Sr. Analyst, Financial

Warner COE LLC - Nashville, TN

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Nashville, TN

501-1,000 employees

About the position

At Warner Music Group, we are a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses: Music is Everything, Global Growth with Local Expertise, Innovation and Insight, and Empowered by People. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, fostering a culture where every talent can belong and build a career. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, ensuring a diverse workforce that reflects the global community we serve. The Sr. Analyst, Financial position is part of Warner Music Group's Center of Excellence for Shared Services, which provides critical support and best-in-class services to all U.S. record labels, publishing, and artist & label services divisions. The Nashville center embodies the innovative and creative spirit that stems from the company's deep history in cultivating entrepreneurial thinking and artist-focused innovation. This role requires strong analytical and financial capabilities, as the successful candidate will manage the preparation, review, reconciliation, and distribution of participation profit share and distribution statements according to contractual agreements. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing team workflow and delivery, ensuring that department service levels and KPIs are met. You will also finalize, review, and approve financial reconciliations, cash forecasts, budgets, and other financial entries. A key aspect of this position is to build and maintain strong working relationships across the company, acting as a primary contact for internal and external partners. You will be expected to communicate status updates and escalate issues to senior management as necessary, while also contributing to process transformation and innovation within the team. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment where you can make a significant impact on the financial operations of a leading music company.

Responsibilities

• Manage the preparation, review, reconciliation & distribution of participation profit share and distribution statements according to contractual agreements.
• Manage team workflow and delivery, meeting department service levels and KPIs.
• Oversee the use of systems, reporting tools and related controls to deliver accurate statements to our artists and third parties.
• Finalize, review & approve financial reconciliations, cash forecasts and budgets, advance recoupment and Participations expense and balance sheet entries.
• Oversee SOX compliance and internal controls, respond to audit requests.
• Work closely together with team leads on deliverables for reporting and fiscal close activities.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships across the company at all levels, as a primary contact for our internal and external partners.
• Communicate status & escalate issues as appropriate to senior management.
• Master WMG operational & accounting systems, further expertise in participations accounting & operations.
• Contribute ideas and help lead process transformation, innovation, and improvement of team operations.
• Demonstrate people management capabilities: coach and develop staff and contribute to the culture of the Participations group.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree required, preferably in accounting or finance related fields.
• 5+ years of professional experience working in a related capacity.
• Strong financial analysis and financial statement preparation background required.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Excel, working with large data sets and complex calculations.
• Experience supervising and developing staff.
• Customer focused, with ability to manage & deliver service level expectations.
• Possess strong problem solving and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Effective interpersonal skills, able to work cross-functionally and communicate with internal & external stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and direct reports, execute tasks with accuracy and deliver under pressure.
• Ability to understand complex information quickly, breakdown and communicate to others.

Nice-to-haves

• Entertainment, Media, or Music Industry experience working in Participations/Royalties or similar role.
• Experience working remotely in a Shared Services environment.
• Technical working expertise with SAP S4 Hana, SAP Analysis for Office, BI, SharePoint.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401k
• 401k matching
• Paid holidays
• Paid volunteer time
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee discount programs