Contracts Administrator - Frating, United Kingdom - The Random House Group Limited

The Random House Group Limited

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Frating, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are recruiting for a Contracts Administrator to join our Royalties team based at our Distribution centre in Frating, Colchester.

This is a fixed term contract for 9 months, full time opportunity and will report directly to the Head Contracts Team Leader.

Key duties will include:

Setting up new contracts and passing on to the Team Leader for approval
Maintain the accuracy of the contracts in the system and ensure that amendments are made promptly
Maintain the author/agent records with changes of address, tax and bank accounts
Notify the relevant business areas on upcoming advances
Ensure that titles are set up to pay correct rates
General administrative and financial duties as required
Data cleansing

What you'll bring:
This role will suit someone who is team focused and self-motivated.

You will be confident working in a larger team whilst also completing your own projects to a consistently high standard to meet deadlines.

Your attention to detail and ability to process high levels of data will be second to none, alongside a disciplined and structured approach to planning and organising your workload.

You'll have a strong administrative background with good working knowledge of MS Outlook, Excel and Word. Experience in royalty processing or another high volume transaction business area is desirable but not essential. Experience of dealing with financial contracts or complex agreements is also desirable.

What's important to us if that you've got an eye for detail, can learn quickly and independently and are a confident communicator.

The team:
This role is positioned within Group Accounts, which provides accounting and financial reporting for the Penguin Random House Group.

The Royalty department is responsible for receiving, processing and paying royalty payments due to authors, agents and client publishing companies.

In this role, you will have ownership of accurately interpreting and inputting the financial elements of the contract between Penguin Random House and the author.

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.

Salary:
£22,500 depending on how skills and experience align to the role

Competitive benefits package:

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

Hybrid working:
We're experimenting with a hybrid way of working that suits the needs of each team.

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 you to work from the office once a week and work the remaining days remotely.

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:
The Random House Group Limited

Country:
United Kingdom

State/Region:
Essex

City:
Frating

Postal Code:
CO7

Job ID: 265867