Y Royalties was established in 2023 by Colin Young, Ben Marlow and Gary Groutage. Offering services in Royalties Data, Rights Management, Audit and Transaction Services.
Y Royalties started from the Royalties division at Award Winning Accountancy firm, CC Young & Co, which celebrates its 26th Year in the Music Industry this year. The success of this division along with our knowledge and experience gained over the 26 years has enabled the birth of Y Royalties.
In 2020 we invested heavily in our data capabilities and our data warehouse now sits at the heart of all of our services, enabling us to analyse royalties at the most granular level, highlighting trends, anomalies and opportunities in our client’s royalty income. The data warehouse is a driving force behind our catalogue valuations and due diligence, supported by a wealth of music industry and transaction experience, we aim to offer best-in-class services to all our clients.
We are seeking a Valuation & Due Diligence Analyst/Associate to join the team, with a focus on catalogue valuation and transaction due diligence. Key clients include financial investors (e.g. funds), copyright holders such as record companies, publishers, writers, and composers.
Job Title: Valuation & Due Diligence Analyst/Associate | Department: Transaction Services
About the role
An opportunity to join a fast-growing, highly specialised team, working closely with industry experts to develop skills and expertise in an exciting part of the business.
Given the catalogue boom over the past few years, and recent increased public interest and scrutiny around the asset class, quality valuations and insightful, robust due diligence have become sought-after services. Our clients are relying on us more and more to go further in our analysis and apply expanding depth of review.
You will learn about the flow of royalties, pitfalls of data, facets of different rights types, how to read publishing/record deals and everything needed to assist clients throughout the deal process and beyond.
Your role will be heavily based around interpretation of data using analytics tools, as well as forecasting, valuation analysis and drafting of reports. You will have daily exposure to the senior management team – reporting directly to the head of the department – and key client relationships.
Working closely with experts in the field will help to boost your personal development and enable you to contribute to the growth of an expanding, dynamic team.
Experience & qualifications you may have
- Foundational understanding of royalties and previous experience of handling royalty data
- Ability to interpret music agreements
- Deal related work (DD, investment team, valuation, underwriting etc)
- 3+ years working at music industry accounting/services firm or similar. Direct music industry experience preferred but not required
- Accounting/finance qualification beneficial but not required
Your skills
- Advanced Excel skills, including proficiency in building standalone models from scratch and basic VBA/other coding knowledge
- Experience using SQL queries and handling databases
- Proficient analytically, with experience of using BI tools preferred
- Understanding of royalty statements and able to interrogate and present findings
- High-level understanding of basic accounting concepts and company financials.
- Adaptable to varying workload and types of project
- Motivated, keen to learn and integrates well with the team
- Focus on accuracy and attention to detail
- Can be relied on to take ownership of workload and able to find solutions independently
- Strong communication, ability to effectively communicate with colleagues and clients in correspondence
- Confident presentation skills and able to autonomously put together presentation slides for meetings
Equal Opportunities
Y Royalties Ltd is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination, and in which all decisions are based on merit.
Please apply to careers@yroyalties.co.uk
