Royalties Accounting Assistant (Remote)

Penguin Random House; New York (NY); Remote; USD 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

Pre-Tax and Roth 401(k)

Generous paid time off

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Penguin Random House is seeking an Accounting Assistant to join the Royalties Management team at our New York office. This role supports author statements and payments, collaborating with editorial and finance to ensure timely and accurate royalty processing.

The position offers remote work with a path toward growth in a dynamic publishing environment. Ideal candidates have 1–2 years in accounting or bookkeeping and strong Excel skills, with a proactive, self-guided work style.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of accounting or bookkeeping experience.
• Proactive, self-starting worker with strong attention to detail.
• Able to solve problems autonomously and meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and MS Word; willingness to learn new apps.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update profit share and royalties records in SAP (PRH Rights Management database).
• Analyze profit share contracts to ensure advances, earnings and expenses are recorded timely and accurately.
• Prepare and process profit share statement payments.
• Maintain profit share cost rate data tables and liaise with departments to resolve statement/contract issues.
• Post manual adjustments to the general ledger and prepare ad hoc reports.

Skills

Accounting basics

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Tools

SAP

Job description

Penguin Random House is seeking an Accounting Assistant to join the Royalties Management team at our New York office. This role supports author statements and payments, collaborating with editorial and finance to ensure timely and accurate royalty processing.

The position offers remote work with a path toward growth in a dynamic publishing environment. Ideal candidates have 1–2 years in accounting or bookkeeping and strong Excel skills, with a proactive, self-guided work style.