Compliance Associate

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Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Reviews and interprets individual agreements to generate terms for receipt of revenue and diligence achievement.
• Reviews diligence of licensees based on license agreement terms.
• Reviews publicly available information on company portfolios and performs comparison to milestone obligations and to payments received by Emory.
• Reviews licenses under which Emory is to receive equity to determine whether additional documents will be needed to complete equity transfer; manages the drafting and completion of the additional documents, certificates and agreements; and communicates with licenses on the corporate structure and documents, as necessary.
• Assists in the drafting and execution of additional revenue - or reimbursement-related documents.
• Manages other non-patent, license-related documents including insurance certificates, milestone reports and annual reports.
• Interprets new licenses to understand agreement terms and provides summary to Licensing Associates.
• Determines and prepares estimated milestone timelines based on review of the new licenses.
• Reviews new agreements to confirm financial obligations of licensee.
• Participates in the completion of new inter-institutional agreements and prepares summaries of relevant terms for tracking purposes.
• Appropriately associates revenue that is received under license agreements and maintains in OTT database.
• Works with accounting group to ensure that revenues are appropriately credited and any payments for cost-recovery are documented, deducted and applied to the University's internal accounts.
• Determines title from US government for inventions generated under government funding and provides patent filings to funding organizations.
• Ensures that patents include appropriate language from funding to comply with Bayh-Dole Act.
• Prepares annual utilization reports for government funded inventions and invention reports for sponsored research projects.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS:

• May serve on or chair various University committees.
• May plan, administer, or monitor the program's budget and/or grants, and conduct financial forecasting for the program.
• May develop fundraising programs, including researching and identifying funding sources, and writing and submitting grant proposals.
• Serves as a liaison to and interacts with other groups and organizations participating in the program or seeking knowledge of the program; may write and present speeches.
• Maintains complete and accurate program records.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree and two years of licensing or legal experience OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs. Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.
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