Job Description
Job Title: Senior Royalty Income Tracker
Industry: Music Publishing / Entertainment
Location: New York, NY, CA or Santa Monica
Company: Confidential Independent Music Publisher (represented by Hyered)
Salary: $100-120K - DOE
Overview
Hyered is partnering with a leading independent music publishing company to appoint a Senior Royalty Income Tracker. This role sits within a collaborative creative/royalty function and is open to candidates based in either Southern California or New York.
The successful candidate will take ownership of monitoring and recording royalty income across multiple revenue streams, ensuring accuracy, recovery of missing income, and timely reporting to internal stakeholders. This is a senior individual contributor role with departmental oversight and mentoring responsibility, offering exposure to a global rights operation.
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor, track, and reconcile royalty income from multiple domestic and international sources
- Proactively identify, recover, and resolve missing or delayed income to ensure revenue targets are met
- Reconcile royalty statements against internal systems and investigate discrepancies
- Research and analyse data across internal and external platforms to ensure income flows correctly for owned and administered compositions
- Collaborate closely with legal, finance, and accounting teams to ensure contractual compliance
- Produce regular reports and financial analyses relating to royalty income and distributions
- Develop and improve royalty tracking processes, systems, and controls
- Prepare and present findings and insights to senior management
- Support internal and external audits related to royalty income
- Partner with global affiliates and third-party entities, applying local market knowledge to support international income tracking
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline
- Demonstrated experience in royalty accounting, royalty income tracking, or a similar financial role
- Strong capability working with large and complex datasets
- Excellent analytical skills with high attention to detail
- Proficiency in financial systems and Microsoft Office (particularly Excel)
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
Preferred Experience
- Knowledge of intellectual property law and rights management
- Experience using royalty accounting and tracking platforms
Benefits
- Pension plan / 401(k)
- Comprehensive health and dental coverage
- Paid time off and holidays
- Ongoing professional development and growth opportunities