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# Royalties Manager at Atari, Inc.

- **Company:** Atari, Inc.
- **Location:** Newcastle Upon Tyne England, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atariinc/jobs/5399433008

## Job description

## About Atari

Atari is an interactive entertainment company and an iconic gaming industry brand recognized worldwide for its multi-platform games and licensed products. Atari owns and/or manages a portfolio of more than 400 games and franchises, including globally recognized brands such as Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Pong®, and RollerCoaster Tycoon®.

The Atari family of brands includes Digital Eclipse, Nightdive Studios, Infogrames, AtariAge, MobyGames, as well as Coatsink, Early Morning Studios, Stormteller Games and Implicit Conversions—spanning game development, publishing, and community experiences worldwide.

Atari operates internationally with offices in the US, UK, in France, Germany, Sweden, and India.

## Overview

The Royalties Manager will own the timely and accurate preparation, review, and submission of royalty statements to Licensors as well as the receipt, validation, and invoicing for royalty statements received from Licensees, overseeing all royalty-related components of the the Atari organization. This is a hands-on IC-role for someone who is comfortable working through contract terms, sales data, revenue shares, deductions, recoupment positions and payment calculations in detail.

Sitting within the accounting function, you will help bring royalty management into a consistent, well-controlled operating model across entities and systems. You will draw on data and agreements held across accounting, legal, and business development to make sure the underlying data is complete, the calculations are right, deductions have been appropriately applied, and every submission is made on time.

This is not a detached reporting role. You will become the person who knows what the contracts require, spots when the numbers do not make sense, and follows issues through to resolution. You will also help the wider business understand and use a consistent approach to royalty management. This role is for someone who enjoys the detail and takes ownership of the result. A typical day may involve reviewing contract numbers, checking sales data, reconciling a royalty statement, resolving an issue with a partner or business team, and making sure the next submission is ready on time.

You will need to integrate closely with the wider company rather than operate as a standalone specialist. The role has a clear operational focus: making royalty reporting accurate, controlled, consistent and dependable across the Atari organization.

While the role is based in Newcastle, we are open to remote working arrangements for the right candidate, depending on experience and fit.

## What you’ll do

- Own the end-to-end preparation, review and timely submission of royalty statements to licensors, developers, publishers and other third-party partners.
- Receive and review royalty statements and payments from our licensees to ensure they are complete, accurate, and reasonable.
- Act as the primary point of contact for royalty-related queries from internal stakeholders and external partners as required.
- Validate game sales, revenue share amounts, contractual deductions, recoupment positions and royalty payments against the relevant agreements.
- Read and interpret royalty provisions in contracts, identify the financial implications and investigate discrepancies or unusual movements.
- Maintain complete supporting documentation, reconciliations, review evidence and internal controls for all royalty activity.
- Coordinate with accounting, games publishing, business development and legal teams  to obtain reliable data and resolve open items.
- Oversee royalty management for all Atari studios, globally,  and establish consistent processes across the Atari organization.
- Support royalty-related accounting, including accruals, forecasts, payment preparation, audit requests and responses to partner queries.
- Act as the central point of contact for royalty questions, ensuring issues are followed through rather than left between teams.
- Identify opportunities to improve, automate and standardize royalty processes across entities, systems and reporting cycles.
- Contribute to a stronger control environment by documenting processes, testing key controls and recommending practical improvements.

## Requirements & Qualifications

- Demonstrated experience managing royalties, licensing finance, revenue share reporting or a closely related function in media and entertainment; experience in games is strongly preferred.
- Strong ability to interpret commercial contracts and translate contractual terms into accurate financial calculations and reporting.
- Experience owning a recurring reporting or payment cycle where accuracy, completeness and deadlines matter.
- A rigorous, audit-minded approach to reviewing numbers, reconciling data, documenting decisions and identifying exceptions.
- Sound judgement and critical thinking, with the confidence to challenge information that does not look right and investigate until the issue is understood.
- Strong follow-through: you will be comfortable chasing data, decisions and actions across teams and keeping work moving to completion.

## Nice to have / Preferred

- Experience in the video games or entertainment industry, including working with publishers, licensors, developers or platform partners.
- Experience managing royalty processes across multiple entities, jurisdictions, currencies or accounting systems.
- Experience supporting internal and external audits, royalty audits, contractual reviews or partner disputes.
- Experience improving or automating royalty reporting, reconciliations or control processes.
- Familiarity with revenue recognition, accruals, forecasting and month-end accounting in a licensing or content business.
- Experience reviewing or coordinating royalty activity across an acquired business or group structure.

