Assistant Royalty Accountant

Y Royalties Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Y Royalties Ltd seeks a detail-oriented royalties accountant to deliver accurate monthly, quarterly and semi-annual statements for publishing and recorded music clients. The role includes data collation, data loading in Curve, and client onboarding with contract setup.

You will support the maintenance of project management tools (Monday.com) and Confluence, assist with Curve-driven processes, and perform ad hoc duties under the Royalties Manager.

Qualifications

• Background in royalties accounting within the music industry.

Responsibilities

• Collate, edit, reconcile and load sales data for Curve processed third-party accounting.
• Assist in maintaining Monday.com and Confluence as information depository.
• Deliver timely monthly, quarterly and semi-annual third-party royalty statements for Publishing & Recorded clients, manually and via Curve; include management commission calculations.

Skills

Royalties accounting

Music industry knowledge

Deadline-driven work

Curve royalty system

Project management tools

Tools

Curve

Monday.com

Jira

Job description

The industry is complex. We make it Transparent.

Y Royalties is a data-led and innovative workplace with a growing presence in the music rights space. We sit at the crossroads of music, data and finance — helping artists, labels, publishers and investors gain clarity, control and value across the entire music rights journey, from rights management and royalty auditing to accounting and transaction advisory.

Y Royalties was established in 2023 by Colin Young, Ben Marlow and Gary Groutage, though our journey started years earlier, growing out of the royalties division at CC Young & Co, an award-winning accountancy firm marking nearly 30 years in the music industry.

The data infrastructure we've built now sits at the heart of every service, analysing royalties at the most granular level to surface trends, anomalies and opportunities, and driving our catalogue valuations and due diligence.

THE ROLE

Responsible for delivery of timely and accurate Monthly, Quarterly & Semi-Annual third-party royalty statements across Publishing & Recorded clients, manually and through our Curve royalty system. Including client onboarding, contract set up etc.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Collating, editing, reconciling & loading sales data to process in Curve systems for the preparation of third-party accounting.
• To assist in the maintenance and update Project Management system (Monday.com) & Information depository (Confluence)
• To assist in delivery of timely and accurate Monthly, Quarterly & Semi Annual third-party royalty statements across Publishing & Recorded Clients manually & through our Curve royalty system & Management Commission calculation as directed by Senior Team members
• Other reasonable ad hoc duties from time to time as instructed by Royalties Manager & Head of Royalties

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Preferably you will have a background in Royalties Accountancy with a keen interest in the Music industry with a proven ability to work to deadlines and produce accurate work whilst under pressure;
• Working knowledge of recording and publishing companies and collection societies;
• Ability to read Agreements;
• 1 years+ working at a music industry accounting firm or similar;
• General knowledge of the Curve royalty systems an advantage; and
• Experience of Project Management systems e.g. Monday.co or Jira an advantage.

DESIRABLE

• A team player with a willingness to learn;
• A knowledge of music royalties, publishing and recording is preferable;
• Ability to multi-task;Effective use of time management;
• Ability to prioritise workload & work to deadlines; and
• Good communications & organisational skill.

WHAT MAKES SOMEONE SUCCESSFUL

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

WHY JOIN US

Be Part of something that matters

We're small, agile and fast-growing, and every person here has a genuine opportunity to be part of something that matters - contributing ideas, building relationships and growing alongside the business.

You'll have direct access to the founders and senior management team, with your work and your voice contributing to the firm's strategy, commercial growth and reputation in the market.

We champion a culture that's welcoming, flexible and built on mutual respect. Teamwork, support and a genuine sense of belonging are what make us, us.

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 every individual is able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination, and in which all decisions are based on merit.