The Pokémon Company International

Sr. Internal Audit Project Manager

The Pokémon Company International • $104K — $188K *
Bellevue, WA 98006In-Person
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Reposted 1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-11 years of relevant experience in auditing or project management
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • Strong understanding of financial accounting principles
  • Experience with royalty and licensing processes in entertainment
  • Proficient with accounting and royalty software
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally

Responsibilities

  • Deliver quality project management through task monitoring and updates
  • Design audit frameworks based on risk management
  • Conduct audits on licensing processes and royalty reporting
  • Collaborate with teams for SKU accuracy and compliance reviews
  • Analyze data for compliance dashboards and trends
  • Prepare detailed reports on internal controls and audit findings
  • Monitor and validate remediation of audit findings

Benefits

  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums
  • Generous paid family leave
  • Employer-paid life insurance and income protection
  • 401k matching for US employees
  • Pension contributions for UK/IRE/MX employees
  • Fitness reimbursement and commuter benefits
  • LinkedIn learning access
  • Comprehensive relocation package for select roles
Full Job Description
  • Job Title: Sr. Internal Audit Project Manager
  • Job Summary: The Sr. Internal Audit Project Manager will manage internal audits and business process reviews.
  • FLSA Classification (US Only): Exempt
  • People Manager: No


What you'll do
  • General
    • Consistently deliver quality project management by monitoring progress, following up on outstanding tasks, and providing status updates to senior management.
    • Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge.
    • Manage and maintain internal audit system.
  • Internal Audits
    • Manage internal audits and business process reviews (operational & financial).
    • Prepare formal written reports, backed by adequate evidence, to support audit conclusions on the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls.
    • Report audit findings and recommendations to management.
    • Evaluate the corrective actions taken by process owners to ensure audit findings re effectively addressed and resolved.
    • Support process owners with inventory of rightsholder contracts.
    • Analyze data and collaborate with Data & Analytics to build licensee compliance dashboards to proactively identify issues and help prioritize areas of improvement through trends.
  • Risk Advisory
    • Effectively partner with cross-functional teams to facilitate risk assessments by identifying, measuring, and analyzing risks.
    • Advise process owners to understand and manage their business risks, particularly with new processes and systems.
    • Partner with management to develop risk-based tools and techniques to strengthen operational programs, processes, and controls.
  • Information Technology
    • Advise senior management on risks associated with logical access, significant configuration changes, and approval workflow changes within royalty system and ERP integrations.
    • Assess design of IT general controls and test operational effectiveness of IT general controls.
  • Policies & Procedures
    • Collaborate with process owners to document and refine policies, procedures, and internal controls.


What you'll bring
  • Eight (8) to eleven (11) years of relevant professional experience or a demonstrated equivalent level of expertise.
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline required.
  • Knowledge of general financial accounting and control environments.
  • Experience auditing royalty/licensing processes preferred.
  • Understanding of and ability to adhere to generally accepted accounting principles.
  • Proficient with accounting software.
  • Proficiency with royalty software preferred.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills enabling effective communication with all levels of the organization, particularly senior leadership.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
  • Ability to travel up to 4 times per year domestically and internationally.


Base Salary Range: For this role, new hires generally start between $104,000.00 - $139,000.00 per year. The full range is $104,000.00 - $188,000.00 per year. This range is applicable for the labor market where the role is intended to be hired. The final base salary is directly related to the candidate's qualifications and professional experience uniquely.

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How you'll be successful
  • Passion for Pokémon: Develops an understanding of the Pokémon brand, the impact it has on our people, culture, business, fans, and communities, and applying that knowledge and passion to everything you do.
  • Challenging the Expected: Approaches challenges with curiosity and creativity, embracing the possibility of failure as an opportunity to learn something new, develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique opportunities.
  • Integrity and Respect: Demonstrates integrity and respect by leading with empathy, listening to others, seeking out different perspectives, and taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and results.
  • Dedicated to Quality: Takes ownership to maintain and promote high standards, looks for new ways to learn and improve, and embraces a growth mindset to seek and apply feedback from others in an effort to continuously improve.
  • Building Relationships: Develops and strengthens relationships, adopting a "team first" mentality and working collaboratively to solve problems and meet shared goals.
  • Delighting Customers: Listens and understands the interests and needs of our customers and stakeholders, making them feel heard and important, and embracing these learnings to continue delivering a unique Pokémon experience.


What to expect
  • An innovative culture driven by impact, delivering meaningful outcomes.
  • Company events that celebrate the spirit of Pokémon.
  • Competitive cash-based compensation programs.
  • 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you.
  • Generous paid family leave.
  • Employer-paid life insurance.
  • Employer-paid long and short-term income protection insurance.
  • US Employees: 401k Employer Matching.
  • UK/IRE/MX Employees: Pension Employer Contributions.
  • Fitness reimbursement.
  • Commuter benefit.
  • LinkedIn learning.
  • Comprehensive relocation package for certain roles.
  • Hybrid work environment.

About The Pokémon Company International

The Pokémon Company is a Japanese company responsible for brand management, production, publishing, marketing, and licensing of the Pokémon franchise, which consists of video game software, a trading card game, anime television series, films, manga, home entertainment products, merchandise, and other ventures. It was established through a joint investment by the three companies holding the copyright of Pokémon: Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. It began operating in 1998 and adopted the moniker Pokémon Ltd. in October 2000. The company is headquartered in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. The company has separate subsidiaries that handle operations in different parts of the world, with the Pokémon Company International supporting the territories outside Asia and being responsible for brand management, licensing, marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website on the territories outside Asia. The Pokémon Company also handles publishing of all Pokémon video games since 2001 alongside Nintendo. The Pokémon Company is mostly responsible for marketing and funding, while Nintendo handles distribution of the titles in Japan and outside it. Both companies work together in localization, production, QA, and other aspects. The company is solely responsible for publishing and licensing mobile Pokémon titles, unlike console titles where it has help from Nintendo.
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