Analyst, Workplace Experience

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: Analyst, Workplace Experience 

A little bit about our team:

You will be a part of the US Workplace Experience team, designed to imagine, create, and maintain innovative workplace facilities to accommodate the needs of our ever-changing business.

Your role:

Design/Construction Projects: 

• Partner with WMG Finance team to manage cash projections for all US design/construction project spend (i.e. capital expenditures for offices, recording studios, event space)

• Manage and streamline project approval process

• Coordinate with global finance leadership to manage and update WMG global projects budget

• Create support documentation for projects such as schedules, budgets, overviews, and status updates.

• Administer projects by reviewing/processing contracts and invoices

• Lead/manage select small projects.

Real Estate: 

• Analyze/produce financial projections for real estate opportunities (lease transactions, acquisitions/dispositions, relocations, etc.) in order to guide senior management decision-making.  Research industry standards/benchmarks.

• Work closely with WMG’s external lease administration function to manage rent-related payments, develop data/reporting management, liaise with property management as needed.

• Develop building Operating Expense budgets and support for inter-company chargebacks

Special Projects:

• Assist in support documentation and development for key departmental initiatives - including RFQs / RFPs, Bid Leveling Sheets, Scope Documents, Business Cases, etc.  These may include new platforms, applications, products, and partnerships that impact one or more of the Workplace Experience teams.

• Support analysis of service utilization and costs of operations for programs across sites.

About you:

• 2+ years’ experience as analyst or equivalent 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, preferably in business or related field

• Strong Excel / analytic skills.  Ability to manage large data sets and produce financial models.

• Strong Power Point / presentation skills

• Experience/knowledge related to Workplace Services (Real Estate, Design/Construction Projects, Facilities, Finance)

• Proactive, with strong skills in execution and follow-up

• Capable of simultaneously handling multiple projects in varying workstreams

• Strong organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills

• Energized standout colleague

• We’d love it if you also had experience with music / the music industry

We’d love it if you also had: