Royalty Assistant

Sentric; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent music publisher is seeking a Royalty Assistant to support the royalties team in Liverpool. The role involves ensuring accurate matching of income and interaction with various departments to enhance song data quality. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills, a detail-oriented mindset, and familiarity with the music publishing industry. The company offers competitive benefits and encourages applications from all backgrounds.

Benefits

25 days annual leave increasing with length of service

1 day off for your birthday

Salary sacrifice pension with matched employer contributions

Optional private medical insurance

Hybrid working options

Monthly wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
• Keen attention to detail, accuracy and detail-driven.
• Demonstrable prioritisation, organisation and deadline management skills required.
• Basic understanding of the music publishing industry is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Daily review of unmatched income and ensure full matching.
• Weekly reporting of identified matches.
• Review, identify and resolve share conflicts with rights team.
• Ensure correct society work numbers are recorded for songs.
• Assist wider team with additional royalty tasks.

Skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Time management

High level of numeracy

Basic Excel skills

Education

Knowledge of music publishing industry

Previous admin experience

Job description

Company 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 monetize 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

Job Description

Department Objectives

• The royalty team performs a key role in the music publishing cycle, ensuring accurate and timely payment of client royalties.
• Our aim is to provide a first‑class experience to our clients by:
  • Efficiently processing incoming statements.
  • Accurately matching income.
  • Accelerating client payments.
  • Enhancing data quality.
  • Constantly looking to improve and evolve processes.

Job Summary

The royalty assistant will be responsible for supporting the royalties team with a focus on ensuring accurate matching of income. They will interact with various departments internally to maximise the accuracy of all royalty matching and enhance the quality of song data.

Responsibilities

• Daily review of unmatched income, ensuring full matching of all received income.
• Weekly reporting of identified matches.
• Review, identify and resolve any share conflicts with rights team.
• Ensure accurate society work numbers are recorded and correct on all versions of songs and assist with data enrichment exercises.
• Provide client management with unmatched works list for managed clients.
• Assist wider team with additional royalty tasks.

Additional Support

• Assist with special projects initiated by the wider royalty division, ensuring a qualitative and timely resolution of assigned project tasks.
• Assist the royalty team during key points throughout Sentric Music’s royalty distribution cycles.
• Assist royalty team with ad hoc duties to cover holiday periods etc.

Qualifications

• Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills; keen attention to detail, accuracy and detail‑driven; demonstrable prioritisation, organisation and deadline management skills required; high level of numeracy; basic Excel skills preferred.
• Knowledge: Basic understanding of the music publishing industry is preferable.
• Attitude: Positive approach to problem solving; enthusiasm for working with artists and business partners at all levels; collaborative approach to outcomes; ability to maintain a professional manner when handling song disputes and duplicate claims; persistent drive to complete tasks in an accurate and timely manner.
• Experience: Previous admin experience is advantageous; knowledge of music publishing industry either through education or previous work experience is preferable.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and celebrate the diversity that makes great teams.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. However, candidates with existing visas that grant the right to work in the UK and do not require our sponsorship (e.g. spousal visa, settled status) are welcome to apply.

Additional Information

Benefits

• 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 and 1 day off to move house each year.
• Salary sacrifice pension with matched employer contributions.
• Life assurance and group income protection plan.
• Optional private medical insurance (BIK).
• Enhanced employee assistance program.
• Believe academy – dedicated learning and development platform.
• Hybrid working options for all teams.
• Sociable office spaces.
• Monthly wellbeing initiatives.

Harmony

• Ambassador program: an employee volunteering initiative dedicated to all artists interested in having a positive impact on diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI), wellbeing and the planet.

We are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the community it serves at all levels of the organisation. We, therefore, welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion and sexual orientation.