Senior Analyst, Finance

Job Description:

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses: 

● Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future. 

● Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans. 

● Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises. 

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. 

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent. 

Job Title: Senior Analyst, Finance

A little bit about our team:

The Finance department is responsible for accurately reporting the financial position of the company on a monthly and quarterly basis.  In addition, the Finance department is responsible for establishing operational controls related to financial activities and preparing the yearly fiscal budget and monthly forecasts for which the company is measured against.  Finally, Finance is a partner with all other departments regarding strategic decisions that benefit the company.

Your role:

This position will be responsible for assisting the finance department with the preparation and analysis of various reports for forecasting and budgeting purposes.  In addition, the position will help to create and assess the profitability of various artist and label deals using internal P&Ls. Finally, the position will be responsible for performing various ad-hoc projects, including, but not limited to, joint venture reporting, recoupment analysis, individual artist and label deal profitability reporting, reviewing of artist and label statements, and other P&L and balance sheet-impacting activity.

Here you'll get to:

• Assisting with the submission / upload of various corporate deliverables during monthly and quarterly closes and forecasts. 
• Creating detailed variance analysis for various revenue and cost areas of the business.
• Providing support for Atlantic’s internal post-mortem and roster review processes.
• Providing ad-hoc profitability analysis for different departmental areas, such as A&R, Business Affairs and Marketing. 
• Reviewing and providing back-up detail for Joint Venture (JV) and Production and Distribution (P&D) statements prepared by Warner Music Group’s Shared Services team, for issuance to artist and management / third-party entities.
• Providing support for cash forecasting / reporting.
• Assisting with the analysis of artist recoupment and royalty reporting for various artists and label deals.
• Assisting with pricing requests.
• Special assignments / ad-hoc analysis as needed. 

About you:

• “Big Picture” thinking combined with an ability to understand details
• Strong analytical skills
• Multi-tasking abilities
• Strong excel skills
• Effective communication skills with both executives and peers
• People Management Skills - “Team Player” mentality
• Goal Oriented 

We’d love it if you also had:

• Proficiency in various business programs and applications, including SAP and HFM preferred
• CPA, public accounting preferred but not required
• Minimum 3-4 years of Finance/Accounting experience
• 1-2 years of Music Industry experience preferred
• Finance and/or accounting degree

About us:

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen,