Publishing Royalties Operations Specialist

SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. With over 400+ million tracks from 40 million artists, the future of music is SoundCloud.

We’re looking for a Publishing Royalties Operations Specialist to join our Royalty Data Analytics and Reporting team, based in either our Berlin or London office. 

You will be part of a team that is responsible for SoundCloud's financial reporting (internal and external stakeholders), assisting in informing the strategic vision of our licensing through operational support and various economic analysis while facilitating day-to-day operations and leading improvements projects across multiple regions.

The team’s remit has grown and includes but is not limited to managing the company's Content Cost economics, rights administration of deal terms, royalty reporting, commercial charting and utilizing the team’s various financial & marketing data points to leverage SoundCloud’s strategic initiatives through concise business intelligence analysis & driven decision making. 

To strengthen the firepower of this highly cross functional team, we are looking for an additional pair of hands to ensure operational excellence and continuous improvement to existing infrastructure.

Please note that you must have the right to work in the UK to apply for our London office position.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Music Licensing team with data analysis for reviews and negotiations.
• Maintain and enhance Looker visualizations for accurate, real-time insights.
• Manage claims workflow, including file ingestion, validation, and reconciliation.
• Ensure external reporting meets technical and contractual requirements.
• Handle ad-hoc publishing royalty queries from stakeholders.
• Drive workflow improvements for publishing projects across multiple regions and data sources
• Analyze royalty data to generate actionable insights.
• Update business process documentation.
• Maintain Contracts Management System with key financial terms.
• Work with Royalties Engineering to optimize tech solutions for operations.

You will work with internal stakeholders, as well as directly with our content partners, including music publishers, and collecting societies, to ensure that we are not only mindful of the company’s critical reporting & financial obligations, but also in building a product that benefits both SoundCloud and the creators we directly support financially.

Experience and Background 

• At least 4-5 years experience working in an analytical or reporting-related role in the music industry, preferably in Music Publishing.
• At least 4-5 years experience working with SQL and Looker/LookerStudio. Google BigQuery and Dataform is a plus. 
• Advanced Excel skills, and experience working with large data sets ie Connected Sheets, Regex, Pivots, reconciliation and consolidation 
• Knowledge of DDEX Standards specifically DSRs and CCIDs
• Superior planning, analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, within tight deadlines
• Exceptional written/verbal communication skills & interpersonal/team skills
• Analytical thinking with attention to detail, ready to solve complex cross-functional problems. 

As a self-starter with the ability to manage priorities, working independently and in a fast-paced environment excites you and your intrinsic motivation to level up is matched by your ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and projects. 

If this sounds like you, we look forward to hearing from you!

About us

• We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)
• We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home.
• We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard.
• We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities.

Benefits

• Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Professional development allowance
• Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
• We offer free German courses at beginning, intermediate and advanced
• Various snacks, goodies and 2 free lunches weekly at the office!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SoundCloud

SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us lead what’s next in music by understanding and empowering our creators and fans, no matter their identity. We acknowledge the challenges in the music industry, and strive to influence an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute respectfully and thrive, especially the historically marginalized communities that many of our creators, fans and SoundClouders identify with. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment at SoundCloud for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status.

At SoundCloud you can find your community or elevate your allyship by joining a Diversity Resource Group. Diversity Resource Groups are employee-organized groups focused on supporting and promoting the interests of a particular underrepresented community in order to build a more inclusive culture at SoundCloud. Anyone can join, whether you share the identity or strive to be an ally.