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Talent Payments Assistant at Bertelsmann
London, United Kingdom


Job Descrption

 

Talent Payments Assistant

 

Reporting to: Talent Payments Manager                                

Location: Stephen Street, London                                         

Contract: Permanent

Type of work: Hybrid working                     

 

About Us

Join the place creatives call home!

 

Fremantle is a powerhouse of the TV and Film industry. We’re one of the world’s largest and most successful creators, producers and distributors of Entertainment, Drama & Film and Documentaries.

 

From critically acclaimed dramas like The Responder, starring Martin Freeman, award winning films including Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar nominated The Hand of God to incredible entertainment like The Rap Game, Too Hot to Handle, The Apprentice and Britain’s Got Talent, we make shows with global appeal.

 

Our purpose

We aspire to tell stories that connect people around the world. We believe our shows should reflect and celebrate the world we live in and we want to create irresistible entertainment and engage with our audience. To achieve this, we must have people from all backgrounds and cultures working in our teams and on our shows, and we commit to creating opportunities for talent by being inclusive in all that we do.

 

Department / Role

The Talent Payments Team is a central resource responsible for paying contributors for primary production and their share of revenues from exploitation of FM’s catalogue including third party produced programming. The Department is the key point of contact for Production, SSC, Sales, Legal, talent unions and music collecting societies. The purpose of this role is to calculate and process payments due to contributors of productions, produced by FMUK or other third party producers.

 

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Make payments in accordance with the Equity, Musicians and Scriptwriters Union Agreements for both Primary & Secondary exploitation
  • Make payments to contributors of any other Fremantle Programmes which are in production
  • Carry out weekly pay runs
  • Set up payment basis for Third Party Programmes- number contracts, set up contract templates, link to Programme and Check final print out
  • Add and update Artiste/Agent records and Artiste Contracts on the Artiste Payments system
  • Liaise both internally and externally to resolve any queries as they arise, passing complex / commercial sensitive queries to the senior members of the Talent Payments team
  • Involvement in the development of the Talent payments system, working closely with the Supervisor
  • Creation and upkeep of the department system process documentation
  • Work on ad-hoc Talent Payments projects as requested

 

Essential Skills and Experience: 

  • Highly numerate, strong attention to detail
  • Methodical approach to work with strong organizational skills
  • Ability to interpret talent union agreements

 

Desirable Skill and Experience:

  • Knowledge of the production environment
  • Previous knowledge of talent union agreements

 

Our benefits include generous company pension, summer Fridays, audience tickets, hybrid working, employee assistance program, access to free courses and training, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, and volunteer days.

 

Disabled applicants who meet the minimum skills, knowledge and experience criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. Please indicate on your application if this applies to you. 

 

If you need any of this information in a different format or would like to suggest a different form of application, please contact careers@fremantle.com

 

Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, content and digital, itself a division of the international media giant Bertelsmann. 

 

For more information, please visit Fremantle.com, follow us @FremantleHQ or visit our LinkedIn and  Facebook pages.

 

Company: FremantleMedia Group Ltd 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: W1T 1AL 

Job ID: 268722


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