Sub Rights Team Member; Maternity Cover

Sub Rights Team Member (6 Month Maternity Cover) - News Corp

Sub Rights Team Member (6 Month Maternity Cover) Harper Collins Publishers

Employment Type

Contract 6 Month FTC – Starting ASAP

Location Hybrid
· Glasgow City, UK

Seniority Junior

+ Closing:11:59pm, 22nd Jan 2026 GMT

• Work from home option
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Mentoring/coaching
• Cycle to work scheme
• Candidate happiness

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We are looking for someone to join the team to provide essential support within the Sub Rights team. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the smooth running of the team. It’s a great opportunity for someone who enjoys variety and thrives in a collaborative, fast‑paced environment.

• Subright Processing
• Carry out all daily sub rights tasks. Tasks includes (but not limited to)
• Allocation of sub rights monies to appropriate author/earners
• Liaise with payees and internal HCP departments in relation to the collection and processing of sub right monies due/received.
• Miscellaneous administrative tasks associated with the processing of sub rights monies.
• Processing of daily cash receipts
• Processing and control of regular invoices and reminders re unpaid monies due (alternate)
• Ensure sub right cash collection is maximised and receipts processed accurately and within acceptable timescale.

• Respond to both internal and external queries and requests for royalty information which may arise, including queries in relation to bi‑annual royalty statements
• Aid royalty team at peak times in statement production, payments and other ad hoc exercises as required
• Provide general assistance within royalty and sub right function
• Manage the team shared mailbox
• Ensure emails are delegated or responded to within acceptable timescale.

• Broad/General experience within Finance function is mandatory
• Accounts receivable experience
• Royalty/Publishing finance experience

• Ability to plan and prioritise
• Willing to adapt to changing priorities
• Computer literate with very strong Excel skills
• Ability to multitask
• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail
• Knowledge of the workings of a Royalty application would be an advantage
• Power Bi experience

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Co‑operative/helpful and able to establish good working relationships within the Royalty function, with other Harper Collins departments, and with authors/agents
• Able to deal with pressures of workload
• Hybrid working model (4 days in the office)
• Private healthcare cover and life assurance
• Summer Hours
• Free access to Head Space, employee assistance programme (24 hour helpline), mental health first aiders, and a wellbeing portal
• Employee networks: HC All In (open forum), Elevate (for ethnic minority colleagues), Harper Parents, Menopause at Work, Pride at HC, Social Mobility Network and Neurodiversity at Work
• Unlimited training on our Learning and Development portal
• Virtual GP and eyecare vouchers
• Charitable donation matching and 2 volunteering days
• Free e‑books and audio books, newspaper subscriptions and discounts on books
• Subsidised canteen and retail discounts
• Onsite prayer room

At Harper Collins, we value authenticity and integrity in our recruitment process. To ensure a fair and accurate evaluation of all applications, we ask that all responses to assessment questions reflect your own thoughts, experiences, and capabilities. This allows us to fairly assess your knowledge, skills, and experience to determine how they align with the role. We value diverse perspectives and genuine contributions, even if answers are not perfect.

The use of AI tools or external assistance to generate responses is discouraged unless explicitly permitted for specific tasks.

If you wish to discuss anything regarding this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly tostepha (jennif) with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title and we will aim to get back to you within 5 working days.

Please note, if you are interested in the role you would need to submit your application via Applied. We do not accept email applications.