Financial Analyst, Recorded Music 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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
• Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
• Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic or identity.

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:  Financial Analyst, Recorded Music Finance

Department:  Recorded Music

Location:  New York, NY

A little bit about our team:

The Recorded Music (RM) Finance team provides coordination and support for all analysis and executive reporting throughout WMG RM. The department partners on a wide array of analysis across RM deals (i.e., A&R, Licensing, JV/Profit Share, M&A, Administration), corporate (i.e., business development), operating performance/delivery tracking, market analysis, competitive analysis, risk management, strategic opportunities and ad-hoc projects as required by the business.

Your role:

As a member of the RM finance team, you will gain experience working closely with executive leadership as well as the labels, corporate, accounting and A/R, A/P.Primary responsibilities include financial data analysis, cost tracking, financial modeling, forecasting, and budgeting.

Here you’ll get to:

• Manage actuals, forecast and budget reporting packages for CFO, RM and CEO, RM and support the development/updates to performance dashboards & management reporting tools
• Support CFO, RM and Sr, Manager RM Finance with developing financial models and strategic assessments to address key business issues, e.g., business and operational planning, evaluation of new business models, key deals and postmortem analyses, emerging technologies and innovations, competitive analyses, media landscape overviews, programming and content deals, ROI analyses of RM's investments in new businesses and technologies, etc.
• Conduct industry/market research and write summary reports as needed
• Act as liaison between various departments and affiliates for cross-functional projects
• Assist in ad-hoc analyses, reports, and presentations for senior management to understand key business drivers and variances
• Collaborate with RM Finance Team on board presentations, valuations, etc.
• Assist with cash forecasting and provide analysis/commentary on variances against prior periods
• Participate in the creation of L-T plans, and other operational planning analyses for new business initiatives
• Assist with ad-hoc invoice submissions, coding, vendor set-up requests and payment status tracking for RM Home Office invoices

About you:

• You are a pro-active ‘self-starter’ who takes initiative to get involved in all aspects of the department
• You are highly detail oriented, able to multi-task on a regular basis, and work in a “Team” environment
• Ability to synthesize quantitative data and qualitative intelligence points into cohesive insights
• You have deadline awareness and ability to prioritize workload
• You have the ability to orchestrate and manage multiple overlapping meetings, projects, vendors
• You can proactively identify challenges and offer creative and innovative solutions
• You communicate information clearly, concisely and professionally, both written and verbally.
• You have outstanding organization and follow-up skills
• You possess intellectual curiosity, passion for music and data

We’d love it if you also had:

• 1-2 years of experience in a finance, accounting, or audit role
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Strong