Accounting Manager, Warner Music Latina

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:  Accounting Manager, Warner Music Latina

A little bit about our team:

The Finance Department at WM Latina is responsible for supporting the accuracy and completeness of financial statements, budgets, forecasts and monitoring compliance with accounting policies and procedures. In addition, the finance department is responsible for ensuring that internal control policies are adequate and implemented. The department is a partner to all other departments with regards to making strategic decisions that benefit the company.

Your role:

US Latin’s Accounting Manager will work closely with the Controller in managing the day-to-day operations of the WM Latina Finance department, including maintaining an adequate control environment, financial reporting according to US GAAP and company policies month-end close, cash management, supervision of payment processes and balance sheet reconciliations.

We are looking for an experienced Accountant who can be a bright, motivated, professional, detail oriented, organized, and hard-working individual, with an ability to work in a fast-paced environment and being able to prioritize and multi-task.

Here you’ll get to:

• Assist the Controller in partnership with Nashville CoE on managing the month-end process including preparing and posting of journal entries following accounting standard rules.
• Assist the Controller on ensuring all balance sheet accounts are timely and accurately reconciled working in partnership with Nashville CoE.
• Work along with the Controller and the Control Champions Team (CCT) focused on maintaining an adequate control environment in line with WMG Risk Control Matrix.
• Assist the Controller in ad hoc special projects and analysis for label and corporate senior management.
• Participating in audits or reconciliations, as needed.
• Monitoring and analyzing financial accounting data.
• Perform artist recoupment analysis as per WMG reporting requirements. 
• Perform revenue recognition along with the Controller.
• Handling the Intercompany transactions to ensure proper financial statements.
• Create and coordinate Year and Monthly Financial Calendar.

About you:

• Minimum of 5+ years of professional experience, preferably with some mixture of experience within public accounting and a music industry company.
• Proficient in USGAAP and related financial reporting regulations and standards
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to work under pressure and cultivate and develop key relationships.
• Audit experience at a public accounting firm preferred.
• Strong analytical and accounting skills, as well as excellent attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the proven ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional departments.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience in SAP
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and delegate as needed.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• CPA certification  
• Fully bilingual (English/Spanish)

We’d love it if you also had:

• Proficient in Microsotf suite, S