Music is Universal

Its the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the worlds leading music company. From A&R to finance legal to digital sales to marketing Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender race disability sexual orientation religion belief age marital status background pregnancy or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism dyslexia ADHD and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment workplaces and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition please email

Main Purpose of Role

To assist with the preparation of accurate royalty accounting for all parties contracted to the labels and to provide information to Management and the labels on the same.

Main Duties

• Processing of Licensing Income into Sprint through to production of month end and distribution of income to the labels

• Monthly processing of synchronisation income

• Assist with Royalty Accounting - UMR

• Assist with Monthly fee income bookings as directed by the License Head

• Quarterly TV break claiming and booking of overseas claims as directed by Head

• Quarterly Article Input into our inhouse TRACS System

• Monthly processing of VAT invoices payable on the labels

• Investigation and resolution of ad hoc queries on the labels as within job holders capabilities

• Other ad hoc tasks on the team as directed by License Head within job holders capabilities

Person Specification

• Good levels of numeracy and accuracy in figure work

• Ability to analyse and interpret legal documents

• Can deliver under pressure and can set / meet own goals

• High level of competency on mainframe and Microsoft packages

• Must be able to complete all tasks within agreed deadline

Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• 25 paid days of annual leave

• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan

• Holiday Purchase scheme

• Dental and Travel Insurance options

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Salary Sacrifice Cars

• Subsidised Gym Membership

• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Just So You Know

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholders specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent definitive and exhaustive statement.

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