Royalties Manager

Believe; Greater London, Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension with 10% match

Life Assurance

Income protection

Private medical insurance

EAP

Job summary

Believe, a global music publishing group, seeks a Royalty Processing Manager to oversee ingestion and processing of royalty distributions across our client base. You will manage workflows, validate royalties, and deliver accurate reporting with cross-functional collaboration.

You will drive royalty analysis initiatives, liaise with Distribution and Finance, and refine QA checks to ensure data integrity and timely client statements. Hybrid UK role with global teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in royalty functions or financial analysis within music publishing.
• Strong understanding of royalty processing and revenue assurance practices.
• Excellent data validation and accuracy in reporting.
• Clear communication and collaboration across internal teams.
• Ability to drive strategic decisions in cross-functional forums.
• Detail-oriented with high accuracy in financial calculations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Royalty Processing Team and mentor staff.
• Oversee matching statistics and cash receipt tracking with third parties.
• Review royalties, perform data validation and reporting analyses.
• Collaborate with Distribution, Finance and Product to refine tooling.
• Develop and improve royalty analysis functions for high-quality outputs.
• Ensure timely delivery of client statements and uphold data integrity.

Skills

Royalty processing

Financial analysis

SQL

PowerBI

Tableau

Data validation

Communication

Leadership

Tools

PowerBI

Tableau

Job description

Acquired by Believe in 2023, Sentric is an independent music publisher servicing self-releasing songwriters and disrupting traditional publishing with fair, transparent deals. We recently launched Believe Music Publishing, offering premium services from publishing administration to tailored publishing deals. Together, we empower a diverse client base of artists, songwriters, record labels, and catalogue owners to collect the royalties they
deserve.

With intuitive technology and a people-first approach, we’ve built a team of over 160 publishing experts worldwide, including more than 15 Sync specialists across North America and Europe, and dedicated teams in Creative, Revenue Optimisation, Royalties, Legal, and Copyright.

Believe is a global artist development company. We empower local artists, labels and publishers to grow their audiences at each stage of their careers with expertise, respect, fairness and transparency.
Operating in 50+ countries, with more than 2,000 employees, Believe offers a full range of services including audience development, publishing, marketing and distribution, with a tailor-made approach to fit any artist, label or publisher.

Believe champions independence and innovation through a unique model that combines local expertise with a global tech platform, delivering exclusive solutions for artists to promote and monetise their music thanks to strategic partnerships with leading global digital service providers. With a leading portfolio of brands that includes Nuclear Blast, naïve, TuneCore, Groove Attack, Sentric, AllPoints and Byond, Believe artists generated more than
800 billion streams worldwide in 2024 across all genres, and were recognised with more than 70 leading industry awards.

Believe is a simplified joint-stock company under French law. Learn more at www.believe.com

Based in Liverpool or London

Job Description

The Royalty Team performs a key role in the Music Publishing cycle, ensuring accurate and timely receipt and processing of incoming royalty distributions for onward accounting to our client base.

Job Summary

The Royalty Processing Manager will be responsible for the ingestion and processing of royalty distribution data from our global collection network, managing the royalty processing workflows, ensuring accurate reporting and analysis throughout, to ensure timely delivery of client statements.

Working with the wider Royalty department to maintain a smooth process from receipt of incoming royalty receipts, providing detailed review and validation of royalties processed, overseeing regular and ad hoc royalty analysis, along with carrying out revenue assurance checks, guaranteeing the integrity of reporting both internally and to our clients.

This role will also be responsible for monitoring and driving comprehensive royalty processing and will liaise with internal teams to manage any queries regarding royalty data, adjustments and corrections.

Managing the Royalty Processing Team

Overseeing and reporting on matching statistics

Monitoring, logging and reporting on cash receipts, and tracking accompanying data, direct with third parties.

Liaising with Distribution Team and Finance on processing errors.

Owning and refining quality assurance checks and processes.

Developing royalty analysis functions within the team, to deliver high-quality data and reporting.

Collaboration with product and engineering team to continually develop tooling to support timely and accurate processes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in royalty functions, financial analysis, or similar roles within the music publishing industry.

Thorough understanding of royalty processing and revenue assurance practices.

Strong analytical skills with proficiency in data validation and accuracy.

Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities to manage relationships and internal collaborations effectively.

Ability to drive strategic decision-making in cross-functional forums

Detail-oriented approach with a high level of accuracy in financial calculations and reporting.

Ability to multitask, prioritize, and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced department.

Knowledge of end to end publishing administration workflows, and how to address contractual nuances within royalties.

Results driven, with the ability to challenge process, and define workflows

Experience with writing SQL queries, along with data visualisation tools such as PowerBI or Tableau.

Additional Information

You must have the right to work in the UK otherwise your application will not be considered.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to make a real, positive difference in the music industry
• A competitive salary and benefits package
• A supportive, inclusive environment that values diversity
• Flexible, hybrid working arrangements
• Real investment in your professional development, including in how you work with modern AI tooling
• Working at Believe means having individual and collective impact in a fast-growing company!
• At all stages of their careers, Believers are an important part of what we are doing: shaping the future of the music industry.
• We need teams that truly reflect the diversity of our clients: our international presence is an inspiring and enriching work environment for each one of us, with daily opportunities to connect with our colleagues all over the world.
• We have two hearts at Believe - our People and our Artists.
• We believe in THE POWER OF OUR PEOPLE, who grow every day to develop their potential… We aim to provide our Believers with the best environment to thrive.

ROCK THE JOB

• 25 days annual leave increasing with length of service (28 days at 3 years, 30 days at 5 years)
• 1 day off for your birthday
• 1 day off to move house each year
• Salary sacrifice pension with matched employer contributions up to 10%
• Life Assurance and Group Income Protection Plan
• Optional Private Medical Insurance (BIK)
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to Eutelmed, a digital mental health and well-being platform offering sessions with experienced psychologists
• Tailor-made training and coaching programme

SING IN HARMONY

• Ambassador programme: an employee volunteering initiative dedicated to all Believers interested in having a positive impact on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), wellbeing and the planet.

Believe / Believe Music Publishing / Sentric Music strongly promotes equal treatment regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies.