Finance & Royalties Intern
At Sony Music Entertainment, we’re not just part of the music industry - we’re leading it. By bringing together music, technology, and culture, we’re creating real impact for our artists, our people, and the world around us. Here, you’ll be part of a global, collaborative community that’s constantly evolving, innovating, and shaping what’s next.
This is your opportunity to contribute meaningfully, while gaining a unique, end-to-end understanding of how a major music company operates—from financial decision making, to artist payments and beyond.
The Royalties & Finance (R&F) department at Sony Music is split into two main operational areas – Central R&F, and Label R&F.
There are two roles on offer in each of the R&F teams meaning four roles in total across central and label R&F giving fantastic opportunities for individuals who are analytical, curious, and eager to understand the bigger picture behind the music.
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Role Overview:
Ways of Working
- Office attendance: Monday to Thursday in the office, Friday is our work from home day
- Offsite working: No offsite working opportunities
What you'll do:
Cross-Team Collaboration & Broader Exposure
- Work closely with both the Finance and Royalties teams, supporting key day-to-day operations and long-term projects
- Liaise with departments such as Marketing, Legal, Sales, and Global Finance to understand how financial and contractual data flows across the business
- Gain exposure to artist contract administration, budgeting processes, third-party reporting, and performance analysis
Central Finance Responsibilities
- Support the consolidation and timely submission of group financial results to our parent organisation
- Collaborate with the Central, Label and “New Business” teams on month-end reporting, budget tracking, and forecasting activities
- Responsible for Group Reporting Packs delivered to CFO. These detail and summarise financial performance in the month, YTD and full year (forecast) across the business
- Help prepare reports and analysis for business partners, including executive stakeholders
- Reconcile financial data and identify anomalies in balance sheets to ensure accurate financial statements
- Work closely with cost center owners to manage purchase orders and ensure timely supplier payments
- Raise invoices and respond to finance-related queries, developing a strong understanding of end-to-end financial operations
Central Royalty Responsibilities
- Manage the Royalty Query Log, acting as a first point of contact for standard queries from artists, producers, and managers, while coordinating with Royalty Managers on more complex cases
- Assist in setting up new artist, producer, and licensee contracts in our royalty system (EROS), learning how accurate contract entry ensures artists are paid correctly
- Support the collection and validation of banking and identity information for artist payments
- Track and invoice third-party royalties, monitor sales data, and process royalty VAT invoices
- Prepare monthly royalty statements and help with month-end balance sheet processes
- Generate and circulate reports such as the CARMA report, gaining insights into contract and usage tracking
Label Finance Responsibilities
- Support the team in preparing and submitting accurate month end label results - includes preparing and posting journals as required
- Create and update daily streaming reports to be sent this to senior executives
- Assist the marketing, production, and department cost center owners with our purchase order system to ensure timely payments of suppliers. You’ll also train new starters on how to use this system
- Maintain and distribute weekly sales trackers for active/major artists
- Work closely with Marketing and A&R executives to conduct regular meetings and ensure forecasts are accurate and up to date
- Support the team in running key financial reports and analysis using various systems
- Raise invoices and respond to finance-related queries, developing a strong understanding of end-to-end financial operations
Who you are:
Essential
- Highly numerate and detail-oriented, with a strong interest in finance, accounting and royalties
- Comfortable working with data, spreadsheets, and financial systems
- Keen to understand how different departments work together to support artists and the business
Nice to have
- You’re curious, analytical, and passionate about understanding how a global music company works—especially the financial and contractual mechanisms behind it all. You’re ready to work with multiple teams, ask the right questions, and take ownership of your learning journey
- Collaborative by nature, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Organised and methodical, with the ability to juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- Proactive and resourceful—you don’t wait to be told what to do
What we give you:
- An annual salary of £28,480 (London Living Wage)
- You join a vibrant global community with the opportunity to channel your passion every day
- A modern office environment designed for you, empowering you to bring your best
- Investment in your professional growth and development such as focused workshops and a dedicated mentor, enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community
- The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt and create what happens next
- We give you the platform to champion positive change, with the opportunity to contribute to our social impact, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- We provide an excellent range of benefits like private medical cover, a generous pension scheme, life assurance, income protection, plus loads of music industry perks. There’s also time off over winter break
Process Overview
- Applications open August 10th at 10:00 and close August 24th at 10:00. Candidates whose applications are selected will be invited to complete a video interview between September 28th and October 3rd.
- Candidates who pass this stage will then be invited to the final stage of the process, an in-person assessment centre in early November. We will send further information on this stage before the date arrives.
- Successful applicants will start in January 2027.
We are committed to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process by contacting this email: recruitment.support@sonymusic.com.
Equal Opportunities
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Please note that applicants must be at least 18 years of age.