Royalties Accounting

Company Description
**Experian is a global leader in providing information, analytical and marketing services to organizations and consumers to help manage the risk and reward of commercial and financial decisions.**

Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. At life’s big moments - from buying a home or car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business exponentially by connecting it with new customers - we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence so they can maximize every opportunity.

We gather, analyze and process data in ways others can’t. We help individuals take financial control and access financial services, businesses make smarter decision and thrive, lenders lend more responsibly, and organizations prevent identity fraud and crime.

For more than 125 years, we’ve helped consumers and clients prosper, and economies and communities flourish - and we’re not done.

Our 21,700 people in 30 countries believe the possibilities for you, and our world, are growing. We’re investing in new technologies, talented people and innovation so we can help create a better tomorrow.

We consolidated our position as the fifth-best company to work for in Costa Rica according to the GPTW ranking

These results reflect the hard work and commitment to make Experian a great place to work, climbing from #14 last year to #5. It is also evidence of the company's work to ensure the well-being of its talent community through an inclusive culture, a balanced work environment, employee development, and flexible work practices.

**Job Description**:
Experian GL Accounting team is seeking an Expert for FICO to meet our growing needs in Costa Rica. As an Expert, you will oversee ensuring completeness, timeliness and accuracy of royalty monthly calculation and associated reporting and payments, while being an integral part of the month end/ quarter end/ year end closes. You will also drive the alignment of new royalty rate cards, as well as visualizations of the data in Tableau.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Prepare / review monthly royalty calculation.
- Analyze applicable Tableau and mainframe reports and determine if they accurately represent appropriate royalty related data.
- Update, implement and review Pricing exceptions to the monthly calculation.
- Incorporate new Pricing exceptions into the ongoing process.
- Prepare and post journal entries associated with month end closes.
- Report and present to the royalty support and GL management the monthly calculation and comparable to obtain sign off.
- Prepare and drive analytical analysis to ensure payments are in line with expectations.
- Work closely with CIS, Auto and Mortgage finance teams to provide necessary data to support their close and reporting activities.
- Ensure external royalty reporting is correctly formatted and files are delivered on a timely and consistent basis.
- Interpret, build consensus on, and respond to direct inquiries to our monthly files.
- Troubleshoot mainframe and Tableau reports for issues and solutions.
- Communicate with royalty management team and BU Finance team any issues, as well as adjustments to liabilities.
- Collaborate with Tableau, mainframe, royalty management and BU Finance teams on any process improvements.
- Demonstrate dedication to be a leader from the data and audit perspective.
- Enhance and build visualization for royalty data, as well as work on expanding data sets to revenue.
- Ensure alignment with correct score card and alignment with historical cards, if needed.
- Work with Tableau information technology team to implement a new rate card.
- Test and ensure accuracy of the calculation logic in Tableau and offline process for the new rate cards.
- Build processes around new “carve outs” for newly carded royalty revenue.
- Support enforcement of controls and external/internal audits, including royalty specific audits.
- Develop and implement procedures to achieve efficient and effective month end close with a continuous improvement mindset.

**Qualifications**:
**Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications**
- Minimum of 5 years related work experience in a high pace environment.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting or Management Information Systems.
- Previous experience with Tableau or any database, data visualization related tool.
- High level of attention to detail combined with an understanding of royalty calculation process.
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills (C1 Level).
- Advanced Excel, Oracle and Power Point knowledge.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong ability to demonstrate complete ownership of assigned tasks.
- Strong business partnering skills.
- Works effectively across other departments/business units to ensure business issues are resolved for the success of the company.
- Effective organizational skills and ability to manage multiple responsibiliti