Royalties and Finance Assistant
Location: Richmond upon Thames
Description
Peermusic was founded over 90 years ago by renowned visionary Ralph S. Peer and is the largest independent music publisher in the world, with 39 offices in 32 countries. These offices today represent songwriters, composers and copyrights from all over the globe.
We are looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic person to assist in our UK office within the Finance and Royalty departments.
Reporting to the Head of Admin and the Finance Director, duties will include:
Royalty duties
- Royalties Payable
- Clearing of suspense accounts
- Clearing of calculation errors
- Resolving and responding to client queries
- Updating internal databases with client details
- Managing royalty portal access for clients
- Royalty Income and Tracking
- Managing income sources and monitoring reporting
- Chasing payments/statements where needed
- Income tracking exercises as directed by the Royalty & Admin Manager
- Miscellaneous ad hoc duties as required by the company.
Finance duties
- Maintaining spreadsheet cashbooks for various companies
- Entering cashbook data onto Quickbooks
- Gathering information on requests from – auditors / corporate / MD
- Processing expenses
- Processing royalty payments
- Maintaining invoice / synch schedules
- Preparing monthly cash reports
- Preparation for and enquiries arising from year end audits
Required Skills
Candidate needs to be numerate and computer literate with Word and Excel experience. Good attention to detail and accuracy are extremely important. Organizational and communication skills are also essential. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude, who can work as part of a team as well as independently.
Any previous Finance/Royalty/Administration training or experience within the Music Industry would be advantageous.
The position offers a competitive salary with additional benefits.
Contact
Please send your CV to Rick Lansdell at rlansdell@peermusic.com
