Description : Royalty Clerk. Company : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.. Location : United States

Job Description:

W.W. Norton & Company is seeking an experienced Royalty Clerk.

Essential Job Duties Include:

• Entering royalty contracts daily: Enter, send to manager to be checked, and file contract.
• Posting monthly cash daily: Balance back-up with an Excel file, create batches for transactions, post and balance cash with our system and Excel file, then file back-up.
• Cash Receipts/ Book Rights daily: Wires and journals from the accounting spreadsheet, verify all payments, maintain copies, obtain Excel file from Accounting monthly, balance Excel file with copies, posting, send Subrights to Accounting.
• New Publication transfers (semi-annually): obtain publication list from manager, do transfers by department, enter missing contracts, create statements, check advances and transactions, prepare Excel permissions sheets.
• Manual Accruals (semi-annually): print contracts mark for manual accrual, calculate sales from sales report, post in system, prepare excel sheet to book Journal Entries for manual accrual.
• Generating royalty statements (semi-annually)
• Coordinate department assignments with manager
• Other administrative tasks as assigned by the manager.

Please note- this job description is not designed to cover all activities required of the employee.
Experience and Skills:

Required Qualifications:

• 3-5 years’ experience working in Royalties.
• Employment eligibility to work with W.W. Norton & Company in the US is required.
• W.W. Norton & Company ('Norton') strives to maintain a COVID-free workplace. To that end, being fully vaccinated is a condition of employment for all new Norton hires. Norton makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities, religious held beliefs, or other conditions protected by applicable law
• Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Must have good time management skills and be capable of tracking across departments, activities, and projects.
• Must be able to work regular business hours.
• This role is remote but includes responsibilities that will require minimal in-office participation, so must be in commutable distance from our Scranton, PA office.
• Must be highly organized, disciplined, and self-motivated.
• Proficiency in Word, Outlook and Excel

From: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.