Income Tracking Associate

Concord•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Concord is the independent, worldwide leader in the development, management and acquisition of sound recordings, music publishing, theatrical performance rights and narrative content. Headquartered in Nashville with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne and Miami, Concord also has staff in Auckland, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto. The Company’s catalog consists of more than 1 million songs, composed works, plays, musicals and active recordings which are licensed in virtually every country and territory worldwide. The Global Income Tracking Department plays an integral role in maximizing revenue collections, while bringing to attention issues regarding the company’s revenue and internal processes that may have a direct impact on revenue collection and income processing. The primary purpose of this position is to support the general income tracking team and initiatives, which consist of tracking and ensuring timely and proper collection of revenue for Concord’s sound recording repertoire throughout the world. This individual must have a solid base knowledge of music industry practices and revenue streams and will invest themselves in learning and developing an understanding of Concord’s end to end revenue and royalty processes, catalogue delivery processes, revenue collections, financial workflows, royalty cycles and distributions. This position will support a department whose mission is to identify and collect on unreported and underreported income streams. Works under moderate supervision.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in music, business or related discipline or the equivalent combination of education and experience required.
Minimum of two years related experience required.
Outstanding verbal, written communication and organization skills required.
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) with ability to perform advanced formulas, pivot tables, “what if” statements, data/sorts etc.
Extremely detail-oriented and highly organized, with an ability to manage large workloads, prioritize demands under the pressure of deadlines and show discretion with confidential materials.
The ability to work with numbers, spot trends and draw meaningful conclusions from data, using analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to problem solve and find data-based resolutions.
Willingness to adapt and acquire new skills as new technologies emerge.
Self-starter work initiative and an ability to work independently and with a team.

Nice To Haves

SQL, DAX and Python knowledge a plus.

Responsibilities

Assisting in the discovery and recovery of unpaid and underpaid revenue worldwide
Oversee Concord’s SoundExchange Rights Owner and Featured Artist accounts
Assisting in the updating and maintaining regular industry analysis and trend reports
Proactively reviewing and analyzing distribution reporting’s from key accounts to ensure revenue received is full and proper
Fielding income tracking and revenue analysis related inquiries from other departments
Maintaining departmental “client query” tracking reports, assuring that all incoming queries and requests are promptly and acknowledged by appropriate departmental personnel and ultimately resolved in a timely manner
Maintaining Concord’s SoundExchange Accounts for both Rights Owner and Featured Artist assets
Providing support to Concord’s third-party vendors and service providers
Assisting with the review of distributions received from key “performance” sources
Assisting in departmental research and ad-hoc analysis projects, including highly confidential projects
Assisting with review of contractual and third-party and Ancillary licensing agreements and statements to ensure and enforce compliance
Wrangling statement data from payment sources as needed
Assisting with booking third-party licensing revenue
Assisting in the review of Neighboring Right’s income to ensure all requests are responded to in a timely manner
Updating and maintaining regular departmental tracking reports
Providing general support to income tracking team members and other departments as needed
Performs other duties as assigned.