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We are seeking a Music Royalty Consultant with strong Excel skills and record label royalties experience. This person will be responsible for creating royalty, joint venture, and mechanical statements for the Roster business.

This position is a 6-month contract role.

Responsibilities:

Organizing artist revenue and cost data from multiple source documents
Creating semiannual, quarterly, and monthly royalty, mechanical, and third party participation JV statements in Excel for ITD to 2024
Ability to interpret and apply complex producer agreements, label waivers, royalty provisions, PPD and NAR conversions, and others into the third party participation and royalty statements
Understanding and applying various recoupability terms for costs and advances
Facilitating statement payment requests with the Accounting team
Coordinating a statement review process with appropriate internal personnel
Creating and tracking a master list of all statements rendered with pertinent contractual and contact information

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance
Minimum of 3+ years of related experience; record label royalties experience is a must
Advanced proficiency in Excel, including Pivot Tables and formulas (such as VLOOKUP and SUMIF)
Familiarity with Google's Looker Studio and experience creating and using Macros is a plus
Ability to analyze and combine information from multiple sources
Solid interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
Capable of working independently

The salary for the 6-month contract is $40,000.

About us:

We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London).
We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices, as well as accommodating work from home.
We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone's voice, perspective, and experience is respected and heard.
We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshop, and enrichment opportunities.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud

SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us lead what's next in music by understanding and empowering our creators and fans, no matter their identity. We acknowledge the challenges in the music industry, and strive to influence an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute respectfully and thrive, especially the historically marginalized communities that many of our creators, fans and SoundClouders identify with. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment at SoundCloud for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status.

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