Royalty Assistant

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom BBC Full time

Job Introduction
To administer the royalty accounting terms of BBC Studios agreements with rights holders by (1) analysing rights agreements, (2) setting up the royalty accounting terms on the royalty system and (3) validating payment calculations in order to ensure BBC Studios fulfils its obligations on all distribution activities.

Main Responsibilities
- 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, CASPAR, referencing 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 external stakeholders in a timely and articulate manner.
- Aptitude for database and analytical work - able to summarise complex data
- Strong organisational and planning skills - able to manage a busy workload against tight deadlines.
- Highly numerate.
- Works well under pressure and able to solve problems
- Methodical approach and keen eye for detail.
- Ability to liaise with senior staff at all levels.
- Accounting and/or legal background (desirable).
- Experience of interpreting and analysing complex financial information, contractually based.
- Experience of manually preparing royalty accounting statements.
- Royalties and systems knowledge are trained on the job over a 6 month period

About the BBC

The BBC Group has set out the first in a new series of bold steps to transform our programming and better represent the public we serve.** **We have the biggest financial investment to on-air inclusion in the industry, together with our existing commissioning budget, we are committed to throwing open our doors more widely than ever to diverse stories and diverse storytellers. Together with a diverse workforce we will accelerate the pace of change in increasing diversity and inclusion both on and off air

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please visit our website.

Package Description
Band: B
Contract Type: Full time/ Perm
Location: London TVC

Working Pattern: Hybrid Working (Home-based plus two/three days a week in the office)
- **_Excellent career progression _**- the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
- **_Unrivalled training and development opportunities_** - our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certifications.
- **_Benefits _**_- _We offer a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days (plus an additional day which is a Corporation Day) with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.


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