Royalties Manager

We have a super opportunity with a successful distributor of large print and audio books to oversee and lead the Royalties function at their Leicester based offices. This is a new role and will be a 12 month fixed term contract and will be responsible for a team of two staff.

 The Royalties Manager will be responsible for the payment of advances and royalties, the administration of sub-rights income and the production of Royalty statements.

This is a key role for the team and will require an end-to-end process driven approach, whilst working closely with internal departments to ensure royalty payments are made on time.

Key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Managing the whole Royalties function and managing a small team
• Creating and implementing process changes
• Being a key member of the implementation team for a new Royalties system, migrating systems into one centralised database
• Maintaining the Royalty system; improving controls, processes and efficiencies
• Managing statement preparation
• Checking sub-rights statements and debt management
• Maintaining strong author/agent relationships

This is a superb opportunity to bring your Royalties experience to a highly respected publishing organisation and the successful person will have experience of Royalties, either within the Book/Audio publishing or music industry and will have a good understanding of complex contracts and data management. You will have the ability to manage a small team with strong communication, analytical and organisation skills, with high attention to detail.