Business Affairs Administrator - Alfred Music

Company Information

Join Alfred Music and Help Inspire the Next Generation of Musicians. 

At Alfred Music, we believe that music is for everyone. As the world’s leading educational music publisher, we’ve been helping musicians learn, grow, and express themselves for over 100 years. Our extensive catalog of high-quality sheet music, method books, and instructional resources serves educators, students, and performers across all levels and genres—from the first piano lesson to professional concert halls. 

We are dedicated to supporting music education and making it accessible to all. Our products are used in classrooms, studios, and homes around the world, empowering teachers and inspiring students to develop their musical voices. Whether it's our popular method series like Alfred’s Basic Piano Library or innovative performance pieces, our goal is to nurture a lifelong love of music in every learner. 

If you're passionate about music education and want to make a meaningful impact on the lives of teachers and students around the world, Alfred Music offers the opportunity to combine purpose with creativity. Come help us write the next chapter in music learning.

General Summary

As a Business Affairs Administrator, you will be responsible for licensing content to and from third parties and processing royalties. This includes maintaining the royalty system data, communicating with licensing and royalty clients, and assisting in other processes in support of Business Affairs.

You are a continuous learner with a hunger for knowledge. You approach challenges as opportunities to improve. You value team members’ input from all levels and you actively seek ways to support your colleagues.

You will sit directly with the Business Affairs team, work in close collaboration with Production, Sales and Customer Service, Accounting and report to the Senior Manager, Business Affairs. 

Core Functions: 

• Match, process and reconcile third-party payments into the Alfred Royalty System (ARS)
• Maintains royalty payable data, client data, copyright notices, publisher splits and song information in ARS. 
• Communicates promptly and professionally with royalty and licensing clients
• Receive and process, 3rd party license requests
• lyric/music reprints
• arrangement licenses
• photocopies and festival permissions 
• sub-publishing rights 
• MakeMusic Cloud licensing processing
• Copyright and Performance  Rights Organization (PRO) Registration
• Copyright claim and publisher research 
• Copyright enforcement, including DMCA/Cease and Desist communications
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act 

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge of: 
• Basic knowledge of copyright and licensing as it pertains to the music industry
• General music information and concepts

• General business affairs practices and procedures 

• Performing Rights Organizations, Mechanical Licensing Collectives and Publishers

• Detail-oriented and accurate with respect to contracts and licensing documents
• Must possess excellent analytical skills
• Ability to focus on attention to detail
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Ability to pivot quickly and handle multiple projects of competing priorities 
• Degrees are not required and we value all forms of continued education including traditional four-year degrees, post-graduate degrees, associates degrees, bootcamps, online training, professional certifications, self-teaching and more.

Desired Qualifications: 

• At least 2 years of experience in royalties and/or licensing at a music publishing company
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to consistently work well under pressure and meet deadlines
• Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat
• Proficiency in Google Workspace

Don’t meet every single requirement? Don’t worry. We still want to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

The work characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Benefits

Compensation

We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The hourly compensation range for this role in Colorado is $22.20 - $36.99. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, and certifications. Each role at Peaksware has a defined salary range based on market data and company stage. We typically hire at the lower to mid-point of the range, with the top end reserved for internal growth and exceptional performance. Actual pay depends on factors like experience, technical depth, geographic location, and alignment with internal peers. This role is eligible for variable compensation including bonus.

 Benefits and Perks:

Health

• We offer comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings and flexible spending accounts, paid parental leave; and an employee assistance program.
• Additional coverage options including Accident & Critical Illness insurance as well as Hospital Indemnity are also available.

Disability and Life

• We offer several company paid options including Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, as well as Basic Life Insurance and AD&D.
• Additional coverage options including Employee-paid Supplemental Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and/or Child are also available.

Additional

• We offer a 401(K) including a company match.
• We observe 12 paid holidays annually and provide discretionary Flexible Time Off. Employees also receive free access to our products, corporate discounts, and professional development resources.
• Access to the Performance and Recovery Center (PARC), our on-site fitness facility, as well as employee only access to on-site locker rooms and showers. 
• Employee only access to secure, indoor bike storage and access to e-bikes exclusively to Peaksware employees.
• Access to our onsite Music and Podcast Studio.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to review our website or to apply online, please fill out our Candidate Accommodations Request Form.

Peaksware adheres to the FLSA Exemption Threshold for minimum wage in all states.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment that is well-lighted, heated, and/or air-conditioned with adequate ventilation and a noise level that is usually moderate. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and filing cabinets.

All employees must comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures.  Report all unsafe activities to your manager and/or Human Resources.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and move about the facility; use hands to handle, or feel; talk by expressing ideas by means of the spoken word; and hear by perceiving the nature of sounds. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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