Music Publishing Revenue Operations Manager

Confidential; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Annual discretionary bonus

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Manager of Revenue Operations in Los Angeles to oversee the financial management of a music publishing portfolio, including cash collection, forecasting, and analytics across catalogs. The role reports to the Finance department and collaborates with Business Affairs to optimize revenue and internal controls.

You will onboard acquired catalogs, monitor royalties, perform variance analyses, and develop forecasts by revenue type and artist.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, music business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in music publishing finance, royalty accounting, revenue operations, financial planning and analysis, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of music publishing revenue streams, royalty reporting, licensing, and royalty statement processing.
• Experience working with financial reporting systems, royalty accounting platforms, and large datasets.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with financial databases, SQL, Power BI, or similar analytical tools is preferred.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist with onboarding newly acquired music publishing catalogs, ensuring accurate setup of revenue sources, rights, and reporting.
• Manage cash tracking process to include the review of cash collections and royalty statements to confirm revenues are properly matched to the correct entity, artist, payor, and earnings period.
• Monitor expected royalty receipts and proactively follow up with labels, collection societies, publishers, and other payors when statements or payments are delayed.
• Perform variance analyses comparing actual cash receipts to forecasted revenues and identify key drivers of differences.
• Analyze catalog performance trends, including revenue growth, new releases, contractual royalty rate changes, catalog activity, and other performance metrics.
• Perform comparative revenue analytics to include various revenue types and publishing vs sound recording revenue streams.
• Identify, quantify, and document one-time revenue anomalies, contractual rate adjustments, rights reversions, and other non-recurring items.
• Develop revenue forecasts by revenue type, artist, and accounting period using historical performance, contractual information, release schedules, and market trends.
• Prepare executive-level commentary supporting budgets, forecasts, and monthly or quarterly variance analyses.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial analyses and management reports to support executive decision-making.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance reporting accuracy, operational efficiency, and internal controls, including AI or other IT implementations.

Skills

Advanced Excel

SQL

Power BI

Financial analysis

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Music Business, or a related field

Tools

ERP systems

Royalty platforms

Financial databases

Job description

Confidential is seeking a Manager of Revenue Operations in Los Angeles to oversee the financial management of a music publishing portfolio, including cash collection, forecasting, and analytics across catalogs. The role reports to the Finance department and collaborates with Business Affairs to optimize revenue and internal controls.

You will onboard acquired catalogs, monitor royalties, perform variance analyses, and develop forecasts by revenue type and artist.