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Provide support for music royalty software.

Supervise & review royalty licensing for five analysts/clerks.Create schedules & reports for over $6.5 million in quarterly royalty payments.Compile, forecast, analyze, and report cash flow in excess of $35 million quarterly.Developed process to ensure accurate royalty accruals.Responsible for royalty data conversion of Fonovisa, Disa, & Show Dog Records.

I primarily process copyright & royalty data into mechnical publishing royalties to songrwiters and music publishing companies. Some of my other duties are forecasting the quarterly cashflow for all of UMG Copyright, preparing information for audits, analyzing sales information, creating payment schedules & journal entries, and handling inquiries from.

Process copyright licenses for payment for physical & digital releases.Process monthly compulsory licenses for payment.Gather data for annual audit for monthly compulsory payments.Upload royalty data into JDE for fiscal month-end.Handle royalty inquiries from music publishers and writers.Promoted to Royalty Manager - May 2009.

Processed incoming payments from major record labels, performance societies (ASCAP, BMI), digital download companies, and ringtone companies; reconciled payments & statements, and paid out songrwiter royalties.

Process and reconcile electronic payments for numerous sources including major record labels, BMI, ASCAP, and Harry Fox in three separate systems.Download, convert, and reload income files into AS-400 system for electronic payment processing.Format, load, and process all digital synchronization royalty payments.Maintain all returned writer royalty.

Researched pending unpaid copyright royalties from Harry Fox Agency for eleven UMG super labels.Read and interpreted artist contracts for copyright & licensing information.Collected, copied, and sent licenses to royalties for payment.Created a coding system for 8,000+ line-item spreadsheet.

Maintained excess of $3.5 million in A/R for over 150 accounts.Reviewed, held, & released orders pending credit status.Researched and investigated invoice discrepancies.Contacted retail clients regarding credit terms, payments, and information.Negotiated payment schedules for delinquent accounts.Worked with sales force to assist with collection & customer.