PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

As a Royalty Assistant, you’ll be responsible for ensuring rights holders are paid accurately and promptly. You’ll play a pivotal role in managing royalty accounting terms across global distribution channels, helping uphold BBC Studios’ reputation and drive its content acquisition strategy.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

Be part of a team that sits at the heart of BBC Studios’ commercial success. You’ll work with a wide range of stakeholders, gain exposure to high-value contracts, and contribute to the smooth running of a department responsible for over £130m in annual payments. It’s a dynamic, detail-driven environment with real impact.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

• Analyse rights acquisition agreements e.g. distribution agreements with independent production companies and other rights clearance information to determine the businesses’ accounting and reporting obligations on distribution revenues.
• Determine how to reflect the royalty accounting terms on the royalty system(the (Rightsline), ferencing historic agreements to enable compliance with contractual reporting obligations and internal reporting requirements
• Coordinate the monthly uploads of data into the royalty system from other BBCS systems required to enable all royalty and profit share calculations. This includes sales, distribution costs and content metadata.
• Review and validate an allocation of royalty calculations (accruals and payments) ensuring they reflect contractual terms and completed in time to meet contractual deadlines.
• Resolve queries from internal and external stakeholders.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• Experience working with databases with the ability to extract and summarise complex datasets(Excel).
• Strong proficiency in numerical analysis.
• Experience in interpreting and analysing complex financial information
• Experience of manually preparing royalty accounting statements.
• Good understanding of media rights and distribution agreements.

DESIRED BUT NOT REQUIRED:

• Accounting and/or legal background (desirable).
• Background in accounting and/or legal fields.
• Familiarity with royalty systems (training provided over 6 months).