Closing date: 24th November 2024
Hiring range: £28,000 - £32,000
Contract: Permanent
Location: ITV Manchester, Media City + Hybrid (in office 2-3 days per week)
Department: Royalty Payments, Global Finance Operations
For more information please email TalkingCareers@itv.com
Passionate about TV? Dive into the world of contracts, media royalties and rights with this junior role at ITV!
ITV distributes both our own ITV Studios produced and acquired programmes and formats worldwide. The Royalty Payments team is responsible for reporting to producers, broadcasters, other stakeholders and contributors for their shares of the profit that is generated from these sales. The team is part of central Finance Operations and provides support to most business areas across ITV. The Royalty Payments team collaborates closely with colleagues in Talent Payments, Rights, Business Affairs and Finance.
We have recently had an opportunity arise for a New Deals Assistant to join the Royalty Payments team on a permanent basis. You will work with the New Deals Manager to assess how to best set up each new reporting obligation, deciding whether to systemise or create a bespoke reporting template. To do this you will need to collate and interpret legal and financial information from contracts and various ITV rights and finance systems. You will be passionate about television and eager to contribute to the success of ITV.
Responsibilities
- Reviewing new deal contracts and ensuring the right reporting method (automated or manual) is identified
- Setting up new reporting templates
- Working with other team members to solve queries
- Providing technical guidance and support to other team members
- Working effectively with other areas of the business
- Assisting other members of the team to hit deadlines and KPIs when required
- Assisting with new Royalty system testing and migration activities as required
- Working with the New Deals Manager to deliver continuous process improvements
- Keeping up to date with new media and industry developments
Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria)...
- Experience of working in a media royalties, rights, talent payments or legal environment
- Experience of reading and interpreting complex legal documents
- Good understanding of end-to-end financial processes
- Must be confident using Excel and working with data
Other things we’re looking for (key criteria)...
- Experienced user of rights or royalties management systems (desirable)
- Good commercial awareness
- Accuracy and an eye for detail
- Good level of numerical analytical ability
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Outstanding attention to detail and accuracy
- Well-organised and able to work independently
- Ability to work collaboratively to deliver objectives throughout a period of change
- Confident to engage with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Motivated by a desire to improve performance, services and outcomes
- Enjoys finding solutions to complex issues
ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from disabled people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage* (minimum criteria above). There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications.
We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com.
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Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We’d encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.
We welcome and encourage applications from candidates who are under-represented in the creative industries.
Please make sure that you state in your application that you found this role via Creative Access.
Level of experience
- Junior