Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. RELX, through LexisNexis Legal & Professional, provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics and develops AI-enabled products for professional customers. The Director, Content Royalties & Analysis will own global royalty compliance, analytics, reporting, and commercial support while partnering with Content, Product, Legal, Finance, and technology teams on product launches, licensing, audits, and system transformations. The role also leads and develops a team of financial analysts and advises business leaders on royalty risks and opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Own the royalty business-event process and reconciliation of recognized revenue to royaltable revenue across media types and accounting locations, maintaining strong compliance and control despite rising volume
- Lead audit programs covering royalty calculations, AI usage restrictions, and licensor agreement compliance, driving issues to timely resolution
- Ensure royalty processes and controls meet SOX and internal audit requirements
- Define royalty and compliance requirements for new product launches and international expansions (e.g., Lexis+ with Protégé, Nexis+ with Protégé, Nexis Data+), partnering with Content and Product teams on requirements, end-to-end testing, and sign-off
- Monitor usage, pricing, and adoption of AI-enabled features, giving business units clear insight into cost, compliance, and commercial impact
- Lead royalty workstreams within major system migrations (e.g., legacy royalty platforms to PeopleSoft/Fusion, Salesforce CPQ, WAM, PIM), keeping new processes compliant and scalable
- Partner with technology and cross-functional project teams on end-to-end testing, sign-off, and post-go-live monitoring for royalty-impacting system changes
- Provide commercial and royalty insight to Content and Finance teams during licensor renegotiations and new licensing structures (e.g., transitions from fixed-fee to revenue-share models)
- Prepare business cases and financial analysis to support significant content investment and commercial decisions
- Lead and develop a team of financial analysts — set clear objectives and coach for both technical depth and commercial judgment
- Act as a trusted advisor to Business Unit finance leaders on royalty risk and opportunity, building durable cross-functional relationships
Skills
- 8+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience, including royalty, licensing, or content-rights management
- Experience with financial/ERP systems such as PeopleSoft, Oracle Fusion, or comparable royalty platforms
- Strong analytical skills; comfortable reconciling high transaction volumes and complex data across systems and currencies
- Experience managing or developing a team
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for both technical and business audiences
- 8+ years of progressive finance/accounting experience, including at least 2 years directly managing people
- Comprehensive understanding of standards and practices within your discipline, with working knowledge of adjacent finance/accounting disciplines
- Proven experience managing a team of professionals (and/or junior managers) setting priorities, allocating resources, and delivering against departmental plans
- Accountability for team results, including budget and resource management within your area
- Strong business awareness and insight-generation skills, with the ability to persuade and align stakeholders across your department and integrate effectively within the wider division
- Solid performance-management skills, with growing experience coaching and developing talent
- Experience in publishing, media, legal information, or another licensing-intensive industry preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Wellness platform with incentives
- Headspace app subscription
- Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
- Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
- Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits
- Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
- Annual Paid Time Off
- Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups
- Up to two days of paid leave each to volunteer with your charity of choice
- Shared parental leave
- Study assistance
- Sabbaticals
- Annual incentive bonus
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