Company: The Harry Fox Agency
Address: 40 Wall St. 6th Flr.
Location: New York, NY
Application Deadline: May 14, 2013
Position: Full-time, Paid
Timeframe: 06/03/13 — 09/03/13 (Flexible)
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Description
HFA is the nation’s leading provider of intellectual property management, licensing and royalty calculation and distribution services for the music industry. With over 46,000 music publishing clients, HFA issues the largest number of licenses for the use of music in both physical and digital distribution formats. HFA makes licensing fast and easy with Songfile®, its online application. The company also offers a variety of outsourced technology solutions designed to facilitate the administration of intellectual property rights. As a technology innovator, HFA is leading the industry in establishing global data standards and is a founding member and Board member of the Digital Data Exchange (DDEX). For the last three years, HFA has ranked in the top 250 of InformationWeek 500: Relentless Innovators list. In business for more than 80 years, HFA is the music industry’s most comprehensive resource for rights management.
The Royalty Compliance Department conducts royalty examinations on behalf of the Agency’s publisher-principals to determine areas of underpayment by licensees. The intern will be responsible for assignments involving various aspects of royalty compliance examinations.
We offer internships in the Spring, Summer and Fall. The Spring and Fall internships are part-time positions (12-15 hrs/week), unpaid, school credit only. Spring term begins in January and end in May. Fall begins in September and ends in December. The summer internship is a full-time paid internship, which runs from June through August. Cuts off dates for applications are: December 15 for Spring, May 15 for summer, August 15 for fall. To apply for our Internship program, please submit your information through our website at www.harryfox.com or email Dana Glass, HR Director at jobs@harryfox.com.
Responsibilities
• Analyze the terms of the mechanical license issued by HFA with respect to pertinent royalty examinations, by using AS400 and License Downloads to identify areas of non-compliance
• Review royalty statements rendered by various licensees and perform continuity and completeness tests utilizing MS Excel
• Review label copies for unlicensed musical works
• Prepare various Excel claim schedules for potentially underreported or unlicensed uses of musical works
• Maintain and organize files
• Perform special project and ad hoc analyses as needed
Requirements
• Undergraduate or graduate student with a music/music business, finance, economics or accounting
• Familiarity/strong interest in digital music technology preferred
• Well organized, detail-oriented, hardworking, enthusiastic and positive attitude
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office software - including PowerPoint
• Some experience in Accounting/Finance desirable
• Strong Excel skills mandatory
• Experience with an accounting application, such as JDE, a plus