Royalty Accountant

Department: Third-Party Royalty Accounting

Lead royalty statement analysis and accounting across artist profit share and management commission agreements — and help shape a small, fast-growing team into a market-leading practice.

You will be responsible for the delivery of timely and accurate Monthly, Quarterly and Semi-Annual third-party royalty statements across Publishing and Recorded clients — both manually and through our Curve royalty system — including client onboarding, contract set-up and related activities.

This is an opportunity to help lead and grow a fast-moving, highly specialised team — shaping its strategy, winning new mandates and building a market-leading practice.

• Carry out royalty statement analysis and accounting for artist profit-share arrangements and management commission agreements, manually and through our Curve royalty system.
• Collate, edit, reconcile and load sales data to process in Curve for the preparation of third-party accounting.
• Liaise with internal accountants, rights management, the data team and clients to gather and disseminate the information and data required for day-to-day tasks, including income and statement tracking.
• Maintain and update our project management system () and information depository (Confluence).
• Provide budgets and quotes for new clients, and manage ongoing billing for existing clients based on accrued chargeable time.
• Take on other reasonable ad hoc duties from time to time, as instructed by the Royalties Manager and Head of Royalties.

• Working knowledge of recording and publishing companies and collection societies.
• The ability to interpret agreements.
• 3+ years working at a music-industry accounting firm or similar.
• Excellent Excel and MS Office skills.
• General knowledge of the Curve royalty system is an advantage.
• Experience of project management systems (e.g.  or Jira) is an advantage.
• A team player with a willingness to learn.
• Knowledge of music royalties, publishing and recording.
• The ability to multi-task.
• Highly organised.
• Effective use of time management.
• The ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines, levels internally and externally.

You will already know the music-royalties landscape well — both recording and publishing. What matters is that you bring the technical skill, an analytical mind, numerical accuracy and the drive to build a market-leading practice.

• Make a difference – we are passionate about what we do and proud of the role we play in supporting the music artists, ensuring they are paid fairly. Be part of our journey.
• Serious commitment to growth – personal development is important to us. We will make sure we support your growth and give you broad experience across your role and a personal development allowance.
• Our team is our greatest asset, and we have cultivated a workplace culture that’s welcoming, collaborative, and inclusive. We encourage people to be themselves while supporting their growth.

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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From £30,000 per annum, dependent on candidate experience