Senior Royalty Assistant

Inspired Selection; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work with London office two day

25 days holiday + company days

Private healthcare

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Inspired Search & Selection is assisting a well-established book publisher in recruiting a Senior Royalty Assistant for the finance team. The role combines royalties, contracts, and data analysis with stakeholder communication in a busy publishing environment.

The successful candidate will review royalties, interpret contract terms, and ensure accurate reporting and timely payments. A hybrid setup with two days in the London office is offered.

Qualifications

• Some experience in royalties or related publishing role.
• Confident reading publishing contracts and interpreting terms.
• Strong numerical and Excel skills.
• Able to analyse large volumes of data.

Responsibilities

• Review royalty information against contractual terms and rates.
• Check payment details and investigate queries.
• Analyse royalty statements and data, reporting findings.
• Collaborate with teams across the business and communicate clearly.

Skills

Royalties experience

Excel skills

Numerical skills

Data analysis

Contract interpretation

Tools

Publishing royalties system

Job description

Our client is a well-established and highly regarded book publisher, and they're looking for a Senior Royalty Assistant to join their busy finance team. This is a great opportunity for someone with publishing royalties experience who enjoys working with numbers, contracts and people, and wants to develop their career within a supportive publishing environment.

Benefits

• Salary of around £30,, depending on experience
• Hybrid working, with 2 days per week in the London office
• 25 days' holiday plus additional company days
• Private healthcare and wellbeing support

Must haves

• Some experience in royalties, or a closely related publishing role
• Confidence reading publishing contracts and interpreting royalty and payment terms
• Strong numerical and Excel skills
• Comfortable analysing and working with large volumes of data

About you

You'll be accurate, organised and naturally comfortable getting into the detail. You'll enjoy problem-solving and working with data, but you'll also be a confident communicator who can explain royalty information clearly to colleagues, authors and other stakeholders. Experience using a publishing royalties system would be useful, but isn't essential.

The Role

Working as part of an experienced royalties team, you'll help ensure authors and other rights holders are reported and paid accurately and on time. You'll review royalty information against contractual terms, check rates and payment details, investigate queries and analyse royalty statements and data. You'll work closely with teams across the business, making this a varied role combining royalties, contracts, finance and stakeholder communication.

Company

You'll be joining an established publisher with an international reach and a collaborative, inclusive culture. The business offers a strong benefits package alongside opportunities to learn, develop and build a long-term career within publishing.

Inspired Search & Selection are a publishing recruitment specialist who operate an Equal Opportunities policy. We treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.