Royalty Operations Analyst (Senior/Analyst)

Sony Music Entertainment Poland; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading music entertainment company in Warsaw is seeking a Royalty Operations Analyst. In this role, you will contribute to artist royalties by managing and delivering accurate royalty statements. This position requires strong analytical and organizational skills, proficiency in Excel, and fluency in both Polish and English. The role offers a hybrid working model, allowing flexibility in your work environment.

Benefits

Private medical cover

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance

Income protection

Music industry perks

Time off over winter break

Qualifications

• 4 years of related work experience required.
• Proficiency in Polish and English, written and oral.

Responsibilities

• Manage artist royalties and deliver timely royalty statements.
• Review contracts and interpret royalty obligations.
• Serve as Point of Contact for internal and external inquiries.
• Assist in process improvement to enhance quality.

Skills

Detailed orientation

Organizational skills

Leadership skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Ability to handle multiple tasks

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Accounting or Finance

Tools

Excel (Pivot tables & VLOOKUP)

SAP

JIRA

EROS

Job description

Royalty Operations Analyst (Senior/Analyst)

Warsaw, Poland

The Global Finance Shared Service Centre supports the core business with finance related matters, covering a wide scope of activities across the globe. We ensure suppliers and artists are paid on time for the amazing work they create. We work closely with the local finance teams around the world which means we have an excellent understanding of how the company operates and are kept up to date with key developments in this exciting and fast paced industry. Our teams play a key role in ensuring Sony Music achieve their annual goals each year.

As either a Royalty Analyst or a Senior Royalty Analyst, you will be a key contributor to the day-to-day operations within Royalties and will be involved in all aspects of artist royalties, managing and delivering accurate and timely royalty statements, performing reviews, analysis and reconciliations, managing and prioritizing clearing of suspense items, responding to internal and external inquiries, contract interpretation, coding and special projects.

Reporting into the US team, you'll be based in our Warsaw office with a hybrid working model of 2 days in the office per month.

What you'll do:

Royalty Contract Interpretation and Coding:

• Read the artist, producer, and/or third-party contract to obtain relevant information.
• Interpret contractual clauses related to the royalty obligation, including understanding the legal definitions of terms used within the contracts or related documents.
• Coordinate with Label’s legal and business affairs staff to obtain missing information.
• Set up and maintain accurate contractual information within the royalty system:
• Ensure that all relevant exploitations methods are identified and the appropriate royalty rate is assigned.
• Ensure that escalation counters are set to properly count relevant sales.

Royalty Statement Review:

• Prepare the appropriate accounting statements as contractually required,
• Review sales and costs to ensure they are accurately stated.
• Update and analyze unrecouped balance analysis at account level.
• Prepare and research variance-reporting analysis to understand fluctuations with balances and payments.
• Review/analyze/process statement adjustments related to earnings, out of cycle payments, and balance transfers.
• Coordinate the statement review with the appropriate affiliate personal.
• Review the new release schedule and work with the affiliate personal to ensure new releases are coded within the appropriate timeframe.
• Run sales query and reviewing results with Manager.
• Prepare and review suspense reports and provide reports to affiliate on a weekly basis.

Inquiries & Special Projects:

• Serve as Point of Contact for various internal and external inquiries related to assigned accounts.
• Provide Manager with status reports regarding the assigned artist accounts.
• Provide guidance to the entry-level staff members including providing an overview of tools available to assist in the completion of the assigned tasks.
• Assist in process design improvements focused on enhancing quality while reducing resource requirements.

Who you are:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Business Administration, Economics, Accounting or Finance with at least 4 years of related work experience
• Strong proficiency in Word, Excel (Pivot tables & VLOOKUP) and Outlook; SAP, EROS, and JIRA experience a plus
• Detail oriented individual with strong organizational and leadership skills that can handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to interact well with different levels within the organization.
• Ability to analyze and review information from several different sources (corporate systems).
• Polish and English language, written and oral

What we give you:

• You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day
• A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next
• We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break

Equal Opportunities

As an active part of a culturally and socially diverse society, Sony Music’s aim is that our workforce is diverse and inclusive. Sony Music is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

We employ, retain, promote and otherwise treat all employees and job applicants according to their merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We apply this policy without regard to any individual’s sex, race, religion, origin, age, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition or disability.