Red hat Royalty Accounting Specialist Fixed-Term 

Ireland, Cork 

409627682

What you will do

• A professional individual responsible for monitoring and tracking of reporting-based customers including ISV, CCSP, and other consumption programs

• Support internal and external customers with financial or operational queries related to existing contracts and programs

• Actively manage royalty reporter timetables, ensuring reporting is timely, accurate, and within contractual terms – following up on any non-reporting customers appropriately to maximize Revenue for the company

• Maintain royalty reporting tool for tracking and reporting purposes

• Compile detailed analytical reports to share information with management on a monthly, quarterly, or ad hoc basis

• Work collaboratively with our internal teams to problem-solve or escalate issues as necessary

• Ensure invoicing is executed appropriately for royalty-based customers and ensure balance bills are completed at contract expiration/termination

• Actively participate in regional departmental meetings and activities

• Identify and communicate issues and potential improvement areas

• Ensure compliance with internal controls and processes

• Ongoing process improvement initiatives and projects on an ad hoc basis both locally and with global teams

• Compile the RPO of Royalty contracts for inclusion in our Financial Statement Disclosures

• Analysis in detail of monthly CCSP partners' revenue usage in order to provide the Royalty accrual, MOM

• Perform a monthly review of the accrual posted against the revenue recognized and act accordingly.

• Collaborate with the Revenue team to ensure all royalty-related agreements are accounted for in line with current accounting standards

• Support internal and external audit processes

• Maintain our ISV/ Non ISV Firm commitments tracker which is updated with each report received counting towards an existing firm revenue commitment. An extensive reconciliation is performed monthly to ensure data is accurate.

• Co-operate closely with SEAP providing a quarterly report outlining non reporters from all programs and ad hoc queries.

Required skills

• Experience in ERP systems e.g. Oracle

• Competent in Microsoft Excel – Pivots, V-lookups, etc, and how to interpret results

• Ability to work on own initiative and Problem Solver with analytical skills

• Capable of applying judgment to complex contractual arrangements and ad hoc requests

• Excellent interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive working relationships: listens and communicates clearly, concisely, confidently, and constructively to ensure mutual understanding.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to meet strict deadlines

• Strong attention to detail is crucial to ensuring accurate financial reporting

• Ability to prioritize tasks with good time management

• A team player with a proactive and positive attitude to work

• Experience with creating reports or dashboards in business intelligence tools such as Tableau is a plus

• Third-level qualification of a business-related discipline.