Head of Royalties & Copyright
Universal Music is the market leader of the music business. The world’s most famous music labels are part of us. We have been writing music history for over 100 years representing numerous local and international artists across all genres. Our accomplishments are driven by our love for music, extraordinary artists, and our ambitious teams.
At Universal Music Sweden we always strive to find new marketing models to better serve our artists and to further expand our presence in the entertainment industry. Our royalty team, consisting of 5 individuals, is integral to this mission.
Effective immediately, we are looking for an efficient, communicative, and analytical team player to join our Royalty department as our new Head of Royalty & Copyright at our office in Stockholm. In this position you report to the CFO Nordic Region and work closely with the Legal & Business affairs department and the Finance team.
About the Role
The Head of Royalty & Copyright will play a critical role in ensuring the accurate and timely distribution of royalties to artists and other rights holders. This position requires an understanding of copyright law and music licensing agreements. You have strong quantitative skills and experience working with large datasets. Experience and a strong interest for data analytics and process automation is critical.
Your main responsibilities:
Your role is pivotal in accelerating and driving a digital shift within our Royalty department, with a focus on identifying and executing automation initiatives to improve efficiency. You oversee all aspects of royalty and copyright administration, including:
- Royalty Accounting:
- Full ownership of the royalty accounting process from start to finish, including data entry, reconciliation, and payment processing and follow-up analyses (e.g., financial outcomes)
- Analyze royalty statements and identify any discrepancies
- Maintain robust royalty accounting systems and procedures
- Copyright Management:
- Monitor and enforce copyright ownership and usage rights
- Register copyrights with relevant agencies (e.g. NCB)
- Royalty and Copyright Audits:
- Manage recurring royalty and copyright audits requested by artists and collecting societies
You meet these professional requirements:
- You have completed your bachelor’s degree, and ideally your master’s degree within Business, Law, Finance or a related field
- You have at least three years of full-time work experience in a similar role
- Proven experience managing and leading high-performing teams
- Experience with big data analysis and reporting
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- You speak English and Swedish fluently
- Experience from SAP FI-CO / SAP Business Objects / Microsoft A4O is a plus
Your abilities and personality:
- You have strong change management skills and ability to drive successful improvement initiatives
- You are communicative, a strong team player, and able to build relationships quickly across all organizational levels
- You have analytical, problem solving, and structural skills and can apply those in a fast-paced environment handling multiple assignments
- You are efficient and show attention to detail and accuracy.
- You feel comfortable with a diverse and creative environment, are self-motivated and thrive in a fast-paced environment
And that’s how we are:
- We are a team with a constant desire to advance the Universal Music project and to venture into new territory
- In our business it is important to make good decisions quickly: We count on proactive employees who think ahead and find uncomplicated solutions
- We love to communicate openly across all hierarchies and teams
- Diversity and tolerance – human and musical – are important to us
The position is permanent a employment (with a 6-month probationary period). The position is fully on-site at our Stockholm office (no remote work).
Please send your CV and Cover letter to jobb@umusic.com or click the button below as soon as possible
We are looking forward to your application!