Senior Specialist, Accounting - Business Alliance Support

Job Description

Position Description:

Senior Specialist, Business Alliance Support

The Senior Specialist, Business Alliance Support will be responsible for the calculation of amounts associated with the Company’s licensing agreements.  Tasks include royalty payment preparation and reporting, and communication and coordination of reporting requirements relative to such agreements for external and internal customers. The position will also work closely to coordinate intercompany royalty planning efforts with the Tax department. 

Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Perform monthly close responsibilities

• Calculate, accrue and pay royalty and other licensing obligations

• Prepare and review plan forecasts for third party and intercompany royalty income and expense

• Monitor corporate portfolio of executed license agreements for contractual compliance

• Support stakeholders on royalty relevant developments (Human Health Finance, Alliance Management, BD&L)

• Participate on TRAIN project teams for any new corporate transactions involving licensing or royalty obligations

• Ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for all departmental processes

• Support external, internal, and licensor audits

• Provide system oversight for the Alliant software application

• Assist in ad-hoc special projects

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• BS/BA or higher in Accounting / Finance

Required Experience and Skills:

• A minimum of 3 years of accounting or finance, internal audit, and/or public accounting

• Ability to work with limited supervision

• Strong analytical skills with an attention to detail

• Strong organizational skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Strong social/partnership skills

• Ability to understand contractual agreements and execute financial provisions under strict deadlines

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• CPA strongly preferred

• Familiarity with corporate licensing contracts and standard contractual terms

• Knowledge of HFM, FSA, and SAP

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