Job Description

We are recruiting for a Contracts Administrator to join our Royalties team based at our Distribution centre in Frating, Colchester. This is a permanent, full-time opportunity and will report directly to the Head Contracts Team Leader.
This role is positioned within Group Accounts, which provides accounting and financial reporting for the Penguin Random House Group. The Royalty department is responsible for receiving, processing and paying royalty payments due to authors, agents and client publishing companies. In this role, you will have ownership of accurately interpreting and inputting the financial elements of the contract between Penguin Random House and the author.
Key responsibilities:

• Reviewing and interpreting author contracts to capture royalty data.
• Accurately inputting royalty terms and rates into internal system.
• Action amendments promptly to maintain the accuracy of the author contracts.
• Maintain the author/agent records with changes of address, tax and bank accounts
• Manage sensitive author queries.
• Liaise with authors, agents and internal teams including finance, contracts and rights.
• General administrative and financial duties as required

What you'll bring:
Essential criteria:

• A strong administrative background with accurate data entry skills.
• Confident working in a larger team whilst also completing your own projects to a consistently high standard to meet deadlines.
• A strong attention to detail and ability to process high levels of data.
• A disciplined and structured approach to planning and organising your workload.

Preferred criteria:

• Experience in royalty processing or another high-volume transaction business area.
• Experience of dealing with financial contracts or complex agreements.

Application instructions
Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Wednesday 17th September.
Salary
24,000 - 27,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.
Hybrid working
While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect that you will work from our office in Frating, Essex at least one day per week.
Company: The Random House Group Limited | Job ID: 282590

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