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Overview
Concord is the world’s leading independent music company. The Company supports more than 125,000 artists and songwriters whose works are licensed, marketed, and performed globally. Concord's growing catalog of 1.3 million songs, compositions, sound recordings, films, plays, and musicales is one of the most impactful and culturally relevant collections of creative rights in history.

Concord is headquartered in Nashville with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne, and Miami.

As the Business Affairs Administration Manager, you'll be supporting the U.S. music publishing business for Concord and will primarily be responsible for assisting with the managing of publishing contracts, fielding of inquiries and the maintenance of various tracking reports for a subset of the songwriter/composer roster. This position reports to the Director, Business Affairs Administration, Publishing, who manages the contracts for the U.S. publishing business in Nashville (including the U.S. roster of songwriters and catalogs managed by the Nashville and Los Angeles‑based A&R teams, and certain legacy publishing catalogs).

Responsibilities
What you’ll do:

Serve as a point of contact to assist the Director and Sr. Director Business Affairs Administration, Publishing in providing business and legal affairs contract administration support for the various US publishing teams.

Manage the contract administration responsibilities for a subset of the U.S. publishing business:

Interact with other depts. to ensure proper administration of contracts and related deliverables: e.g., proper registration, royalty administration, etc.

Prepare contract summaries and inquiry responses for a subset of the U.S. publishing business including legacy, current and acquired catalogs

Work cross‑functionally with various internal departments on songwriter client inquiries in collaboration with A&R, Copyright, Royalty, Licensing, Client Services, and Finance

Draft formal letters or notices to internal and external parties

Assist with preparing and maintaining reports and tracking mechanisms, including for the purpose of tracking acquired catalogs, new publishing agreements, upcoming Terms, options and expirations, delivery requirements, advance triggering events, recoupment positions, terminations, and other material terms.

Prepare and track invoices for contractual payments for publishing deals across the U.S. publishing business

Maintain publishing files and records in accordance with company’s document storage and retention policy, including participation in various technology initiatives.

Provide support to the rest of the Publishing Business & Legal Affairs department as projects and need arise.

Qualifications
What you’ll need:

Minimum 5 years of professional experience in the music publishing business, preferably in rights management.

Ability to think critically, multi‑task and perform in a fast‑paced, deadline driven environment with tight and frequently changing timeframes.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to distill complex contractual concepts into simple terms including timely and accurate assessment of contractual language.

Proactive, adaptive, coachable and positive.

Keen attention to detail and self‑directed; able to turn ambiguity into actionable plans.

Excellent computer aptitude and reasonably proficiency with MS Office Suite, especially Excel, Adobe Acrobat PRO, Outlook and, cloud‑based document management platforms.

Experience with JIRA and Salesforce a plus.

Salary Range: $60,000 - 70,000

*This job is hybrid‑ requiring 3 days a week minimum on site.

At Concord, we offer comprehensive medical and wellness benefits, generous time off, parental leave, charity match, paid time off for volunteering, and other fun company perks. We have beautiful new offices and a culture committed to supporting everyone’s growth and development.

Concord is an equal opportunity employer. We employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We believe that diversity, inclusion and equity is paramount for the creation of music, theater and film that celebrates and empowers all cultures.

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In Summary: Concord is the world’s leading independent music company . The Business Affairs Administration Manager will be supporting the U.S. music publishing business for Concord . The position reports to the Director, who manages the contracts for the Nashville and Los Angeles-based A&R teams .

En Español: Concord es la compañía musical independiente líder del mundo. La Compañía apoya a más de 125.000 artistas y compositores cuyas obras están licenciadas, comercializadas e interpretadas en todo el mundo. El catálogo creciente de 1,3 millones de canciones, composiciones, grabaciones sonoras, películas, juegos y musicales de Concord constituye una de las colecciones de derechos creativos más impactantes y culturalmente relevantes de la historia. Concord tiene su sede en Nashville con oficinas adicionales en Los Ángeles, Nueva York, Londres, Berlín, Melbourne y Miami. Como Director de Negocios Administrativo, usted estará apoyando al negocio editorial estadounidense para Concord y será principalmente responsable de ayudar con la gestión de contratos editoriales, el campo de consultas y el mantenimiento de varios informes de seguimiento para un subconjunto de los escritores/composters administrados. Negocios editoriales: Interactúan con otros departamentos para garantizar una administración adecuada de contratos y entregas relacionadas: por ejemplo, un registro apropiado, la administración de regalías, etc. Preparar resúmenes de contrato y respuestas a las consultas para un subconjunto del negocio editorial estadounidense que incluye catálogos heredados, actuales y adquiridos Trabajar interfuncionalmente con varios departamentos internos sobre consultas de clientes de compositores en colaboración con A&R, Copyright, Royalty, Licensing, Customer Services, and Finance Draft of formal letters or notices to internal and external parties Ayudar a preparar y mantener informes y mecanismos de seguimiento, incluso con el propósito de rastrear los catalogos adquiridos, nuevos acuerdos publicatorios, próximos Términos, opciones y vencimientos, requisitos de entrega, eventos iniciales, recopilación, terminaciones y otras condiciones Preparar posturas y facturas contractuales para realizar pagos a través de Estados Unidos Publicando negocios Mantener archivos y registros de publicación de acuerdo con la política de almacenamiento y retención de documentos de la compañía, incluida la participación en diversas iniciativas tecnológicas. Proporcionar apoyo al resto del departamento de Negocios e Asuntos Jurídicos de Publicaciones a medida que surjan los proyectos y las necesidades. Calificaciones Lo que necesitará: Minimum 5 años de experiencia profesional en el negocio de edición musical, preferiblemente en gestión de derechos. Capacidad para pensar críticamente, multi-tarefa y realizarse en un entorno acelerado impulsado por fechas límite con marcos temporales ajustados y frecuentemente cambiantes. Excelentes habilidades médicas verbales y escritas, incluyendo la capacidad de destilar conceptos contractuales complejos en términos simples que incluyen una evaluación oportuna y precisa del lenguaje contractual. Proactiva, adaptable, coachable y positiva. Atención al detalle y guía; capacidad para convertir la administración ambivalente de caridad en prácticas profesionales. Tenemos hermosas oficinas nuevas y una cultura comprometida con apoyar el crecimiento y desarrollo de todos. Concord es un empleador de igualdad de oportunidades. Empleamos, entrenamos, compensamos y promovemos independientemente de la raza, religión, color, origen nacional, sexo, discapacidad, edad, estatus de veterano y otro estado protegido según lo requiera la ley aplicable. Creemos que la diversidad, inclusión e equidad son fundamentales para la creación de música, teatro y cine que celebran y empoderen a todas las culturas. #J-18808-Ljbffr