Royalty Income Analyst

Overview

At Warner Chappell Music (WCM) - the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG) - we shape the culture of songwriting and champion songs that resonate for generations by creating transformational opportunities for songwriters everywhere. Our people and culture are at the epicenter of our company, and we are looking for team members who share our service-oriented mindset and have a passion for looking after our songwriters.

Royalty Income Analyst

The Royalties Processing team operates within Warner Chappell Music, interacting with numerous departments (Finance, Legal and Copyright), daily. As part of our team, you’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of royalties administration while having fun and working on some of the most iconic songs ever written.

This role is responsible for a variety of technical royalty tasks including dealing with Domestic and Canadian performing rights societies, overseas affiliates, IT requests, cash book reconciliation, suspense research and statement dispatch.

• The reconciliation, payment, and management of U.S. and Canadian royalties.
• Monthly, Quarterly and Bi-Yearly reconciling of royalty income.
• Analyzing and loading of local societal and record company data files.
• Creating, inputting and supervising statement processing for the U.S. and Canada.
• Responsible for specific areas of Royalty Processing and able to process royalty inquiries received from a variety of sources, to undertake relevant research and respond in a timely manner.
• Ability to work with and analyze a wide variety of file formats, e.g., Excel, txt and DAT files.
• Conduct independent suspense research related projects.
• Responsible for efficient administration of U.S. and Canadian royalties maintaining effective working relationships with partners, both internal and external.
• Responsible for maintaining good filing/archival system built to assist in any open audits.
• Assist in other general department issues as the pressure of work dictates.
• Offer strong support to the Royalty Processing Director on issues that arise and projects as necessary.

• Proven experience with music administration, ideally publishing or a collection society.
• Background in finance either through work experience or formal qualifications.
• Must be able to read and understand materials and documents and have the ability to recognize and extract critical data and information.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent mathematical skills, with the ability to calculate royalty income accounting.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• A proactive, flexible attitude, with a desire to learn and progress.
• Ability to cope with a number of projects simultaneously and be able to work under pressure.
• Natural curiosity and drive to understand/resolve root issues.
• Ability to work/troubleshoot both in group and independent settings.

• Good understanding of Music Publishing and Performing Rights Society practices.
• Advanced computer literacy on reporting packs such as Excel and Tableau.
• Basic knowledge of Python and/or SQL
• Good working knowledge of royalty calculations and use of rates.
• Ability to design high-quality decks and visual materials using presentation platforms, such as Canva or Google Slides.
• A proactive approach to integrating Generative AI (e.g., Gemini) into everyday work to support and streamline daily tasks and overall productivity.

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity:
  We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
• Collaboration:
  
  Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song,…