Royalties Manager

This is a Full Time Job

Royalties Manager
Job Description:


We currently have a fantastic opportunity to join our innovative and highly sought-after Royalties team at Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

A little bit about our team:

We are a global music publishing company, home to a wide array of legendary songwriters and a rich catalog of contemporary hits and influential standards. Under general direction, with latitude for independent judgment and decision, supervises the activities of subordinates, the distribution of payments to domestic, Canadian and foreign writers, and performs research, financial analysis and reconciliation functions relating to royalties payable.

Why this could be your next big break:

You will be working at a major music publishing company, interacting with numerous departments (Finance, Legal and Copyright). You'll develop a comprehensive understanding of royalties administration working on the some of the most iconic songs ever written.

Here you'll get to:
• Manage the general royalty payable functions relating to disbursements to clients and heirs for US and Canada
• Participate in the review of quarterly statements, corrects data if necessary and prepares adjustments and financial transactions.
• Research various company files or other sources for missing or incorrect information, updates material such as change of clients, ownership, estate settlements, addresses, rates, other agreements, manner of payments and supervises the amending of the computer data related to such.
• Supervise the preparation of the annual unclaimed property report and foreign tax withholding statements.
• Partner with Copyright, Legal, Licensing, Tracking and IT to verify information or to obtain documentation needed relating to client inquiries.
• Participate in system testing and data cleansing.
• Perform royalty-related financial analysis as requested by Senior Management.
• Train staff in technical skills.
• Partner with the Director of Royalties on special projects, such as income research, rate corrections, systems development and internal audits.
• Handle and safeguards confidential and proprietary information.
• Must be able to effectively communicate internally and/or externally in a manner consistent with the company's Code of Conduct and core values.
• Must be able to come to work on time without restriction as to time commitment.
• Must be able to read and understand materials and documents and can recognize and extract critical data and information.
• Must be able to perform all diverse physical tasks necessary to complete all the essential duties and responsibilities of the position.

Rockstar candidates will be able to:

Must have general computer skills and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office with emphases in Excel and Word; Experience with SAP preferred; knowledge of general business practices; possess a strong work ethic; strong organization skills and pay high attention to detail; strong communication skills (written and verbal); ability to adhere to deadlines and execute on tasks and handle multiple, diverse assignments; produce quality work and be accountable; manage time; ability to work well in team; demonstrate ability to be innovative and suggest change/improvements within scope of work; anticipates needs and creates efficient and effective processes; self-starter, self-motivated and takes responsibility/ownership of tasks; thinks outside the box proactively, strategically and analytically; consistently takes initiative; demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to changing situations.

It would be music to our ears if you also had:

A baccalaureate degree with a major in accounting, finance or business administration; coursework to have included principles of accounting and/or bookkeeping procedures, arithmetical analysis, or computations and/or related systems is strongly preferred.

Minimum of three (3) to four (4) years of managerial experience, five (5) to six (6) preferre