Royalties Assistant 0351

Our client, a successful talent agency is seeking a capable Royalties Assistant to provide accurate accounting support to clients.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Administrating daily payments using excel and cross referencing them with contract schedules.

• Regularly using bespoke royalties system to input client payments.

• Generating client statements and cheques of any back-up documentation.

• Transferring data to an internet banking system.

• Managing invoicing for client fees.

• Tracking outstanding invoices.

• Chasing outstanding client VAT sums, and performing inter-account client VAT and tax transfers.

• Maintaining client records.

• Administering withholding tax documentation (foreign payments).

• Preparing fee statements and organising payments in foreign currencies.

• Providing client ledgers and bank statements to accountants.

• Calculating annual client earnings and producing related reporting.

• Responding to client and in-house queries.

• Reconciling various client accounts.

• Liaising with new beneficiaries and their solicitors to organising documentation (probate, death certificates and wills).

Requirements:

• Previous experience working with royalties.

• Highly numerate and accurate, able to meet deadlines.

• Good writing communication skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Good understanding of VAT.

• Previous experience working with accounting databases.

Please note that due to the volume of submissions, only successful candidates who meet the exact requirements will be contacted. If you have not heard back within 10 days of submission, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

The Music Market/Arts and Media are an equal opportunities employer who supports diversity in the workplace.

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