The Associate, Royalty Management, supports a small team of Royalty Managers responsible for the accurate and timely preparation, analysis, review, and issuance of royalty statements to authors, agents, and other contractual parties for the Macmillan US Trade division. In addition, the role will collaborate extensively with various departments within the organization, as well as external parties, to ensure transparency, accuracy, and trust in royalty-related operations. This is a developmental role within Royalty Operations, well suited to someone building a foundation in royalties and statement preparation ahead of progressing into a full Royalty Manager role. There are 2 openings for this role.
What you’ll do:
Assist Senior Royalty Manager and other Royalty Managers with royalty period-end and statement preparation
Assist with ensuring accuracy of royalty terms in Biblio royalty system
Assist with the review of banking and tax forms
Assist with the processing of payee changes
Assist with the pulling of sales information and other research
Assist with clearing any errors or exceptions, including data cleanup
Assist with editing and creating manual statements
Collaborate with Author Care team to respond and resolve internal and external royalty inquiries
Assist in payment process:
Assist Royalty Ops Analyst with review of payment registers and reports
Assist with the preparation of payment requests, as needed
Provide additional support to the Sr. Royalty Manager as needed
What you’ll bring: Detail-oriented, process-oriented, and exercise good judgment
Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage a steady volume of detailed, deadline-driven work
Clear written and verbal communication skills
Good working knowledge of, or strong aptitude for learning, royalty contract terms and processes
Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment
Highly proficient with Microsoft Excel, Google Workspace, databases, and system queries.
Clear written and verbal communication skills
Motivated, disciplined, with high personal and professional standards of integrity and ethics
Ideal Experience/Education:
1–2 years of experience in royalty operations, publishing, or a related accounting/finance role
Book publishing experience a plus
Familiarity with Biblio or a similar royalty platform a plus
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience
Salary range: $60,000 - $65,000
FSLA status:
Non-Exempt
This position is classified as remote but is tied to our New York, NY office located at 120 Broadway. Employment is subject to New York State tax withholding under applicable regulations.
Macmillan Publishers is the U.S. trade company that is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a large family-owned group of media companies headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's publishing companies include prominent imprints around the world that publish a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
U.S. publishers include Celadon Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Flatiron Books, Henry Holt & Company, Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, The St. Martin's Publishing Group, and Tor Publishing Group. In the UK, Australia, India, and South Africa, companies in the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group publish under the Pan Macmillan name. The German publishing company, Holtzbrinck Deutsche Buchverlage, includes among its imprints S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and Droemer Knaur.
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