Finance (Rights & Royalties) Internship

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Overseeing the workflow of the day-to-day functions (e.g., contract entry; clearing sales suspense; etc.)
2. Analyzing and interpreting contracts, amendments, and abstract forms
3. Handling complex author agreements and amendments
4. Inputting contract and financial information relating to royalties into the royalty system as well as performing general contract maintenance
5. Managing and clearing royalty sales suspense and subsidiary rights deferred items
6. Responding/resolving inquiries/requests from business units, editorial groups, legal department, contracts department, authors, agents, and other groups both from inside and outside Pearson
7. Assisting Supervisor in preparation of monthly suspense packet
8. Monitoring workload through the Contracts Work Log (CWL) and providing monthly metrics of backlog Excel
9. Monitoring workload through Excel file

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