Are you an experienced leader with a passion for accuracy and a knack for motivating teams?
Do you thrive in a high-volume, detail-oriented environment?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
As a Rights Team Leader, you will play a pivotal role in our Royalties department, ensuring that the financial elements of rights contracts are accurately interpreted into our royalty system and that licensees' financial statements and payments are allocated correctly.
You will manage a team of Rights Administrators and Co-Ordinators, setting goals and targets to maximise operational performance.
Your leadership will foster an environment of trust, open communication, and continuous improvement, ensuring our team remains adaptable and cohesive.
Key Responsibilities: Ensure that rights contracts are set up accurately and within agreed timescales Oversee the Biblio rights invoicing process and provide cover when necessary Create an environment oriented towards trust, open communication, creative thinking, and cohesive team effort Motivate and inspire team members by leading by example Ensure that the Rights inboxes are monitored by the Rights Co-Ordinators Provide cover for the other Rights Team Leader as required Liaise with the Rights team for contract and payment queries Support Rights Administrators with answering queries from external stakeholders such as authors and agents Produce reports to assist the Finance Manager (Rights) with KPIs Contribute to future process and systems developments Work closely with the accounts team to ensure Licensee details are held correctly in the system What You'll Bring: Ability to lead and manage a successful team.
A positive, flexible, and enthusiastic attitude Strong attention to detail Team leader/management experience (including managing regular one to ones, yearly reviews, absence management meetings, conducting training etc) Highly organised and able to prioritise work effectively to meet deadlines Good communication skills, including the ability to build strong relationships with other parts of the business Strong numerical skills Strong capabilities in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word Essential criteria: Experience in a high-volume transaction business area where accuracy is essential At Penguin Random House, you will be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and continuous learning.
We offer a supportive environment where you can develop your career and make a significant impact.Application instructions Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Tuesday 3rd December.
Salary £28,000 - £30,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.
What you can expect from us Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.
Our benefits include: Financial – income protection, life assurance, childcare allowance Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, critical illness cover, health checks Lifestyle – enhanced parental leave, tech scheme, free and discounted books For our full benefits list please visit: Hybrid working While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important.
For this role we expect that you will attend our office in Frating, Essex, one day per week.
About Penguin We're the UK's largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year.
Our doors are open to all kinds of talent.
In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher.
Here, you'll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success.
Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.
The recruitment process You can read about our recruitment process at As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form.
The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the 'What you'll bring' section.
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Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role.
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Company: Penguin Books Limited Country: United Kingdom State/Region: Essex City: Colchester Postal Code: CO7 7DW Job ID: 275565