Royalty Assistant

JOB DETAILS

JOB TITLE: Royalty Assistant

JOB BAND: B

CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent Full-time

DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios Finance Talent Accounting

LOCATION: London Hybrid PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: up to 30000 depending on relevant skills knowledge and experience. London Weighting (5441) will be added on top of the base salary.

The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Were happy to discuss flexible working. If youd like to please indicate your preference in the application though theres no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

WE ARE BBC STUDIOS

A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the worlds most sought-after TV audio and digital content.

Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful entertaining and inspiring stories for people all around the world.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a Royalty Assistant youll be responsible for ensuring rights holders are paid accurately and promptly. Youll play a pivotal role in managing royalty accounting terms across global distribution channels helping uphold BBC Studios reputation and drive its content acquisition strategy.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Be part of a team that sits at the heart of BBC Studios commercial success. Youll work with a wide range of stakeholders gain exposure to high-value contracts and contribute to the smooth running of a department responsible for over 130m in annual payments. Its a dynamic detail-driven environment with real impact.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Analyse rights acquisition agreements e.g. distribution agreements with independent production companies and other rights clearance information to determine the businesses accounting and reporting obligations on distribution revenues.
• Determine how to reflect the royalty accounting terms on the royalty system(the (Rightsline) ferencing historic agreements to enable compliance with contractual reporting obligations and internal reporting requirements
• Coordinate the monthly uploads of data into the royalty system from other BBCS systems required to enable all royalty and profit share calculations. This includes sales distribution costs and content metadata.
• Review and validate an allocation of royalty calculations (accruals and payments) ensuring they reflect contractual terms and completed in time to meet contractual deadlines.
• Resolve queries from internal and external stakeholders.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Experience working with databases with the ability to extract and summarise complex datasets.
• Strong proficiency in numerical analysis.
• Experience in interpreting and analysing complex financial information
• Experience of manually preparing royalty accounting statements.
• Good understanding of media rights and distribution agreements.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Accounting and/or legal background (desirable).
• Background in accounting and/or legal fields.
• Familiarity with royalty systems (training provided over 6 months).

NEXT STEPS

We appreciate your interest in this position and understand how important this opportunity is to you. Due to the high volume of interest we may need to close the application period earlier than anticipated. This step is necessary to ensure we can provide a high level of attention and service to all applicants. Thank you for your understanding.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

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