Department Objectives

The Royalty Team performs a key role in the Music Publishing cycle, ensuring accurate and timely payment of client’s royalties. Our aim is to provide a first class experience to our clients by:

• Efficiently Processing Incoming Statements.
• Accurately Matching Income.
• Accelerate Client Payments.
• Enhance Data Quality.
• Constantly looking to improve and evolve processes.

Job Summary

The royalty assistant will be responsible for supporting the Royalties team with a focus on ensuring accurate matching of income. They will interact with various departments internally to maximise the accuracy of all royalty matching and enhance the quality of song data.

Job Description

Royalty Matching Administration

• Daily review of unmatched income, ensuring full matching of all received income.
• Weekly reporting of identified matches.
• Review, identify and resolve any share conflicts with Rights Team.
• Ensure accurate Society Work Numbers are recorded and correct on all versions of Songs and assist with data enrichment exercises.
• Provide Client Management with unmatched works list for managed clients.
• Assist wider team with additional Royalty tasks.

Additional Support

• Assist with special projects initiated by the wider Royalty division, ensuring a qualitative and timely resolution of assigned project tasks.
• Assist the Royalty Team during key points throughout Sentric Music’s royalty distribution cycles.
• Assist Royalty team with ad hoc duties to cover holiday periods etc.

Qualifications

Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Keen attention to detail, accuracy and detail-driven
• Demonstrable, prioritisation, organisation and deadline management skills required
• High level of numeracy
• Basic excel skills are preferred

Knowledge

• Basic understanding of the music publishing industry is preferable

Attitude

• Positive approach to problem solving
• Enthusiasm for working with artists and business partners at all levels
• Collaborative approach to outcomes
• Ability to maintain a professional manner when handling song disputes and duplicate claims
• Persistent drive to complete tasks in an accurate and timely manner.

Experience

• Previous admin experience is advantageous
• Knowledge of music publishing industry either through education or previous work experience is preferable
• We welcome applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the diversity that makes great teams.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. However, candidates with existing visas that grant the right to work in the UK and do not require our sponsorship (e.g. spousal visa, settled status) are welcome to apply.