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Closing date: 10th January 2025Salary: Up to £40,000 dependent on experience and location (+bonus +benefits)Location: The role will be based at our London office, Carmelite House, with a blend of in-office (3 days) and homeworking (2 days) per week.&nbsp;Oversee accountancy processes at this powerhouse publisher.Hachette UK is a creative powerhouse and the UK's second largest book publishing group. Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We're made up of 12&nbsp;autonomous publishing divisions and over 60 imprints with a rich and diverse history and an incredible range of authors. We're also the market leader in e-books and publish a range of bestsellers in audio format, the fastest growing part of our business.Hachette UK is part of&nbsp;Hachette Livre, the world's third largest trade and educational publisher. It's an exciting time to join our business because the publishing market continues to grow and thrive. The UK remains the largest exporter of physical books in the world and book adaptations for film and TV are the foundation of the UK's creative industries.The Royalty Accountant is responsible for completing and overseeing all accounting processes related to generating royalty calculations and reports for contributors.&nbsp;What you'll be doing<ul><li>Ensure Stison royalty system is up to date; new contracts added, royalty rules as per contract setup, all relevant sales are reported correctly within specific royalty clauses and uploaded, and payments captured and reconciled to SAP</li><li>Run and send out Stison and manual royalty reporting to key contributors in a timely manner</li><li>Contributors’ details verified on SAP and process Advance and Royalty invoices and payments sending to treasury department for payment</li><li>Provide timely and effective support for all queries related to royalties and Advances</li><li>All relevant Licensor sales are reported correctly within specific royalty clauses and submitted in a timely manner on their specific reporting platform</li><li>Process incoming royalties and Advances from 3rd party sub right customers ensuring authors/contributors receive contracted share</li><li>Support the transition to new royalty system, Alliant, and amend business processes</li></ul>&nbsp;Who we are looking for<ul><li>Experience in the publishing/media industry and ideally previous royalties experience</li><li>Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookups</li><li>Desirable experience at using Stison royalty system</li><li>Ability to work independently and in a team to deliver on this key remit</li><li>Must have a high level of attention to detail</li><li>Good record-keeping and good time management skills</li><li>Good verbal and written communication skills to interact with internal and external contacts</li><li>Must be able to work under pressure when required</li></ul>&nbsp;What we offerOur staff are our greatest asset, and our benefits reflect this:<ul><li>28 annual leave days per year, increases to 29 days after 2 years' service and goes up to 30 days after 5 years' (+ bank holidays)</li><li>Generous pension schemes</li><li>Rent deposit loans</li><li>2 community days per year</li><li>Summer hours (finishing at 1pm on Fridays during the summer months)</li><li>Retail discounts through Hachette rewards</li><li>Cycle to Work scheme</li><li>Eye care vouchers</li><li>Wide-ranging training library</li><li>Development programmes (including mentoring)</li><li>Up to 70% off book purchases</li><li>A charity bookshelf</li><li>12 Staff-led employee networks that are voluntary, including&nbsp;Gender Balance, Thrive, Pride, All Together, Wellbeing&nbsp;and religious networks</li><li>Season ticket loans</li><li>And much more!</li></ul>&nbsp;Our commitmentHachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.The Book Trade Charity offers financial support to people looking to enter the book trade but who may struggle to afford the costs of attending interviews and undertaking junior roles. For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.booktradeentrysupport.org/" target="_blank">www.booktradeentrysupport.org</a>Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

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