An exciting position has arisen for a Royalties & Rights Officer to work for an excellent Film Charity to provide some critical support to the group finance team with their royalty accounting.
Key responsibilities:
- To work with colleagues, with the support and assistance of the Royalties & Rights Co-ordinator, in the following areas
- with the Rights & Contracts team to set up the royalty calculations for new deals;
- with the Rights & Contracts team to amend or extend existing royalty calculations, as required;
- with the Distribution teams to sense check reporting on deals prior to issue to rights holders;
- with the Royalties and Rights & Contracts teams to support error clearance and implementation of lessons learned for deal set up and amendment on Media Maestro (MM)
- To work with the Royalties & Rights Co-ordinator, reviewing their deal set ups and allocating appropriate titles for their completion
- To work with the BFI teams, primarily the Senior Royalties & Rights Manager and Vistex (MM software provider) to review current processes and understand existing MM functionality that may be used to improve processes, and support implementation of new processes
- To ensure that deals are set up to accurately report on royalties, including the recoupment of advances and costs
- To work on investigation and resolution of complex and/or urgent royalty queries
- To support the prioritisation of queries and responses on royalty matters
- To support the Royalties Manager and Rights & Royalties Coordinator in the production, dispatch and filing of royalty statements and self-billing invoices (SBIs), on a monthly or quarterly basis as required, ensuring royalties due are settled within contractual terms
Successful candidate profile:
- Experience setting up royalty deals on a royalty system
- Understanding on film rights contracts and royalty calculations
- Experience with MM (Media Maestro) is desirable
- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal and strong attention to details
Agency Reference Number: J82605
Hours: Part-time, 16.5 hours (2 days per week)
Rate: £40,000 - £47.500 per annum (Full-time Equivalent)
Working pattern: Hybrid (once a week in the office)
Location: Fitzrovia, London
Duration: 9 month FTC
This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.
Venn Group is an equal opportunities Business.
This vacancy will be actively shortlisted so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.
Venn Group is an equal opportunities Business.