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Join our Accounting Department.

If you’ve ever been interested in music or the publishing world, this role is your chance to work with super smart people and learn what it takes to manage the back of house operations. We are looking for a highly motivated, dedicated, self-starter to serve as a full time Accounting Manager. Accounting Department serves many important functions of a music publishing house to keep it operating smoothly. You will get to see the inner workings of a music publishing company by working with all income and expense related activities.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Oversee daily and month-end accounting operations of accounts payable, accounts receivable, departments. Responsible for ensuring accuracy and timeliness of accounting transactions in those departments.

• Assist in managing the monthly close process and reconciliations.

• Provide oversight and review of accounts receivable and accounts payable operations, including customer invoicing and collections; vendor payments; posting cash receipts applications.

• Monitoring daily bank activities and posting.

• Monthly bank reconciliations

• Foreign currency purchase and payment through the bank websites and posting to the accounting system.

• Issue and mail out checks for vendors, composers, and publishers

• File sales tax quarterly

• Renewal of company insurance

• Good communication with vendors

• Reports to Controller located in NYC

What we look for in the perfect candidate:

• Bachelor degree required. Accounting degree preferred.

• 5-7 years of experience at managerial level

• Ability to work independently and efficiently

• Ability to prioritize work with strong multi-tasking, organizational and project-management skills

• Ability to work well with managers and staff alike

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Advanced skills in MS Excel and Word

• Strong work ethic and attention to detail

• Knowledge of classical music or publishing a plus but not required

Compensation will depend on prior experience. Excellent benefits package offered after 3 months of full-time employment.

If you’re interested in the concert music world and the publishing world, this role is your chance to work with both. Theodore Presser Company is seeking an Assistant Manager for our Concert Music Rental Department. The ideal candidate is dedicated, highly motivated, detail-oriented, knowledgeable about classical music, has versatile skills; and is a negotiator and a problem solver when “the show must go on.”

This is a full time position based in our Malvern office.

Our Company History

Theodore Presser Company is one of America's oldest and most prestigious music publishers serving the music community worldwide. Our catalog contains a large and diverse selection of music literature from the educational field to concert music. In addition we maintain an extensive rental library which makes available chamber, opera, ballet, and symphonic music material of outstanding quality to professional and educational performing organizations.

A little about our team.

Based in Malvern, PA, our agile team is large enough to be a leader in the industry yet small enough for each employee to make a difference. Still growing with a tight-knit team and a pleasant working environment, we are looking for motivated individuals with high energy and positive attitudes and also offer long-term growth opportunities for high performing individuals.

Join our Rental Department.

The Concert Music Rental Department manages music in genres ranging from large orchestral works, operas and ballets, to chamber music for small ensembles. Our rental team services the performance needs of ensembles including professional and amateur orchestras, college and school ensembles, churches and individual performers worldwide. In conjunction with providing printed music for performance, we are positioned to meet increasing demand for digital delivery of music as ensembles embrace the use of technology for performance.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Help manage general department responsibilities:
• Customer service
• Order receipt and entry
• Billing and credits, some collection
• Assist with domestic and foreign publisher partner communications:
• Handle incoming and outgoing inter-publisher work inquiries.
• Order new and replacement inventory from distributed publishers.
• Manage tasks associated with intake process for new works:
• Compile and/or check work data in operating systems
• Prepare, check and edit work abbreviated instrumentations
• Complete new work information stored in HLMSW
• Prepare grand rights contracts for staged performances.
• Assist with coordinating Grand Rights, recording/rental and other special terms and licenses.
• Generate reports and perform other data related tasks including:
• Compile concert performance data for Performing Rights Societies: ASCAP, BMI, SESAC
• Create monthly performance notifications for a select group of composers.
• Compile monthly performance/revenue log by publisher groups
• Accounts receivable tasks:
• Monitor and record payments from rental customers.
• Work with Accounting Department by providing billing and payment customer service as needed
• Assist with planning and data coordination for promotion campaigns.
• Liaison with Performance Promotion, Sales, Special Reproductions and Fulfillment Departments.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years professional administrative work and management experience
• 5+ years experience in customer service or related fields
• BA/BS degree, major/minor in music related fields a plus
• Strong Knowledge/background in classical music a must
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Extraordinary customer service commitment
• Strong work ethic, organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and work independently
• Proactive and creative problem solving skills
• Organizational and project-management skills
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and Google Drive programs
• Intermediate skills in MS Excel
• Digitally savvy: is very comfortable with technology, and with learning and using new systems and applications.
• Ability to work well with managers and staff alike
• Effective communication skills: professional, cheerful and courteous demeanor
• Comfortable in a changing environment, and with learning new processes
• Familiarity with engraving software programs not required, but a plus
• Reports to Rental Manager
• Physical Requirements: Must be able to safely climb step ladders to access some inventory; routine handling packages of music, and occasional handling of heavy boxes

Compensation will depend on prior experience. Full-time position offers an attractive benefits package after 3 months of full-time employment, which includes health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, short term disability and a 401-K plan as well as paid time off.

