Rights Administrator (6-month FTC)

Are you a meticulous and organised professional with a knack for numbers and a passion for publishing? Do you thrive in a team-oriented environment and excel at managing financial data? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

As a Rights Administrator, you will play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of our royalty system. This position requires excellent attention to detail, a flexible working approach, and strong team-working skills. This is a fixed-term opportunity for 6 months.

Key Responsibilities:

• Learn various aspects of rights processing for data cleansing purposes, including:
  • Processing daily cash receipts in the royalty system.
  • Investigating unidentified cash receipts and allocating them to the correct contract or department.
  • Liaising with payees and internal departments regarding the collection and processing of sub-right monies due/received.
  • Inputting earned royalty statements received without payment and ensuring the system is set up to chase for the payment.
  • Inputting unearned royalty statements received.
  • Administering the team email account, saving department documentation, and resolving and routing queries as appropriate.
  • Regular portal administration and maintenance of territory procedures.
• Rights Accounting Assistance: Support other areas of rights accounting, including:
  • Working with the Credit Services department to review unallocated cash sitting on accounts.
  • Chasing licensees for outstanding statements and payments due.
  • Performing other ad-hoc work as necessary.

What you will bring:

Essential:

• A strong administrative background.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.

• Excellent numerical skills. Always works to a high standard of accuracy with excellent attention to detail.
• Good communication skills, including the ability to build strong relationships with other parts of the business.

Desired:

• Experience in royalty processing or another high-volume transaction business area where accuracy is essential.

Why Join Us? At Penguin Random House, we believe in fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment where everyone can thrive. As a Rights Administrator, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our royalty processing team and contribute to the success of our financial operations. You will also have access to ongoing training and development opportunities to further your career.

Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Sunday 8th December.

Salary

Up to £24,500 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Our benefits include:

• Financial – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
• Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
• Lifestyle – taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/

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 come to our office in Frating, Essex, one day per week.

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

The recruitment process

You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: Penguin Books Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: Essex 

City: Colchester 

Postal Code: CO7 7DW 

Job ID: 274278