Manage engagements including planning, execution, supervision, review, client communication, and report writing.
• Identify potential royalty risks and develop strategies.
• Review, interpret, and apply complex contractual royalty provisions to transactional and royalty reporting data.
• Analyze large royalty datasets utilizing advanced Excel and other database tools.
• Manage client relationships and communicate findings to artists, songwriters, producers, executives, and management teams.

Skills

Music royalty accounting

Independent leadership

Advanced Excel

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Pivot tables

Lookups

Job description

Citrin Cooperman seeks an experienced Senior Royalty Inspection and Compliance Analyst for its Music royalty practice within the Business Management and Family Office. The role requires leading complex royalty inspection engagements with minimal oversight and deep knowledge of royalty accounting and licensing arrangements.

You will analyze contracts, apply royalty provisions, and communicate findings to clients and management, leveraging advanced Excel skills and solid reporting abilities.