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter.

Job Type: Full-time. Part-time possible with minimum 22.5 hours per week

Theodore Presser Company is one of America's oldest and most prestigious music publishers serving the music community worldwide. Our catalog contains a large and diverse selection of music literature from the educational field to concert music. In addition we maintain an extensive rental library which makes available chamber, opera, ballet, and symphonic music material of outstanding quality to professional and educational performing organizations.

A little about our team.

Based in Malvern, PA, our agile team is large enough to be a leader in the industry yet small enough for each employee to make a difference. Still growing with a tight-knit team and a pleasant working environment, we are looking for motivated individuals with high energy and positive attitudes and also offer long-term growth opportunities for high performing individuals.

Work with our Administration and Royalty Departments

If you’ve ever been interested in music or the publishing world, this role is your chance to work with super smart people and learn what it takes to manage the back of house operations. The Administration and Royalty Departments serve many important functions of a music publishing house to keep it operating smoothly. You will get to see the inner workings of a music publishing company by working with many of the administrative as well as all income and expense related activities.

Responsibilities may include

• Generate annual and quarterly royalty statements for composers and publishers
• Organizing files for administrative and royalty documents
• Enter royalty payments into the accounting system
• Process incoming royalty payments by entering them into the royalty system
• Performing administrative tasks to help various departments
• Reports to the Office Manager

What we look for in the perfect candidate:

• At least 2 years experience in administrative, accounting or royalty related positions
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High attention to detail for data entry
• Ability to take direction and learn new skills quickly
• Strong organizational and follow up skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word
• Familiarity with databases/ERPs a plus
• Ability to prioritize and work in a fast-paced environment
• General knowledge about (classical) music and music publishing industry is a plus but not necessary

Full-time position offers an attractive benefits package, which includes health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, short term disability and a 401-K plan as well as paid vacation, personal and sick days.

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to: jobs@presser.com

Theodore Presser Company is looking for an intern who is a recent graduate or graduate student and has time to work 3-4 days per week on projects in various departments (Promotion, Production, Rental and Royalties). This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on knowledge and real work experience in the music publishing industry.

About the Company.

Theodore Presser Company is one of America's oldest and most prestigious music publishers serving the music community worldwide. Our catalog contains a large and diverse selection of music literature from the educational field to concert music. In addition we maintain an extensive rental library which makes available chamber, opera, ballet, and symphonic music material of outstanding quality to professional and educational performing organizations.

A little about our team.

Based in Malvern, PA, our agile team is large enough to be a leader in the industry yet small enough for each employee to make a difference. Still growing with a tight-knit team and a pleasant working environment, we are looking for motivated individuals with high energy and positive attitudes and also offer long-term growth opportunities for high performing individuals.

Projects may include (depending on department):

• Proofread music and written material
• Sort archival scores
• Digitize sheet music and manuscript masters
• Reorganize orchestra music library
• Data entry and clean-up
• Entering customer orders in ERP system
• Adding and maintaining products to online retailers’ websites
• Organizing, filing, photocopying, miscellaneous administrative tasks
• Various support functions for different departments as needed

Requirements:

• BA/BS degree, preferably in music or business
• Strong music background is essential
• Experience with music notation software a plus
• Strong analytical skills and advanced skills in MS Excel
• Familiarity with databases or ERP systems a plus
• Familiarity with e-mail marketing clients, WordPress and iMovie a plus
• Knowledge of Adobe Suite a plus
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Proactive and creative problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Writing and proofreading skills
• Comfortable with multitasking and with learning new systems and processes
• Ability to prioritize and work in a fast-paced environment

This is a paid internship. A successful internship may lead to a full-time position if an opening becomes available. Many of our former interns have joined us as full-time employees.

To apply, send a current resume and cover letter – in which you should refer to your knowledge of/background in music – to: jobs@presser.com.