The Vacancy
Bloomsbury is a highly complex and fast-growing business operating globally across trade and non-trade. Bloomsbury royalties are therefore responsible for keeping pace with and delivering ahead of the evolving demands of the business.
With the acquisition of Rowman & Littlefield, we are now recruiting for a Senior Royalties Analyst, to join this busy team and support our new Authors in their transition to Bloomsbury.
The role of the Senior Royalties Analyst is to accurately input contractual information into our Royalty System and maintain this information, as well as answer internal and external queries.
This role reports into the Royalties Manager, supporting the Royalties Assistants. The role will also work closely with Bloomsbury’s Royalties Accounting, Contracts, Editorial, and Transactional Finance teams.
The role also involves working directly with our Authors and Illustrators, so strong communication skills are key.
Bloomsbury is undertaking a project to implement a new Biblio royalty solution. This is an opportunity to join the royalties team during an exciting period of transition and change. This role will play a key part in delivering the success of the project and the necessary process improvements the new system will enable.
The role
Authors and Agents
* Answer complex external queries from Authors and Agents in a timely, accurate, and professional manner.
* Support royalty integration of acquisitions.
Systems (Royalty and Finance)
* Read author contracts to extract the royalty data, including advances, and input this data into the Royalty and Finance Systems accurately and timely.
* Process sensitive details, such as banking, VAT, address, and tax information, ensuring these are input into our accounting systems accurately and on time, in a confidential manner.
Other core activities
* Monthly review and action of royalty exception reports.
* Provide ideas for improving processes and controls.
Knowledge, skills and experience
Critical
* Ability to communicate with agents/authors in a professional manner, via email and phone.
* Excellent time management skills.
* Proven ability to deliver work to deadlines.
* Highly numerate with strong Excel skills.
* Accurate and thorough data entry/keying-in skills.
Desirable
* In-depth knowledge of Royalty Contracts.
* Royalties and sub-rights experience.
* Experience of KEA and Biblio systems useful but not essential.
* Understanding of US Tax Forms and Withholding Tax Rules.
Additional information
The role is a full-time permanent position.
Salary Pay Range: £40,000 to £45,000 per annum dependent on experience.
The role is based at our London office 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP on a hybrid-working pattern of 2 days office-based / 3 days home-based (or fully office-based if preferred). Allocated office days for this role are: Monday and Tuesday.
Please apply with a CV and covering letter addressed to Human Resources (Word or PDF format only) via the ‘APPLY NOW’ button detailing how you meet the requirements outlined above for this role by Friday 7th February 2025.
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Bloomsbury reserves the right to close the role early if we exceed the required number of applications.
Bloomsbury Benefits
As well as a fantastic opportunity to join a global award-winning organisation, Bloomsbury offers the following competitive benefits package:
Working Pattern
* Hybrid working pattern of: 2 days office-based / 3 days home-based (or fully office-based if preferred).
Holidays
* 25 days holiday.
* 3.5 days Christmas company holiday.
Other Benefits
* Two paid Personal Wellness Days.
* Flexible Fridays – take Friday afternoon off by working an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes earlier in the week.
* Work Anywhere Fortnight – For two weeks of any calendar year. The minimum period for Working Anywhere is one week, the maximum period is two weeks.
* Season Ticket Loan.
* Share Save Scheme.
* AXA Healthcare Plan (Private Medical Insurance).
* Peppy Health App.
* In-house Doctor.
* Eye Care Voucher Scheme.
Company culture – Employee Voice Meetings, Staff Networks (Bloom, Accessibility, Mental Health, Pride, and Parents, Guardians and Carers, Multi-Faith) and 14 Mental Health First Aiders trained across the UK offices, Publishing Events and access to free Publishing Resources.
For additional benefits see below.
Bloomsbury is a place where anyone of any background, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, gender identity, age, ability, or socio-economic status can thrive, feel comfortable, and be heard and accepted. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please flag to the recruitment team if required.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK.
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