Royalties Onboarding & Administration Lead

Create Music Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Create Music Group is a leading music and entertainment company expanding its global catalog and platform. The Senior Manager, Royalty Administration & Onboarding oversees royalty onboarding for newly acquired catalogs, translating complex deal terms into scalable royalty structures and workflows across Create's systems from day one.

You will partner with M&A, Finance, Legal, and Royalties teams, engaging early in diligence to identify requirements, gaps, and ensure a smooth transition into

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in music business, accounting, finance, business administration, or related field; or 5+ years royalty ops experience in music.
• 4+ years of royalty administration or royalty operations experience.
• 2+ years of people management experience, including managers if possible.
• Track record of catalog integration/onboarding onto a platform.
• Hands-on experience translating contract terms into system configuration.
• Experience configuring an enterprise royalty/rights-management platform.
• Ability to read acquisition agreements and identify requirements for royalty systems.
• Ability to design defensible workarounds when a term cannot be implemented literally.

Responsibilities

• Own contract-to-system royalty interpretation: rates, splits, territories, escalators, cross-collateralization, recoupment.
• Lead Royalties Readiness Gate for incoming acquisitions and provide go/no-go recommendations.
• Own the handoff packet standard for incoming acquisitions.
• Lead analysis of royalty obligations for acquisitions and advise onboarding methodology.
• Represent Royalties in M&A diligence and own the royalty section of diligence memo.
• Manage portfolio: onboarding checklist, automated metadata, contract and payor template generation.
• Set governance for access and configuration across all royalty systems.
• Establish upstream intake requirements from other departments for requests.
• Perform prior-acquisition review to fix configuration errors.
• Set KPIs for integration and operations and report on throughput and quality.

Skills

People management

Catalog onboarding

Contract interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

SQL queries

BI/reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in music business, accounting, finance, or related

5+ years royalty administration/operations experience

Tools

Label Engine

Curve

Vistex Maestro/Record Maestro

Counterpoint

SR1

Job description

Create Music Group is a leading music and entertainment company expanding its global catalog and platform. The Senior Manager, Royalty Administration & Onboarding oversees royalty onboarding for newly acquired catalogs, translating complex deal terms into scalable royalty structures and workflows across Create's systems from day one.

You will partner with M&A, Finance, Legal, and Royalties teams, engaging early in diligence to identify requirements, gaps, and ensure a smooth transition into