[Hiring] Senior Financial Analyst @Warner Music Group

Role Description

Warner Music Group's Global Business Services (GBS) is home to the finance operations, legal, and administrative functions that provide critical support and best-in-class services to our global Finance labels and affiliates. Each regional center embodies the collaboration and creative spirit that stems from the company’s deep history in cultivating entrepreneurial thinking and artist-focused innovation, enabling our employees to develop a wide range of skills through cross-function collaboration and development opportunities. Based out of Nashville, our US Participations team is fully remote and committed to supporting all U.S. record labels, and artist & label services divisions.

We’re excited to hear from impactful finance and audit professionals who are ready to apply their elite analytical skills to a specialized, high-stakes environment. We are looking for "detective-minded" analysts with a passion for music, who thrive on uncovering the "why" behind the numbers and who possess the commercial acumen to translate complex legal logic into precise financial outputs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation, analysis and review of complex participation profit-share and distribution financial statements.
• Prepare fiscal month-end close tasks, including true-ups, reconciliations, and expense accruals.
• Act as the team’s primary “Variance Detective” and quality gatekeeper.
• Translate complex artist and label legal agreements into functional financial models.
• Compile, transform and analyze vast sets of transactional data.
• Proactively investigate artist inquiries, data issues or audit claims.
• Take an active role in team development by guiding analysts and facilitating training sessions.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships across the company.
• Contribute to the evolution of the department by identifying inefficiencies and implementing solutions.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree required (Accounting or Finance preferred).
• 3-5 years of professional experience in a sophisticated financial capacity.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Excel.
• Solid grasp of financial accounting principles.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to distill complex financial information into clear, actionable insights.

Requirements

• Experience in Music, Media, or Entertainment (specifically in Participations, Royalties or Audit).
• Proficiency with SAP S4 Hana, SAP Analysis for Office, BI and SharePoint.
• A natural technical curiosity and digital innovation.
• Proven success working in a fully remote, Shared Services environment.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $70,000 to $75,000 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.

Company Description

As the home to 10K Projects, 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, 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. Our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue 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.