Sr Director, Royalty and Product Finance Management (Remote)

Cengage is an education technology company focused on helping learners through digital products, services, and educational content. The Sr. Director, Royalty and Product Finance Management leads royalty payments, product data operations, related strategy, process improvement, reporting, risk management, and team development.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and nurture the group responsible for issuing timely and accurate contributor/author payments and maintaining/updating royalty models to reflect new strategies
• Build and scale new processes by forming a deep understanding of Cengage’s processes, systems/tools, personnel, and strategic direction
• Define, structure, and complete improvement initiatives by developing work plans, collecting and synthesizing relevant data, leading analyses, and developing meaningful recommendations. Present these findings to executive-level leaders
• Lead critical analyses and special projects to resolve contributor issues
• Coordinate all aspects of data setups across all Cengage content data systems (i.e. royalty system IPM Fadel, PIM, SAP, Fedel etc.)
• Collaborate with business managers, finance leaders, and operations leaders to deliver timely and accurate reporting that supports business operational needs

Requirements:

• A four-year college degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field required
• 7+ years of professional experience, including corporate, team, and program leadership. Must have experience in a professional services organization (consulting, private equity, investment banking) and/or cross-functional leadership role (corporate finance/decision support, corporate strategy, business operations, or corporate transformation)
• 3+ years of people management and development experience
• Must work well in a matrix environment across multiple groups and levels
• Is a self-starter, analytical, and driven to deliver outcomes; able to prioritize across multiple projects
• Demonstrated success in data analysis, managing multi-discipline partners, driving complex projects from conception to implementation
• Collaborative and proactive problem solving to inspire change through influence
• Strong writing and verbal skills; able to simplify complex analysis for senior audiences
• Preferred experience in SAP, PIM, Vistex