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London, GB

London, GB

London, United Kingdom

• Optimising artist potential by analysing platform source of streams, product releases, audience engagement and playlisting.
• Creating automated reports and performance insight dashboards for critical label decisions and senior manager reporting.
• Identifying and observing gaps in the global music market to aid current brand development and artist acquisitions.
• Calculating and examining music market data, artist platform data, distro data, label financial budgets, estimates and forecasts to deliver meaningful music label decisions, insight for senior management and support.
• Modelling and forecasting operational tools to improve brand potential and maximise artist revenue collection worldwide.

London, United Kingdom

• Creating and utilising insight tools and performance dashboards for label decisions and senior manager reporting.
• Estimating and projecting music streams by platform and territory to maximise artist potential and revenue.
• Coordinating and supporting artist profiles, album artwork, track listing and future music concepts and strategy.

London, United Kingdom

• Implementing and revising artist recording agreements into the Warner system.
• Preparing and issuing royalty statements in accordance with contractual terms.
• Liaising with the artist and artist representatives regarding financial queries.
• Coordinating with departments to ensure all critical information is obtained for new releases.
• Arranging and distributing monthly journals to the financial accountants.

Baarn, Netherlands

• Investigating, updating and monitoring new deal agreements, work changes, duplicate claims and work counterclaims.
• Handling, examining and negotiating sample, adaption, translation and arrangement requests.
• Loading, processing and reconciling electronic royalty distribution statements.
• Analysing and applying new copyright efficiencies into the UMPG systems.

London, United Kingdom

• Inputting copyright and royalty data into UMPG’s administration system for worldwide affiliates.
• Researching, loading and cleaning up system data.
• Interpretating and standardising external reports for ingestion into UMPG systems.
• Reporting information from in-house systems for management and affiliates.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

• Performing bank reconciliations and resolving bank queries.
• Creating shop audit reports highlighting potential concerns and improvements.
• Solving processing errors, large differences and correcting journal entries.
• Processing and amending records relating to reclamation of tax on charitable donations.

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting And Finance, 2:1

Exams passed in relation to the ICAEW: Accounting, Assurance, Business and Finance, Law, Management Information, Principles of Taxation.

Education record

A Levels: Business Studies (A*), Maths (A*), ICT (A*), Physical Education (A) GCSEs: 10 (A*-B)