Head of Royalties

About Y Royalties

Y Royalties was established in 2023 by Colin Young, Ben Marlow and Gary Groutage. Offering services in Royalties Data, Rights Management, Audit and Valuations.

Y Royalties started out as the Royalties division at Award Winning Accounts Firm, CC Young & Co, which celebrates its 27th Year in the Music Industry this year.

Having invested heavily in our data abilities, our market leading data warehouse forms the core of Y Royalties; enabling us to research trends and patterns in streaming behaviour, intrinsically investigate anomalies across all royalty collections – adding value to our clients’ revenue streams and ensuring optimal remuneration.

We're looking for a Head of Royalties to join our growing team.

Who you are

The Head of Royalties is integral to the growth of Y Royalties, we are seeking an experienced and effective manager who has vision and drive to ensure Y Royalties is at the forefront of royalty accounting, great at client management, team development and commercially aware.

Management

• Commercial ownership of Royalties (including Business Development, concluding client agreements, client billing)
• Manage the team’s work prioritisation, allocation and review alongside their professional development
• Product and Service development with a focus on adding value to Client Royalty Service
• Project Management (e.g. new systems and processes with cross functional working (especially data team)

Technical

• Scope covers all Recording, Publishing , profit shares and management commission royalty accounting to our clients (labels, publishers , artists and IP owners)
• Responsible for the accurate calculation (referencing contractual terms) processing, and distribution of royalties and other third-party revenues
• Work closely with legal and business affairs teams to interpret contracts.
• Proactively oversee royalty tracking across all clients, ensuring all statements received and resolving reporting issues and missing payments.
• Proactively oversee any discrepancies in repertoire registration and collections with collecting societies during third-party accounting, working closely with the Rights Management team to resolve issues.

Skills & Qualifications Required

• 10 years+ working in the Music Industry
• Proficiency with Curve and similar royalty software platforms
• Experience with Project software (Monday.com) and BI Systems (Tableau) ,
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to show initiative.
• Proven ability to implement process improvements and manage projects effectively.
• Strong attention to detail with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines

Equal Opportunities

Y Royalties Ltd is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination, and in which all decisions are based on merit.

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