Junior Data Analyst

Overview

We are looking for a capable and driven Junior Data Analyst to join our technology function at a leading royalty services company, supporting some of the biggest names in the global music industry. Over the past few years, Y Royalties has developed powerful cloud based technologies to analyse clients royalty data. This role will be supporting the data team to meet data deliveries using our in house technologies. The person will assist with analytic reports and projects required by all areas of the business including audits, rights management, transaction services and third-party accounting. In tandem, the role will be influential in undertaking and evolving data mapping procedures involving ML and LLM procedures, allowing one to learn the fundamentals behind royalty accounting and integrating with next gen data capabilities. The role is suited to someone who is early in their career but has ambition to succeed in analytics, particularly within the music royalty space.

Key Responsibilities

• Analytic Reporting: assisting with the delivery of reports to all areas of the business including but not limited to audits, transaction services, rights management, and third-party accounting.
• Data tasks: daily collation and reporting of catalogue metadata from a variety of sources and accuracy evaluation reporting tasks; providing data quality reports within the data team and helping improve day-to-day workloads during daily stand ups.
• Royalty Data Mapping and Reconciliations: work directly with royalty data to assist with data mapping procedures to enable data ingestion to run smoothly; implement ML and LLM models and assist data scientists in training to improve categorisation and labelling accuracy; perform reconciliation tasks to ensure data deliveries are accurate and aligned with documentation.
• Business Development: participate in internal data agile sprints every two weeks related to data development work; contribute to improving and evolving technology and infrastructure to stay ahead of the competition.

Required Experience & Skills

• Ambitious individual eager to gain experience in analytics; keen eye for detail and numerical accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communications; team player able to work both collaboratively and independently.
• Degree in a relevant field such as mathematics, finance, or analytics.
• Any programmatic background or BI tooling is a nice-to-have.
• Work experience is not essential, but exposure to the music industry or analytics in a business setting is a plus.
• A passion for music and the ethos of fairness and supporting creatives.

What We Offer

• A unique opportunity to begin a career in music royalties and analytics, working with cutting edge technologies and colleagues with extensive knowledge.
• Friendly and relaxed team that is the backbone of the company and integral to business development for the future.
• Collaborative, passionate culture blending finance, music, and engineering.

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.