Accounting Manager

Remote, OH
Remote

$37.41 Per Hour
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2 days ago

Job Description

Primary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Accounting Manager to join an education technology & publishing company in OHIO (100% Remote). This is a 4-month contract with a potential for extension.

Pay:$37.41/hr; W2 contract, no PTO, no Benefits. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.

Description:

The Temporary Manager, Royalty Accounting and Controls provides leadership and operational continuity for key royalty accounting, financial control, and third-party income processes during the temporary assignment period.
The position oversees the third-party offshore service provider's day-to-day royalty accounting activities, including receipt and processing of payments and royalty statements from subsidiaries and third-party publishers.
The role ensures transactions are processed accurately and on time, exceptions are investigated and resolved, and authors are paid correctly.
The position also coordinates SOX controls and audit requirements across Royalty Operations, including oversight of the monthly royalty expense review and related financial reconciliations.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Royalty Accounting and Third-Party Income

Oversee work performed by the external service provider related to third-party income received from licensing U.S. content to subsidiaries and third-party publishers.
Ensure royalty statements and related payments are received, processed, and recorded accurately within required deadlines.
Monitor processing exceptions, payment discrepancies, and system kick-outs, coordinating investigation and resolution as necessary.
Provide guidance to the offshore service provider regarding corrective actions and processing requirements.
Oversee advance payments and third-party payment processing performed by the offshore service provider.

Financial Controls, Reconciliations, and Compliance

Coordinate Royalty Operations' SOX controls and support internal and external audit requirements.
Oversee the monthly royalty expense review to identify unusual transactions, variances, or potential payment issues.
Research identified issues and coordinate corrections with Royalty Operations, Business Units, Finance, Legal, and technology partners.
Perform or oversee monthly and annual royalty payment reconciliations.
Coordinate Business Unit write-offs and respond to royalty payment inquiries from Accounts Payable.
Manage processes related to refund checks and the annual 1099 cycle.
Maintain supporting documentation for financial controls, reconciliations, reviews, and audit requests.

Temporary Assignment and Transition Responsibilities

Maintain continuity of critical royalty accounting and control activities throughout the temporary assignment.
Document recurring responsibilities, key deadlines, open issues, control requirements, and important stakeholder contacts.
Escalate material processing, payment, reconciliation, control, or system issues to the appropriate leadership team.
Support an orderly transition at the beginning and conclusion of the assignment, including transfer of current status, outstanding actions, and process documentation.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

Experience:

Four or more years of experience in royalty accounting, financial operations, accounting controls, publishing operations, or a related field.
Experience overseeing work performed by an offshore team, shared-services organization, or external service provider.
Experience with reconciliations, financial controls, audit support, and general ledger impacts.
Experience testing financial systems or validating accounting results associated with system changes is strongly preferred.

Required Skills and Competencies:

Excellent analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.
Strong attention to detail, particularly when working with publishing agreements, royalty system processing, payments, and general ledger activity.
Ability to understand how contractual royalty terms are represented within royalty systems and ultimately recorded financially.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and take initiative.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on issues within established deadlines.
Ability to work with significant volumes of detailed financial and transactional information.
Ability to oversee, guide, and monitor the work of an off-site or offshore team supporting the Royalty Accounting function.
Ability to collaborate effectively with Finance, Accounts Payable, Legal, Business Units, technology teams, external service providers, and auditors.
Ability to clearly document processes, decisions, testing outcomes, reconciliations, and outstanding issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior experience in publishing, media, intellectual property, royalties, licensing, or rights management.
Knowledge of royalty accounting processes and author or licensor payment cycles.
Familiarity with SOX controls, audit documentation, and financial control testing.
Experience with royalty management systems, enterprise financial systems, and general ledger interfaces.
Experience managing or coordinating third-party service providers.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including reconciliation and analysis of high-volume transactional data.

Travel Requirements:

No travel is required for this position.

Working Environment:

This position is performed remotely.
Work is conducted from a remote work environment using standard office equipment and approved company technology.

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at info@primarytalentpartners.com

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Numbers & Facts

Location	Remote, OH ( Remote )
Salary	$37.41 Per Hour

Skills

Accountingunmatched
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Document Managementunmatched
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Financial Systemsunmatched
Financial Transactionsunmatched
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Identify Issuesunmatched
Intellectual Property (IP)unmatched
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Leadershipunmatched
Legalunmatched
Licensingunmatched
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Offshoringunmatched
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People Managementunmatched
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Project Trackingunmatched
Publishingunmatched
Reconciliationunmatched
Record Keepingunmatched
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)unmatched
System Validationunmatched
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Third-Party Payerunmatched
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Transaction Processing/Managementunmatched
Willing to Travelunmatched
Work From Homeunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched

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