Sr. Director Recorded Administration

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Sr. Director, Recorded Administration

Your primary mission is to ensure BMG’s artists receive world-class service from onboarding through the lifetime of their relationship with BMG.  This includes the oversight for the timely processing and notification of BMG’s recorded music agreements, as well as all aspects of royalty reporting and payments.  Additional responsibilities include data updates (contract, client, track, publisher, license, etc.), Information Service/rights research, and royalty analysis. You will interact and communicate with BMG’s clients to assist in providing the highest level of service and ensure queries are addressed fully and in a timely manner. You will collaborate with international colleagues from various departments to ensure our core value of “Service Delivered, Worldwide” is realized.

 

What You’ll Be Doing.

 

Leadership

• Leading a team of 9+ employees
• Establishing strong relationships with BMG’s business leaders
• Training and developing talent within your teams
• Establishing and reporting KPIs for each area of responsibility
• Communication and, when needed, escalation of client inquiries to US business leads
• Improvement of workflows and processes
• Actively working to remove roadblocks that are preventing team members from success in their tasks
• Collaboration with peers in other territories to ensure continuity of tasks and processes
• Act as an escalation point for staff.  Must have a keen awareness of when to escalate further

 

Deal Processing

• Oversee the complete processing of BMG’s US music recorded agreements (e.g., new Recorded, Modification, Extension, and Option agreements as applicable). Including but not limited to:
• Setup of clients, rates and contract information in BMG’s internal databases
• Liaising and following up with A&R Admin and Business Affairs as necessary on incomplete information
• Review/verification of data entered by Artist Royalty Managers
• Feedback on setup and notification of agreements to A&R, A&R Admin, Finance, and/or Business Affairs Dept

 

Data Analysis

• Oversee regular reviews of significant accounts to track performance versus expectations
• Provide high quality insights based on analysis of royalty data
• Meet regularly with stakeholders in the business to keep them apprised of financial performance of key deals

 

Mechanical Licensing

• Ensure licenses are in place for all BMG releases
• Increase the number of blanket licenses in place between BMG and music publishers

 

Royalty Data Maintenance & Cleanup

• Investigate inquiries related to royalties raised by clients or internal staff
• Handle data u