## What we offer

Atari is building a more consistent global operating model across a group of game studios and businesses, including Nightdive, Coatsink, Stormteller, Early Morning Studios, Infogrames, Hipster Whale, Digital Eclipse, and Implicit Conversions. This role offers the opportunity to establish a critical control and reporting function across a growing international games group, work directly with teams across the business, and make a visible improvement to how royalty management operates.

Alongside that, we offer flexible hours, enhanced holiday, company sick pay, pension enrolment, and annual pay reviews. You'll also benefit from enhanced maternity and paternity leave, dependants leave, career breaks, and bi-annual appraisals. Additional benefits include life insurance, a health cash plan, and mental health support through Saldo, plus metro pass and cycle schemes, in-person and virtual events, access to previously released titles, and the chance to work with cutting-edge technology.

## EEO Statement

Atari is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination.  We are committed to equal employment regardless of race, religion or lack thereof, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, medical condition, veteran status, ancestry, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

## About Atari, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Atari is an interactive entertainment production company that manages an intellectual property portfolio of more than 400 classic games and franchises, while operating game development studios, publishing, consumer hardware, and licensing.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Euronext Growth Paris: ALATA, OTC Pink: PONGF)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 1972
- **Founders**: Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Video games / interactive entertainment
- **Target customers**: Retro and modern gamers (B2C); licensing partners and IP collaborators (B2B); hardware consumers
- **Mission**: To honor the legacy of the Atari brand and build an engaged community of passionate fans around retro-focused content.

## Products & Services
- **Atari VCS**: Modern hybrid console for playing classic and indie titles
- **Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration**: Interactive museum/compilation game
- **Digital Eclipse**: Game development studio specializing in retro collections and archival releases (subsidiary)
- **Nightdive Studios**: Studio known for remastering and publishing classic games (subsidiary)
- **MobyGames**: Renowned video game database and community resource (subsidiary)
- **Coatsink**: Game development studio (subsidiary)
- **Licensing**: Iconic IP including Pong®, Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, and hundreds more

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available in this search. (Shares traded on Euronext Growth Paris and OTC Pink as of 2024+)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue – not disclosed in available search results. As a public company, Atari files financial reports on Euronext.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Major partner/CEO Wade Rosen; no specific institutional investors listed in provided sources.
- **Growth Signals**: Acquisition and integration of multiple studios (Nightdive, Digital Eclipse, MobyGames, Coatsink); active hiring for AI and engineering roles (Senior AI Engineer, Principal AI Systems Engineer, QA Automation Engineer) across US, Germany, and India; headcount growth visible on LinkedIn (18 people, +9.3% YoY for core corporate, while subsidiaries expand independently).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Brand legacy**: One of the most recognized brands in gaming history, with over 50 years of cultural impact
- **Large IP portfolio**: 400+ games/franchises with built-in nostalgia and licensing potential
- **Studio network**: Owns specialized retro-focused development and publishing studios (Digital Eclipse, Nightdive, Coatsink) and authoritative database (MobyGames)
- **Unique market position**: Combines hardware (Atari VCS), software publishing, and licensing under one roof

## Strategic Focus
- Restoring, optimizing, and publishing classic video games to reach new and returning audiences
- Expanding AI-driven game development and systems engineering (as reflected in AI job postings)
- Growing community engagement around retro content and preserving gaming history
- Leveraging IP through licensing partnerships and new product categories

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Make gaming history” with a team that “dreams big, jumps into new technology, and expands into new markets.”
- **Hybrid / Remote**: Headquarters in midtown Manhattan with a hybrid environment that blends remote flexibility with collaborative in-office dynamics.
- **Perks**: Paid Time Off, Year-End Shutdown, and an explicit “Play Games!” expectation built into the workday.
- **Locations**: New York, NY (US); Münster, Germany; Delhi, India; plus remote options for certain roles.
- **Subsidiaries**: Opportunities exist across Atari and its family of studios (Nightdive, Digital Eclipse, Coatsink), each with its own engineering and creative culture.
- **Caution**: Atari warns of fraudulent recruitment; official communication only from @atari.com, @digitaleclipse.com, or @nightdivestudios.com email addresses.

## Sources
1. [Atari About Page](https://atari.com/pages/about)
2. [Atari Careers Page](https://atari.com/pages/careers)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atari)
4. [Atari Greenhouse Job Board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atariinc)

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