A&R Admin Coordinator

The A&R Admin Coordinator reports to the Associate Director of A&R Admin, Masterworks. This
position will liaise with the various departments within the Sony Music Masterworks Worldwide
Division and Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inter-Company Accounting, Release Planning,
Royalties and Copyrights departments as well as Label Artists, their management and recording
studios.
What you'll do:

• Communicate with A&R, Business & Legal Affairs, Finance, Marketing, Royalties, Joint Venture Accounting, and Copyright to properly administer artist contracts, licenses and deals.
• Includes administering A&R related budgets and reviewing artist agreements to assess

and enforce contractual obligations with respect to recording

• Assisting with creation of Royalty accounts, as well as Copyright and Joint Venture

issues.

• Booking studios and travel for Artist Recording Sessions
• Helping with Union obligations for any relevant release
• Assisting with any ad-hoc reports needed internally or externally
• Ensuring all contractual obligations are met by artist and label
• Communicate with artist attorneys and managers about contractual issues, vendors, proper
• Liaising with Release Planning to ensure proper subproject code setups

payments, tax information

• Administration of artist recording projects
• Creation of recording and marketing budgets (and within the marketing budgets,
• Assist in handling the “day-to-day”:

distinguish between recoupable and non-recoupable marketing costs to ensure proper
royalty statement rendering)

• Creating yearly budgets for various Live projects
• Reconciliation of BTA card
• Setting up vendors within the Sony system, along with any relevant Artist Portal access
• Meet with various Live groups to ensure proper standings of all financial accounts
• Working with our various Live Businesses
• Prompt payment of invoices (recording, mastering, advances, overhead, etc)
• Tracking projects to ensure proper payment and budgeting.
• Billing and Paying expenses for various Live venues across the US
• Issuance of purchase orders for co-op

Who you are:

• College Degree
• Strong computer skills including Excel (including pivot tables, creating and running queries), Word,
• Be detail oriented, ability to analyze data and troubleshoot effectively.

PowerPoint and Outlook

• Work well and communicate promptly with different types of people
• Be able to work independently, multitask, and manage evolving priorities
• Have solid communication, organizational, communication, and follow up skills.
• Review and understand legal contracts and be comfortable upholding legal standards

What we give you:

• Our Hybrid with Flexibility approach combines the flexibility of remote working with the benefits of in-person collaboration whenever we need to come together to do our best work. Managers will partner with their teams and employees to establish work arrangements that meet the business, team, and individual needs.
• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition and student loans
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork
• Time off for a winter recess
• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to fuel the creative journey
• We invest in your professional growth & development
• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching

Sony Music is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
The anticipated annual base salary does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
New York Pay Range
$45,000 — $50,000 USD