Job Details
JOB BAND: B
CONTRACT TYPE: Permanent, Full-time
DEPARTMENT: BBC Studios COO Group
LOCATION: London - Television Centre
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,000 - £30,000 plus £5,441 London Weighting, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience.
Purpose of the Role
Step into the world where creative content meets numbers, rights and data. As a Royalty Assistant in our Music Reporting Team, you’ll help ensure BBC Studios meets its royalty and reporting obligations to PRS for Music, MCPS and PPL. Your work keeps our industry‑leading content flowing, supporting the teams who bring programmes to life while building your expertise at the heart of a global TV business.
Key Responsibilities
* Prepare quarterly sales reports for submission to MCPS and PPL, ensuring data is accurate and complete.
* Validate invoices from music collection societies against internal data, identifying and resolving differences.
* Provide music‑related data to other Talent Accounting teams to support payment calculations for production companies.
* Update and maintain databases with sales, payment and rights data.
* Interpret music rights information, advise on productions outside blanket agreements, and respond to internal and external queries.
* Source cue sheets to enable royalty pay-aways.
* Support the Music Royalties Executive with timely reporting and analysis.
Essential Criteria
* Strong experience working with Excel and databases, with the ability to extract, interpret and summarise complex datasets.
* High numerical proficiency with a methodical approach to analysing financial or rights related information, consistently demonstrating strong attention to detail.
* Ability to manually prepare or support the preparation of royalty or financial statements, ensuring accuracy against fixed deadlines.
* Effective communicator able to liaise confidently with internal teams and external stakeholders, summarising information clearly.
* A self‑starter who is highly organised, proactive, eager to learn and able to work collaboratively within a small team.
Desired but Not Required
* Understanding of media rights, music rights or distribution agreements.
* Familiarity with royalty systems (Alliant) or analytical tools.
* Background or studies in accounting, finance or legal fields.Interest in developing a career in royalties, rights management or financial analysis.
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