Label Royalty Manager
About The Position
Fair Trade is seeking a detail-driven, analytically strong Label Royalties Manager to help ensure artists, producers, and partners are paid accurately and on time. The role owns key elements of the royalty cycle, including preparing and reviewing sales data, maintaining royalty-system setup, processing royalty statements, managing recoupments, reconciling artist balances, and supporting financial reporting. The manager applies contract and licensing terms, resolves complex royalty inquiries, collaborates with internal teams and external payees, and strengthens the systems and processes that support accurate, dependable royalty administration.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Music Business, or a related field, or at least five years of directly related music-royalty experience in lieu of a degree.
- Four to six years of progressively responsible music-royalty administration experience.
- Advanced Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
- Proficiency with a royalty system such as Curve.
- Experience interpreting contracts, administering licenses, setting up products, calculating royalties, preparing statements, and reconciling accounts.
- Strong analytical judgment and exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to independently manage competing priorities and solve complex problems.
- Clear, professional communication skills.
- Commitment to confidentiality, accuracy, and service.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with NetSuite.
- Experience with analytics software.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and review sales data.
- Maintain royalty-system setup.
- Process royalty statements.
- Manage recoupments and reconcile artist balances.
- Support financial reporting.
- Apply contract and licensing terms carefully.
- Resolve complex royalty inquiries.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external payees.
- Strengthen systems and processes for accurate, dependable royalty administration.
Benefits
- Medical plan: HDHP with HSA for all staff or Direct Primary Care option for Colorado employees only.
- Dental plan.
- Vision plan.
- 401(k) with company match ($0.50 on the $1 up to 10% of eligible compensation).
- Basic and voluntary life insurance options.
- Long-term disability.
- Short-term disability.
- Voluntary accident insurance.
- Life Assistance Plan.
- Adoption benefit.
- Benevolence Fund.
- Service recognition leave.
- Volunteer days.
- Holidays.
- Sick time.
- Pet insurance.
- Discounts.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Maternity leave.
- Paternity leave.
- New childbirth assistance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
