The Advanced Specialist, Global Contract Operations is a senior individual
contributor within the Global Rights & Royalties Contract Processing Hub. The
role provides expert oversight of complex agreement review, approval, contract
and product administration, operational suspense resolution, vendor-related
contract data and author or Portfolio queries across supported geographies and
lines of business.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you will review and approve
high-profile and non-standard author agreements, make standard and non-standard
operational recommendations, protect contractual and financial data integrity,
and ensure that turnaround time, service-level and internal-control commitments
are achieved. You will understand how contract operations connects to royalty
calculations, product structures, author payments and the wider business.

You will act as a trusted subject-matter expert, lead contract-related
improvement initiatives, provide transparent performance insights to stakeholders, and
strengthen team capability through peer review, mentoring and technical




guidance. This is an advanced specialist role and does not carry formal
line-management accountability.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

* High-profile, complex and non-standard agreements are reviewed and approved
accurately, within SLA and with complete supporting evidence.

* Contract and product data is complete, current and reliable across relevant
systems, enabling accurate downstream royalty calculations and author
payouts.

* Contract-related suspense items are researched and resolved accurately, with
sales allocated to the correct product, author and agreement.

* Peer audits, quality reviews and controls identify risk before it affects
financial results, royalty statements or author experience.

* Backlogs, turnaround time and service levels are actively managed, with
priorities and dependencies made visible to the Manager and stakeholders.

* Author, Portfolio and business queries receive c

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