The HarperCollins Center of Excellence (CoE) for finance are hiring for a Contracts Administrator, this role will report into the Head of Royalties and sit as part of the Royalties team. The purpose of this role is to accurately enter contract terms to calculate advances and royalties for HarperCollins authors.

Key accountabilities:

• Support the Editorial teams and CoE Royalties by entering contractual information into the royalty system

• Provide advice to affiliate editorial teams where appropriate

• Offer general contractual assistance

• Provide analysis of agencies'/authors’ previous terms

• Flag up key issues and the implications of proposed contractual terms

• Investigate and fix rejections in collaboration with the CoE team

• Investigation of rejections on the system or queries from authors

• Assisting CoE and general royalty department as required

• Assist with reporting and system maintenance

Skills and Experience

• Recent customer service experience, preferably in finance

• Strong Excel skills

• Ability to multitask and manage multiple and varying projects and tasks

• Excellent problem solving and organisational skills with strong attention to detail

• Able to provide exceptional service to our authors and affiliates and clearly explain complex information in an understandable way

• Ability to listen and accurately record information

• Language skills are advantageous to the role but not essential

   

  If you wish to discuss this position and/or your application to this role, please reach out directly to our Recruitment Manager at Kally.simmonds@harpercollins.co.uk with subject heading ‘Vacancy Query’ plus the job title of the role.