Sr. Manager, Deal Analysis

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. 

A little bit about our team
The Global Catalog Deal Analysis team partners with teams across the business to evaluate strategic investments, catalog acquisitions, and artist/label deals. We combine deep financial expertise with data analytics to ensure smart, high-impact decisions that drive global growth.

Your Role
As Sr. Manager you will lead financial modeling, valuation, and analytics for all catalog recorded music-related investments. You will oversee deal assessments, investment strategy alignment while translating complex financial data into compelling narratives that influence executive-level decision-making. 

Here You’ll Get To

• Manage financial and strategic analysis of all Global Catalog deals by collaborating with different business units to model investment returns, establish strategic rationale, and present deals to executive management for approval
• Be responsible for due diligence for new and existing deals, including structuring, financial analysis, and post-mortem evaluation
• Partner with Business & Legal Affairs, A&R, Marketing, FP&A, Commerce, and Corporate Development teams to evaluate opportunities, optimize deal structures, and align investments with global growth targets
• Use SQL, BI, and analytics tools to extract, cleanse, analyze, and visualize complex datasets to support deal evaluation and strategic insights
• Present insights, recommendations, and investment rationales to label executives
• Set guidelines and governance standards for financial modeling, deal valuation, and analytics
• Manage the approval process for executive approval-level deals, including preparation and submission of transaction summaries, and presentation decks
• Be responsible for the deal valuation tracker, ensuring timely progression through the corporate approval process and on-time completion of all required deliverables

About You

• 10+ years of investment banking, underwriting, or strategic finance experience in the music industry, with deep knowledge of catalogs, rights, royalties, and deal structures.
• Expert in financial modeling, valuation (DCF, market comps, precedent transactions), and scenario analysis.
• Skilled at translating complex valuation metrics into actionable insights and persuasive narratives for senior leadership.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with large datasets; familiarity with BI/analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker) preferred. 
• Excel super user (VBA, Power Query, keyboard shortcuts, etc.)
• Strategic problem solver with strong discernment and the ability to align investment decisions with global growth objectives.
• Ability to cultivate strong cross-functional relationships and communicate e