Manager, Royalties Payable

Job Description
At Warner Music Group, we're a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we're immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we're committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
A Little Bit About Our Team
We are a global music publishing company, home to a wide array of legendary songwriters and a rich catalog of contemporary hits and influential standards. With us, you'll develop a comprehensive understanding of copyrights and royalties administration while having fun and working on some of the most iconic songs ever written.

Your Role
As Manager, Royalties Payable, reporting to the Director, Administration APAC, you will manage and lead the end-to-end outbound royalties primarily for Taiwan and Hong Kong markets, assisting in other APAC territories when necessary. You will be responsible for ensuring timely and accurate songwriter payments, coordinating external and internal audits, and driving continuous improvement in reporting, workflow, and controls.

This is a pivotal regional role, with the opportunity to influence business practices and develop a customer-focused royalty function. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams—including Finance, Income Tracking, Royalty Processing, Copyright, and our affiliate offices—while maintaining strong relationships with songwriters, clients, and global stakeholders.

Here You'll Get To
Royalty & Distribution Management

• Oversee all stages of royalty distribution cycles for WCM-signed songwriters in Asia
• Manage outbound royalty reporting via the TANGO system and ensure timely client distributions
• Ensure pre- and post-distribution checks are executed with accuracy and within deadlines
• You'll assist writers and publishers with their inquiries, collaborating with other teams to resolve any issues.
• You will ensure the effective administration of all necessary client file updates in our bespoke Deals & Royalties system Tango and SAP Finance systems FIT and the verifying of writer forms as part of our internal security measures.
• Provide Clients with demos of Warner Chappell's clients as required.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a key business partner for A&R, Legal, Sync, and Finance on deal evaluations & providing analysis as required.
• Provide input into new deal analysis and onboarding processes for new & existing signings
• Represent WCM in external client meetings and regional working groups

Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Collaborate with the Director Administration APAC on regional strategy and execution
• Contribute to technology improvements and workflow enhancements to the Client Portal
• You will be accountable for managing Royalties aspects of the "writer paythrough" project, by working with our Copyright and Tracking teams to meet the KPIs of reducing income being paid to prior publishers and maximizing revenue for our songwriters.
• Build and develop a customer-focused team culture within the royalties payable function

Team Collaboration

• Support with training to the team (new hires and/or junior when necessary, workload management, and OKRs reporting. Manages training, onboarding, and upskilling. Optimizes productivity through workload distribution and bottleneck identification. Tracks and reports OKRs. Potential for team leadership, including mentoring and strategic decision-making.
• Develop team succession plans and ensure cross-training across responsibilities
• Deliver relevant reporting and weekly operational updates to regional leadership
• You will work closely and in collaboration with our affiliates offices, APAC and Global Admin teams, Income tracking and other APAC company departments.

About You
You are a meticulous and forward-thinking professional with:

• Significant experience in publishing administration and royalty management
• Proven leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional stakeholders
• In-depth understanding of music publishing rights, international society networks, and outbound royalty reporting
• Exceptional attention to detail, numeracy, and problem-solving skills
• Advanced Excel proficiency (Power Pivot, Power Query, macros)
• Working experience with Tableau, Power BI, or Alteryx preferred
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities
• Ability to prioritize, multitask, and remain resilient under pressure

We'd Love It If You Also Had

• Hands-on experience managing external audits or sub-publisher reviews
• SQL or database querying skills
• Prior work with DSP licensing and digital royalty pipelines
• Background in financial or royalty accounting
• Experience contributing to data migration projects and system enhancements (e.g. UAT)
• Experience with SQL
• Experience or knowledge of DSP licensing and an understanding of the digital music supply chain

About Us
At Warner Chappell Music (WCM), we shape the culture of songwriting and champion songs that resonate for generations by creating transformational opportunities for songwriters everywhere. Our people and culture are at the epicenter of our company, and we are looking for team members who share our service-oriented mindset and have a passion for looking after our songwriters.

As the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group (WMG), we're a collective band of music lovers, innovative connectors, and relentless supporters of our songwriters and catalog of iconic works. We lead with curiosity, collaborate across departments, borders, languages, and genres, and we're committed to delivering on the promises we make to each other and to our songwriters.

As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world's premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are
*Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.
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