Vice President, Merchandising Finance & Strategy

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 WMX Finance team supports the global merchandising, artist services, and supply chain within WMX. We partner closely with commercial, creative, and operational leaders to drive financial performance, improve visibility across complex revenue streams, and enable scalable growth across touring, e-commerce, retail, and licensing channels .

Your role:

WMX is seeking a Vice President, Merchandising Finance & Strategy to serve as the lead financial architect and primary advisor to the President of Merchandising & E-Commerce. This is a high-impact leadership role designed for a music industry veteran who possesses a rare blend of strategic foresight and operational grit.

Reporting to the CFO of WMX, you will sit at the intersection of finance and creative commerce, being responsible for a global portfolio that spans touring, e-commerce/DTC, retail, licensing, and VIP experiences. Your mission is to translate complex, multi-channel data into a cohesive commercial strategy that maximizes artist value and drives sustainable global growth. By embedding deeply within the merchandising organization, you will not only provide critical insight into artist and tour economics but will also act as a catalyst for smarter decision-making across the entire WMX ecosystem.

Here you’ll get to:

• Serve as the lead finance partner to the President of Merchandising & E-Commerce, translating creative strategies into robust financial frameworks (revenue, margin, and investment).

• Actively influence pricing, product mix, and channel strategy to optimize profitability across a global portfolio.

• Provide forward-looking insights and stress-test growth strategies for DTC, retail, licensing, and VIP experiences.

• Partner on artist signings and renewals by evaluating royalty rates, advances, recoupment, and profit-sharing risks.

• Drive tour profitability by analyzing per-head metrics, venue commissions, and vending cost structures.

• Lead inventory forecasting and cost modeling to optimize on-site execution and minimize obsolescence.

• Analyze performance trends across artists and regions to improve settlement structures and financial outcomes.

• Manage financial performance across Shopify, global marketplaces, and physical retail.

• Deliver actionable data on conversion, AOV (Average Order Value), and digital marketing ROI to scale the DTC business.

• Track product-level margins and global demand trends to guide inventory deployment and supply chain priorities.

• Lead the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning (LRP) for the global merchandising organization.

• Establish comprehensive P&L visibility at the artist and tour levels, tracking KPIs including revenue per head, inventory turns, and sell-through rates.

• Partner with Central FP&A and Accounting to ensure accurate reporting, scalable processes, and streamlined variance analysis

• Build and mentor a high-performing merchandising finance function, directly managing a team of four.

• Foster deep integration between Finance, Supply Chain, and Marketing to align operational execution with financial goals.

About you:

• 10–15+ years of progressive experience in Finance, Strategy, or Operations, with a proven track record in high-growth environments.

• Deep expertise in music merchandising economics specifically across Touring, DTC/E-commerce, and Global Licensing.

• Demonstrated success serving as a primary advisor to senior commercial leaders (Presidents, CEOs, or Founders) within the music or live events space.

• Proven ability to navigate a high-volume, inventory-driven business that requires both financial rigor and a deep understanding of artist-centric relationships.

• Operates as a "true business partner" who provides proactive solutions rather than just reporting on historical data.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence and build credibility across both creative teams and corporate executive leadership.

• Thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure environments where the pace of the music and touring industry dictates the workflow.

We’d love it if you also had:

• Mastery of financial modeling to turn raw data into sophisticated commercial decision-support tools.

• Experience managing complex merchandising operations across multiple international regions. panning (LRP) for the global merchandising business.

• Establish artist-level P&L visibility and track critical metrics including inventory turns, sell-through rates, and obsolescence.

• Build and mentor a dedicated merchandising finance function.

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.

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Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships. #LI-Onsite

Salary Range: $190,000 to $205,000 Annually

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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