Talent Payments Assistant

Reporting to
:
Talent Payments Supervisor

Location
:
Stephen Street, London

Contract
:
Permanent

Type of work
:
Hybrid working

The Talent Payments Team is a central resource responsible for paying contributors for primary production and their share of revenues from exploitation of FM’s catalogue including third party produced programming.

The Department is the key point of contact for Production, SSC, Sales, Legal, talent unions and music collecting societies.

The purpose of this role is to calculate and process payments due to contributors of productions, produced by FMUK or other third‑party producers.

• Make payments in accordance with the Equity, Musicians and Scriptwriters Union Agreements for both Primary & Secondary exploitation
• Make payments to contributors of any other Fremantle Programmes which are in production
• Carry out weekly pay runs
• Set up payment basis for Third Party Programmes – number contracts, set up contract templates, link to Programme and check final print out
• Add and update Artiste/Agent records and Artiste Contracts on the Artiste Payments system utilizing Robotics processes
• Liaise both internally and externally to resolve any queries as they arise, passing complex / commercial‑sensitive queries to the senior members of the Talent Payments team
• Involvement in the development of the Talent payments system, working closely with the Supervisor
• Creation and upkeep of the department system process documentation
• Work on ad‑hoc Talent Payments projects as requested

Join a team of four and be part of this outstanding team, who are respected and trusted throughout the company. The successful candidate will take pride in delivering high‑quality work and contributing to the team’s overall objective.

• Highly numerate, strong attention to detail
• Methodical approach to work with strong organizational skills
• Ability to interpret talent union agreements

• Knowledge of the production environment
• Previous knowledge of talent union agreements

Our benefits include generous company pension, summer Fridays, audience tickets, employee assistance program, access to free courses and training, EV scheme, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, business coaching sessions and volunteer days.