Assistant - Royalty Accounting

Y Royalties Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Y Royalties Limited is seeking a detail-focused royalties administrator to ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly and semi-annual statements for publishing and recorded clients. You will work with Curve systems and support onboarding, contract setup and data integrity alongside the Royalties Manager and Head of Royalties.

The role requires prior royalties accounting experience in the music industry, a good grasp of contracts, and ability to meet deadlines under pressure.

Qualifications

• Royalties accounting background with a keen interest in the music industry.
• Knowledge of recording and publishing companies and collection societies.
• Ability to read agreements.
• 1+ years' experience at a music industry accounting firm or similar.
• Curve royalty systems experience is an advantage; familiarity with project management tools (Monday.com or Jira) is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Collate, edit, reconcile and load sales data to prepare third-party royalty statements in Curve systems.
• Assist in maintaining Monday.com and Confluence information depository.
• Deliver timely monthly, quarterly and semi-annual royalty statements for publishing and recorded clients (manual and Curve system).
• Compute management commission as directed by Senior Team members.
• Perform other ad hoc duties as instructed by Royalties Manager & Head of Royalties.

Skills

Royalties accounting

Deadline management

Music industry knowledge

Numerical accuracy

Project management software

Tools

Curve royalty system

Monday.com

Confluence

Jira

Job description

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

Y Royalties was established in 2023 by Colin Young, BenMarlow and Gary Groutage, though our journey started years earlier, growing outof the royalties division at CC Young & Co, an award-winning accountancyfirm 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, anddriving our catalogue valuations and due diligence.

THE ROLE

Responsiblefor delivery of timely and accurateMonthly, Quarterly & Semi-Annual third-party royalty statements acrossPublishing & Recorded clients, manually and through our Curve royaltysystem. 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 willalready know the music-royalties landscape well — both recording andpublishing. What matters is that you bring the technical skill, an analyticalmind, numerical accuracy and the drive to build a market-leading practice

WHY JOIN US

Be Partof something that matters

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

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

We champion a culture that's welcoming, flexible and built onmutual respect. Teamwork, support and a genuine sense of belonging are whatmake us, us.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

Y Royalties Ltd is committed to promoting equality ofopportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a workingenvironment 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.

Ready to unlock the fullvalueof your music?

Whether you're looking to audit royalties, manage complex rights portfolios, or need expert transaction support — we're here to help. Let's start the conversation.