Job Title: Royalty Administrator
Department: Royalty and Licensing Department
Reports to: Supervisor of Royalty Processing and Distributions
With headquarters in the heart of Toronto, Canada, the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency is a dynamic music licensing agency representing music copyright owners.
Our clients are music publishers and self-published songwriters who own the rights to the vast majority of songs recorded, sold, streamed and broadcast in Canada. Our team works diligently on behalf of our clients to negotiate licensing agreements, collect royalties from our licensees (Apple, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, radio stations, major and independent record labels, and others) and to distribute those royalties.
Established in 1975 and having contributed to many transformative moments in the music landscape since then, CMRRA are the market leaders in Canada for physical and digital mechanical licensing. We’ve recently launched new international partnerships to collect digital mechanical royalties from the US and from numerous territories outside of North America too.
Our core mandate is ensuring that our clients get paid efficiently and on time for the use of their music. We play a pivotal role in the music ecosystem, which requires us to be constantly evolving, staying focused on both current and emerging business models using recorded music, and treating our clients and their songs as our top priority.
To learn more about our great team and our work, please visit cmrra.ca.
Position Scope:
The Royalty Administrator is an important member of CMRRA’s Royalty Processing and Distribution Team. Their work is at the forefront of delivering quarterly distributions and paying our clients.
Key Responsibilities:
- Research and review royalties that have been suspended from payment due to conflicts, such as work disputes, music publisher disputes, address unknowns, returned mail and non-represented clients
- Royalty inquiries – research and respond to music publisher inquires
- Process quarterly royalty files for distribution, which includes line-by-line adjustments
- Research and update CMRRA’s database using various sources of song ownership and claims (new song registrations and song ownership history, Lotus Notes tracking databases, publisher email correspondence, etc.)
- Work efficiently to meet deadlines/goals on royalty/licensing assignments and projects
- Prioritize concerns and issues and provide essential updates to supervisors
- Correspond with music publishers, as required
- Manage a changing work environment and prioritize concerns and issues on a daily basis, as well as provide essential royalty updates to appropriate supervisor/manager
- Handle and address escalated issues as needed
- Other projects as assigned
Required Experience and Skills:
- Research and problem-solving skills
- Aptitude for accounting concepts and reconciliation
- Client service capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task
- Knowledge of copyright, music publishing and Mechanical Licensing Agreements (MLA)
- Shows initiative, contributes to teamwork, and achieving department goals
- Decision making skills
- Asks questions and seeks guidance when needed
- Ability to work with ambiguity in a changing environment
- Administrative skills
- MS Office experience
Additional Assets:
- Knowledge of AS400, Lotus Notes, CMRRA’s Licensing and distribution system (LDS)
- Bilingual (English, French)
We Would Love To Hear From You If Are:
• A skilled communicator (listening, verbal and written) • Detail-oriented
• A team-player • Responsible and reliable
• Diplomatic and tactful • Self-motivated
• Organized • Accountable
• Flexible and adaptable
What CMRRA Has to Offer:
- Great colleagues who are involved in and passionate about the music industry
- 35-hour work week
- Comprehensive benefit plan; and Group Retirement Plan with Employer matching program
- Summer hours (compressed work week)
- Convenient downtown location with Hybrid Office-Telework Program
- Casual dress code
CMRRA is committed to fostering an environment where our employees, clients, and partners feel valued and supported. As leaders in the music industry, we recognize that building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization is vital. Every day we aspire to do better than the day before because we wholeheartedly believe that there is strength in diversity and that we are stronger together.
We are committed to the principles of Employment Equity and invite applicants with all lived experiences to apply for this position. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to ensure fair and equitable access throughout the recruitment and selection process. We thank all candidates; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
To apply:
Please submit your resume and cover letter here before April 30th so we can get to know you!
