Royalty Audit Assistant Manager - #1802678

More than you expected

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Job Description:

Are you interested in an exciting opportunity to apply your problem solving and sceptical mindset to a commercially focused situation, providing real time added value to our clients and providing you with an opportunity to take on that next challenge in your career. As an Assistant Manager within our Revenue Share & Royalty Audit service line team, you will be directly exposed to the commercial workings of the industries mentioned below, dealing directly with operational, finance, and legal teams at both our clients and the third parties that we review. The role will require you to work across different global territories and languages in providing our tailored contract-compliance agreed-upon-procedures.

And there’s opportunity for international travel as well.

As an Assistant Manager in our Revenue Share & Royalty Audit service line team, you would operates across three core areas:

1: We work with some of the largest Global Film & TV Producers and Studios in a variety of areas including, theatrical licensee reviews, royalty audits and production cost grant certifications.

2: We work with internationally recognised Brands and Intellectual Property Owners, ensuring they maximise value from their IP from either their core business model or in their merchandising programmes. Our clients include many household names you will recognise.

3: Finally, we support multinational Pharmaceutical companies with what can be complex and technical commercial agreements, reviewing that our client is receiving what they are contractually due from third parties . The work involves auditing licensees and partners on behalf of the IP owners to ensure our clients are maximising commercial value receiving all monies due to them and assisting our client manage commercial and operational risks.

A look into the role

As an Assistant Manager within our Revenue Share & Royalty Audit service line, you will:

• Be responsible for the delivery of third-party reviews and management of a portfolio of audit clients
• Solve complex technical matters for our clients, and project manage client work
• Oversee and develop your team to the highest standard, also taking responsibility for your own personal development
• Build and maintain strong working relationship with your team, our clients and the third parties that we review
• Take opportunities for wider department responsibilities through training and pitching new projects
• Constantly strive to push yourself, and the business, further, knowing you’re supported through every stage
  
  
  

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as an Assistant Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is a professional qualification (ACA, ICAS, CA, ACCA or CIPFA). It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.

• Experience developing work plans and testing approaches to deal with complex challenges
• Project management experience, including providing both verbal and written status updates to client and third parties
• Experience in applying business acumen and commercial awareness to understand the implications of complex contractual terms, and the impact this has on our work and associated risks for our clients.
• Exposure to engagement economics and the importance of both high quality work and commercial excellence
• Experience in challenging third parties evidence and a track record of demonstrating professional scepticism in your day to day work
• Experience preparing audit reports and the ability to succinctly articulate findings related to complex matters in a format suitable for c-suite stakeholders
• Extensive experience of using audit software, Microsoft packages and data analysis tools
• Experience in dealing with data / data analytics
  
  
  

Knowing we’re right for you

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society.

It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.