Specialist - Royalties

Job Description:

Job Title: Specialist - Royalties

Location: Pune (Hybrid working)

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Role Responsibilities: :

• Processing contracts and payments: Entering contracts analyzing contract clauses in the system and thereafter processing payments based on both contractual terms and the payment request raised.
• Auditing processed contracts and payments: Reviewing and examining contracts and payments already entered in the system and helping the team implement various Quality Control Mechanism for ensuring timely and accurate payments.
• Maintaining database for Business Partners: Creating and maintaining Business Partner records in the database at header level (including Name, Address, Email ID etc.) after carefully looking for potential duplicates.
• Report on team performance data and present them before the management team: Working cautiously on team performance data every month, prepare a detailed report of it and present the same before the team and management.
• Data allocation: Regular allocation of tasks based on data extracted from various resources in rotation every month to ensure efficiency in the process.
• Preparing multiple reports on daily basis: Preparation of small reports for working on such contracts and payments where any modification is required.
• Communication with different internal teams and external contacts: This includes the responsibility for following up on missing information, resolving queries internally, and answering questions from internal and external teams.
• Additional activities (non-related to typical production): Activities other than Contract and payments processing, like Knowledge Sharing sessions, Communication Development sessions etc. also forms an integral part of the system.
• Ad-hoc responsibilities: There could be several other tasks than the aforementioned responsibilities that come from time to time, like working on modifying migrated contracts, ad-hoc payment requests, working on other special cases during royalty runs every year, and is inevitable for the smooth running of the system.
• Support for queries raised by different teams: Answering queries raised by Business Partners, internal and external teams to locate payments, contracts, Royalty statement, 10CCD Tax Form (which includes filling up such forms along with queries or requests), clarification on the daily tasks that is performed etc., are pertinent to the process.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Law Graduates with 3 to 5 years’ experience in Royalty Contract Process
• Ability of understanding and interpreting contractual terms and conditions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be fluent in English (written and spoken).

The position is offered on a full-time basis and will be located in Pune, India on a hybrid working pattern. The applicant must be able to demonstrate the right to live and work in India.

Eligibility

In accordance with our internal career movement guidance, 12 months in current role is a requirement before applying to a new role.

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