Royalty Manager
Core
Oversee the royalty statement cycle, ensure accurate calculations and timely payments, maintain royalty contracts and data, and support audits for music publishing, print music, or book publishing.
Role type
Senior IC royalty specialist (music publishing)
Builds
Royalty statements, payment files, and month/quarter-end reports for authors, composers, publishers, and agents
Domain
Music publishing / Print music / Book publishing
Required skills
Royalty administration, Accounting, Contract terms analysis (rates, advances, recoupment, reserves, splits, sub-publishing), Data reconciliation, SQL, Legacy ERP systems (AS/400), Excel (pivot tables, lookups), Process documentation
Preferred skills
Automation/AI initiatives, Cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
IBM i / AS/400, SQL, Excel
Responsibilities
Run the US royalty statement cycle (data preparation, calculation checks, review and release), Set up and maintain royalty contracts, payees, rates and splits in the royalty system, Reconcile royalty accruals and payments with Finance, Handle inquiries from authors, composers, publishers and agents, Support royalty audits (internal and licensor/author audits), Work with Licensing, Legal, Finance and Content teams on new and amended agreements
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC