Analyst, Finance

Finance Analyst

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.

The WMX Finance department manages the financials for WMX US and Europe, EMP, Songkick, and Warner Music Group Artist Services and leads intradepartmental teams to significantly improve revenue flow and drive business outcomes.

Your role:

The Finance Analyst will partner with various teams within WMX to assist with accounting and reporting processes, payment processing as well as analysis to ensure timely and accurate financial and artist reporting.

Here you'll get to:

• Assist in preparation of data for artist statements: run financial reports, update schedules and cost trackers
• Assist with month close: run reports, reconcile data, update schedules and trackers.
• Assist with preparation of monthly financial analysis: run reports; update schedules; and analyze balances.
• Manage artist tour supply merchandise invoicing process: work with product managers to gather necessary information, reconcile and track data
• Manage the master list of financial coding for merchandise business. Assist shared services with invoices coding.
• Processing high volume, time sensitive payments and billings for Warner Music Group's artists, vendors, and customers. Including PO and Invoice submissions, tracking approvals and verifying rush payments.
• Manage all vendor set up and maintenance for the department; submit New Vendor forms to A/P for processing; follow up/ resolve and address any issues that might arise.
• Coordinate purchase order activities; ensure proper approval and coding as well as prompt submission to A/P for processing; respond to all vendor inquiries.
• Ensure all administration is in accordance with company's financial controls and company policies.
• Help with ad hoc projects as needed.

About you:

• Requires 2+ years of experience in a finance, accounting, or audit role
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

We'd love it if you also had:

• Ariba, SAP and Concur experience a plus

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world's premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

This position requires a minimum of four days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration and believe it's essential for talent development and fostering strong working relationships.

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.