Full-Time

Senior Accountant

Accounting

Posted on 7/15/2025

Mechanical Licensing Collective

Mechanical Licensing Collective

51-200 employees

Administers mechanical licenses for songwriters

No salary listed

Nashville, TN, USA

Hybrid

Hybrid work environment.

Category
Accounting (3)
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Required Skills
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree or MBA in Accounting
  • CPA required
  • Three years of public accounting experience
  • Strong knowledge of GAAP & internal controls
  • Ability to research technical accounting issues
  • Advanced analytical skills using Excel
  • Detail oriented, and highly organized
  • Self-starter and results driven with excellent problem-solving skills
Responsibilities
  • Assisting in the development and documentation of Internal control policies and procedures
  • Ensuring timely and accurate invoicing and collections of funding
  • Reviewing all transactions for proper coding to ensure accuracy of our financial reporting
  • Providing support for the annual audit
  • Mastering the accounting software used and developing process improvements
  • Working with internal and external partners to achieve our goals
  • Applying critical thinking to manage decisions for data transparency
  • Assisting the controller with the month-end and year-end close process, preparing all financial statements timely, accurately and in compliance with GAAP
  • Reviewing and preparing monthly account reconciliations, assessing adequacy of GAAP and escalating key items to management
  • Using the banking software to enter wire transfers and reviewing the daily cash report
  • Assisting the Finance team in managing a bottoms-up budgeting/forecasting process and variance analysis
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working in music publishing, media, technology, or some other IP-driven industry along with experience managing financial issues related to royalties and administration is a plus
Mechanical Licensing Collective

Mechanical Licensing Collective

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The Mechanical Licensing Collective helps songwriters connect to collect their mechanical royalties. Its focus is on providing a centralized way for songwriters to pursue and receive the royalties owed for mechanical licenses. The organization communicates community guidelines for its social channels to keep discussions respectful and on-topic, and it aims to offer a clear, member-directed path to royalties. In short, the goal is to simplify and ensure the accurate collection and distribution of mechanical royalties to writers and rights holders.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Nashville, Tennessee

Founded

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Streaming mechanical rates reach 15.35% of revenue by 2027.
  • US paid streaming receipts grew 5.7% to $3.2 billion recently.
  • Spotify bundling court ruled lawful in early 2025.

What critics are saying

  • AI lawsuits like UMG v. Anthropic divert funds to litigation reserves.
  • Copyright Office audit exposes 50M song database mismatches triggering clawbacks.
  • GEMA and SACEM undercut MLC with direct DSP deals for publishers.

What makes Mechanical Licensing Collective unique

  • MLC serves 68,000+ members with 50M+ song database for unmatched royalties.
  • MLC distributed over $3 billion to songwriters since 2021 launch.
  • MLC created by 2018 Music Modernization Act for mechanical licensing.

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Hybrid Work Options

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Company News

Music Business Worldwide
Oct 6th, 2025
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has distributed $3bn+ to songwriters and publishers to date

Nashville-headquartered non-profit organization The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) held its Annual Membership Meeting on Wednesday, October 1, and revealed a number of significant stats about its operations.

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