International Business Analyst

Overview

Music wouldn't exist without the work of songwriters, composers and publishers. We're here to represent them and make sure that they are paid for their work. After more than a century in the industry, we continue to innovate as a world-leading organisation.

The Role

This role is part of the International department at PRS, who are a passionate team of over 20 responsible for driving and assuring International revenues that are the highest of any Music Collective Management Organisation in the world. The department works across a range of areas including society relationship and service management, revenue assurance, and direct licensing.

This is an exciting new role in the International Development & Licensing team that has been created to deliver a range of research, benchmarking, modelling and reporting to enable the commercial team to deliver revenue growth for PRS. We are looking for a seasoned analyst with hands on experience in developing commercial models to support deal negotiations.

This role is known internally as International Development & Licensing Analyst.

Responsibilities

As our International Development & Licensing Analyst (Business Analyst), some of your day to day duties will include…

• Working with the International commercial team to help deliver the revenue growth targets and strategy.
• Supporting the International commercial team across licensing negotiations, with a focus on commercial modelling, business and market intelligence gathering and financial analytics.
• Developing ‘Deep Research’ models to build informed insights on potential licensing prospects and sectors.
• Providing regular business analysis - manipulating and drawing meaningful insights from from large data sets and presenting findings.
• Involvement in project work supporting the broader international development team.
  
  

For a full list of duties, please email the recruitment team and request a copy of the job description.

About You

At PRS for Music, we want you to bring the best version of yourself to work. We believe that celebrating individuality promotes a culture of acceptance and openness. Along with being whoever you want to be, in an ideal world you will also have:

• Professional work experience in data science, business intelligence and analytics.
• Experience working with building and maintaining complex commercial models to support deal negotiations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel experience and skills.
• A commercial mindset, and the ability to prioritise effectively
• The ability to write reports with recommendations for Director and management team.
• The ability to customise code (utilising Python3, FFmpe in conjunction with APIs) is preferred.
  
  

What’s in it for you?

Here are just a few things that set PRS for Music apart from the crowd:

• We trust, value, and support our people to make the difference
• We believe that diversity of thought and experience provides the platform for innovation and creativity
• We are consciously inclusive and have eight Affinity Groups which you can join and make an impact
• We invest in the development of our people to drive our ambitions forward
• We offer a range of family friendly leave including enhanced maternity and paternity, grandparent, fertility, reproductive and menopause support.
• We know time to rest and recharge is important which is why we offer 25 days holiday entitlement with the option to top up twice annually up to a maximum of 30 days
• Employees can work from anywhere in the world for up to eight weeks of the year
• Plus a whole range of other benefits, including retail discounts, gym discounts, season ticket or bicycle loan.
  
  

The Process

Our Interview Process For This Role Is Simple

• First stage interview will take place virtually on MS Teams.
• Second stage interview will take place in person at our London Bridge Hub.
  
  

We use competency-based questions within our interviews. This allows you to provide examples of situations where you have had to demonstrate the required skills relevant to the role you are applying for. To assist your preparation for interview, research the STAR method to aid bringing your examples to life.

Location

We offer a hybrid working model, allowing employees to work from home up to three days a week.

To ensure the health and safety of all our employees, if you wish to work from home for more than 2.5 days per week, we will conduct a quick and easy remote-working assessment.

If you sound like you could be the right person for the job, apply now.

At PRS we are committed to equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging for all. We have taken a holistic approach to ensure that no one feels excluded regardless of age, class, sexuality, gender, race, religion, or ability. We value the needs of everyone in our organisation and strive to build an environment where our employee’s contributions are recognised in order that everyone may thrive.