Coordinator, NA Royalty
Description
- Maintain a strong knowledge base and ownership of income sources including payment schedule, file layout details, and a strong relationship with income source contacts.
- Contribute to royalty statement processing for UMPG’s Global royalty operations, learning the nuances of income sources and supporting the global administration team.
- Maintain strong relationships with counterparts in Global Royalty, NA Copyright, Analytics, I.T., Royalty Audit, and Finance teams among others.
- Partner with the NA Analytics team to strengthen the territory’s ownership and understanding of all territory data in processing and reporting, to clients both external and internal.
- Execute the timely due diligence and review of all suspense data, seeking to maximize songwriter payout.
- Employ critical thinking in the review of data and analytics to ensure accurate royalty processing.
- Act as a self-starter in proactively finding solutions and assisting the team.
- Learn and develop ownership in assigned projects as part of the core area of concentration.
- Bring a fresh perspective, seeking to deconstruct and rebuild processes to create efficiencies and improvements.
- Perform ad hoc reporting and royalty team projects as needed.
Requirements
- 1 year of work experience or prior internship experience in the administration of music rights, Business Management for Artists, Accounting, or Financial Planning & Analysis strongly preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
- Experience in Microsoft Excel and text editors required.
- Ability to work in a bespoke systems landscape required.
- Strong organization skills, critical thinking, analytical abilities, and attention to detail are required.
- Ability to meet deadlines quickly and accurately while managing competing priorities is required.
- 4 year degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Music Business strongly preferred.
- The ability to partner and work well as part of a team is required.
- Overtime as required.
Benefits & Perks
- Be part of an entrepreneurial, global organization that values authenticity, drive, creativity, relationships, and a competitive spirit
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA options, as well as:
- 100% coverage for out-patient mental health services
- Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
- A lifetime fertility support allowance of $30,000 to plan participants
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
- 100% immediately vested 401(k) match on the first 5% of your contribution on eligible compensation
- Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
- 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
- 2-weeks paid Winter Break
- 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)
- Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)
- Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent Check out our full overview of benefits on the Perks Playlist page of the career site.
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Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Universal Music Group's labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company.