The Senior Royalty & Distribution Manager leads the teams responsible for processing incoming royalty data and delivering quarterly royalty distributions at Believe. This position is central to publishing operations, managing two core teams—Receipt Processing & Matching and Royalty Distribution—with a focus on accuracy, efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration.
What You'll Do
- Manage and support the Receipt Processing & Matching and Royalty Distribution teams
- Set clear priorities and expectations across both teams
- Provide coaching, feedback and development support to team members
- Ensure workloads are balanced and deadlines are met
- Build a team culture based on accountability, collaboration and reliability
- Oversee the processing of incoming royalty statements and data from societies, partners and digital services
- Ensure royalty data is processed, matched and reconciled accurately
- Manage the preparation and delivery of quarterly royalty distributions
- Ensure operational processes are clearly documented and consistently followed
- Identify process improvements that increase efficiency and reduce errors
- Maintain high standards of accuracy across all royalty processing activities
- Ensure data is properly reconciled and any discrepancies are investigated and resolved
- Put clear checks in place to reduce operational errors
- Ensure processing and distribution deadlines are consistently met
- Work closely with Rights, Finance, Client Operations, Product, Revenue Optimisation and Platform teams
- Ensure teams across the business understand timelines, processes and operational requirements
- Provide clear updates on operational progress, risks and issues when they arise
- Act as a central point of coordination between teams involved in the royalty cycle
- Support client-facing teams by ensuring royalty processes are clear and reliable
- Assist with operational queries relating to royalty statements or distributions when needed
- Maintain strong working relationships with partners where coordination is required
What We're Looking For
- Strong people leadership
- Clear communication
- Disciplined operational management
- Ability to manage two teams: Receipt Processing & Matching and Royalty Distribution
- Experience ensuring royalties are processed accurately, matched correctly, and distributed on time
- Ability to ensure teams run efficiently
- Ability to maintain clear and consistent processes
- Ability to ensure stakeholders understand how royalties move through the system
Team & Environment
- Manages two teams: Receipt Processing & Matching and Royalty Distribution
- Reports to: COO
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive salary
- Equity package
- Additional benefits
Work Mode
Role is based in Liverpool or London with a hybrid work model.
