Associate, Royalty Management

Holtzbrinck; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Macmillan Publishers is seeking an Associate, Royalty Management to support a small team responsible for royalty statements for authors and contract parties. This developmental role offers exposure to royalty operations and progression toward a Royalty Manager role.

The position is remote but tied to our New York, NY office, with a salary in the $60,000–$65,000 range and a non-exempt status. Ideal candidates have 1–2 years in related finance roles and a Bachelor’s in accounting/finance.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience in royalty operations, publishing, or related accounting/finance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with Biblio or a similar royalty platform is a plus.
• Book publishing experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist with royalty period-end and statement preparation.
• Help ensure accuracy of royalty terms in the royalty system.
• Review banking and tax forms and assist with payee changes.
• Prepare and edit manual statements and respond to inquiries.
• Support payment processes and data reconciliation as needed.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Organization

Communication

Excel

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Biblio

Google Workspace

Databases/SQL queries

Job description

Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world, publishing a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats. Macmillan Publishers is committed to our authors, our employees, and to the environment.

Finance, Controlling and Tax

The Associate, Royalty Management, supports a small team of Royalty Managers responsible for the accurate and timely preparation, analysis, review, and issuance of royalty statements to authors, agents, and other contractual parties for the Macmillan US Trade division. In addition, the role will collaborate extensively with various departments within the organization, as well as external parties, to ensure transparency, accuracy, and trust in royalty-related operations. This is a developmental role within Royalty Operations, well suited to someone building a foundation in royalties and statement preparation ahead of progressing into a full Royalty Manager role. There are 2 openings for this role.

What you’ll do:

• Assist Senior Royalty Manager and other Royalty Managers with royalty period-end and statement preparation
• Assist with ensuring accuracy of royalty terms in Biblio royalty system
• Assist with the review of banking and tax forms
• Assist with the processing of payee changes
• Assist with the pulling of sales information and other research
• Assist with clearing any errors or exceptions, including data cleanup
• Assist with editing and creating manual statements
• Collaborate with Author Care team to respond and resolve internal and external royalty inquiries
• Assist in payment process:
• Assist Royalty Ops Analyst with review of payment registers and reports
• Assist with the preparation of payment requests, as needed
• Provide additional support to the Sr. Royalty Manager as needed

What you’ll bring:

• Detail-oriented, process-oriented, and exercise good judgment
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage a steady volume of detailed, deadline-driven work
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Good working knowledge of, or strong aptitude for learning, royalty contract terms and processes
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel, Google Workspace, databases, and system queries.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Motivated, disciplined, with high personal and professional standards of integrity and ethics

Ideal Experience/Education:

• 1–2 years of experience in royalty operations, publishing, or a related accounting/finance role
• Book publishing experience a plus
• Familiarity with Biblio or a similar royalty platform a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Salary range: $60,000 - $65,000

FSLA status: Non-Exempt

This position is classified as remote but is tied to our New York, NY office located at 120 Broadway.Employment is subject to New York State tax withholding under applicable regulations.

Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.

U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.

Macmillan is proud to be an equal opportunity employer consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.