Royalty Analyst

Join the Contributor Royalty Accounting team at BBC Studios and play a key role in ensuring royalty accounting and reporting obligations are met accurately and on time. As a Royalty Analyst, you'll support the calculation, analysis, and reporting of royalties for contributors including writers, performers, and on-screen talent, helping maintain compliance with contractual and union agreements while supporting a global content distribution business.

Your key responsibilities and impact:

• Support month-end royalty processes, including preparing systems for accrual calculations and analysing results to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Review and process monthly royalty payment files, ensuring accurate reporting and payments to contributors, agents, and other stakeholders.
• Interpret royalty accounting and reporting obligations and help ensure they are accurately reflected within royalty systems and processes.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, managing queries effectively and delivering a high standard of customer service.
• Contribute to change and improvement initiatives by acting as a subject matter expert, supporting requirements gathering, testing activities, and process enhancement recommendations.

Essential criteria:

• Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Advanced Excel skills and a highly analytical approach, with the ability to interpret, manipulate, and summarise complex data sets.
• Excellent attention to detail and a methodical approach to identifying, investigating, and resolving data issues.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively under pressure within a fast-paced environment.
• Confidence building relationships and communicating with stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally.

Desired but not required:

• Experience working in royalties, revenue share accounting, or a related financial reporting environment.
• Knowledge of UK talent union agreements and PACT Terms of Trade.
• Experience using royalty management systems, such as Alliant.
• An interest in and understanding of the evolving media and entertainment industry.
• Experience supporting system, process improvement, or change projects, including testing and implementation activities.

Benefits:

• A flexible 35-hour working week with 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and the option to buy an extra five days.
• Defined pension (up to 10% employer contributions).
• Caring and parenting support, 24/7 remote GP access, life assurance, and accident benefit.
• BBC Studios is a world leader in operating sustainably both on and off screen.