Royalty Operations |amp| Accounting Assistant

At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small. Job Purpose The Royalty Support team in India provides royalty services to Pearson royalty management teams in the US, Canada and the UK. As an Administrator, reporting to the Supervisor of the team, this individual will be responsible for performing the day-to-day operations/functions of Rights Accounting. This includes (1) entering rights statements provided by third party licensees into Royalty system, (2) ensuring payments are allocated correctly to Pearson accounts (3) monitoring and dunning for missing statements and payments. This person will also be responsible for keeping managers apprised of unusual situations, and reporting metrics to management. This role will have responsibility for: - Maintaining the workflow of Rights statements and payments - Performing the assigned workload and tasks of the team; work with local managers in the US, Canada and UK to coordinate statement and payment processing to meet contractual requirements - Working with system analysts to develop useful management reporting tools - Resolving inquiries from authors, agents, publishers, business managers and editors - Assisting in preparation of internal and external audits - Periodically reviewing outstanding trackers with the IS&T group to resolve various issues - Reviewing signed contract information received from contracts and editorial - Reviewing and evaluating statutory requirements as they relate to subsidiary rights - Ensuring accuracy of bank deposits, investigate unallocated cash and process requests for tax receipts - Proactively identifying enhancements to Rights Management System - Following prescribed and documented internal control procedures \#li-post Job: FINANCE Organization: Corporate Finance Schedule: FULL\_TIME Req ID: 65++