Daniel Melo Email & Phone Number

Lodi, NJ, US

Oversee the Royalty accounting process globally for eleven legal entities in Europe and the US,* Execute the quarterly, semiyearly, and yearly royalty runs for eleven legal entities.* Record company-wide monthly royalty accruals.* Standardize all royalty processes across the various entities to fit best business practices.* Conceptualize, and document.

Approve and execute weekly payment run, yearly total over one hundred million.* Communicate with key external vendors and internal department heads to ensure smoothpayment request processing and timely payment delivery.* Establish department guidelines, create standard operating procedures, set up output goals, andevaluate team performance for the Royalty.

Oversee the accounting function related to royalty payments by controlling vendor set up andmaintenance, creation of author contracts in the royalty system, accounting of royalty revenuefrom various foreign sources, offline accruals, system enhancements, and statement delivery.* Establish department guidelines, create standard operating procedures, set up.

Assisted the Director of royalties in performing compliance, operational, financial, and authoraudits of the accounting and financial activity of the Royalties department.* Completed audit review assignments aimed at identifying improper accounting or documentationand produced work papers showing audit results.* Insured that audit documentation was.

Assisted authors with inquires related to the payment and reporting of royalties.* Posted corrections and adjustments into the royalty system.* Reviewed key author statements before the royalty run.* Set up vendor master information in the royalty system.

Processed purchase orders from international subsidiaries.* Researched short-shipments and delivery of orders by direct international customers.* Provided order activity analyses to the credit and collections department.* Created Pro Forma invoices for internal and external customers.