Manager, Label Administration

Overview

This fully remote role is for a Manager, Label Administration responsible for supervising Label Administration analysts and overseeing royalty administration label clients.

The organization prefers the selected candidate to be located in one of the following areas: Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Nashville, TN; or Toronto, ON.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the preparation of mechanical, artist, producer, and net profit royalty accountings for independent label clients.
• Interpret and summarize royalty terms in artist and third-party agreements to support analysts with royalty software setup.
• Ensure accuracy of royalty rate calculations for artists, third parties, and joint venture statements, including PPD royalty rates and net profit arrangements.
• Review distribution sales files and ensure other income is accurately uploaded to the royalty system and properly mapped to products and contracts.
• Review recoupable costs, net profit expenses, and advances to ensure correct application to artist and third-party statements.
• Conduct quality assurance checks for all statement drafts before delivery to clients and finalization in royalty software.
• Support the team in meeting varying deadlines of label administration clients.
• Lead initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of royalty reporting and related departmental processes.
• Handle high-level analysis and correspondence for client-specific requests outside of the royalty statement preparation cycles.
• Perform other projects and duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years senior-level music royalty experience at a major label, large independent label, or business management royalty department.
• Hands-on experience preparing and reviewing mechanical, artist, producer, third-party, joint venture, and net profit royalty accountings and agreements for master-side label clients.
• Experience supervising analysts or royalty accounting staff, including reviewing work, training team members, delegating tasks, and helping meet time-sensitive reporting deadlines.
• Advanced knowledge of one or more industry standard royalty systems, including Curve, RoyaltyShare, RyteBox (formerly known as SR1), Record Maestro, Infinite Catalogue, or similar platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to respond in a timely, professional manner to royalty inquiries from clients, managers, attorneys, and employees.
• Strong interpersonal skills to create and maintain trusting relationships with staff and clients.

Preferred Qualifications

• Not specified.

Compensation & Benefits

• Exempt position.
• Annualized base pay range: $85,000 - $125,000 (base salary).
• Actual base pay may vary based on experience, subject matter expertise, geographic location where work will be performed, and the applicant’s skill set.
• The base pay is one component of total compensation. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and 401(k).
• The job title is subject to change based on the selected candidate’s experience and education.

Location

Fully remote, with a preference for Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Nashville, TN; or Toronto, ON.

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an equal opportunity employer and bases employment decisions on skillset, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants and employees with disabilities.

US State Notice (where applicable)

• California: Information on California privacy rights can be provided upon request.
• Indiana: Unlawful to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on that basis.
• Maryland: Employer may not require or demand, as a condition of employment or continued employment, that any individual submit to or take a polygraph or similar test; violations are subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
• Massachusetts: Unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
• Montana: If hired, the employment relationship is governed by the Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act (Mont. Code Ann. Section 39-2-901).
• Rhode Island: Covered by the state’s workers’ compensation law; providing false information about ability to perform essential functions may affect eligibility to file a claim under the Workers’ Compensation Act of the State of Rhode Island.

The employer complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.