Warner Music Group

Analyst, Participations

Warner Music Group

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $22 - $28 per hour

Job Level

JuniorMid-Level

About the role

  • Prepare, analyze, and distribute participation profit share and distribution statements according to contractual agreements
  • Compile and review transactional data to support statement reporting
  • Interpret, and summarize artist and label contracts, create related statements and financial schedules, provide contractual and financial data for deal models and analysis
  • Apply your financial accounting skills: review profitability analysis, identify variances and trends, create commentary to explain insights from financial statements, perform reconciliations, update cash forecasts and budgets, investigate audit issues and claims
  • Follow department financial controls and policies, communicate deficiencies and gaps to management
  • Maintain vendor master data, input, code & co-ordinate payments
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships across the company (up to senior executives), follow up open work items, respond to requests from internal and external partners
  • Communicate status & escalate issues as appropriate to your manager
  • Learn WMG operational & accounting systems, develop expertise in participations accounting & operations
  • Represent and contribute to the culture of the Participations group

Requirements

  • BA/BS degree required, preferably in accounting or finance related fields
  • 0-2 years of experience working in a related capacity
  • Advanced proficiency with MS Excel, working with large data sets and complex calculations
  • 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
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, execute tasks with accuracy and deliver under pressure
  • Ability to understand complex information quickly, breakdown and communicate to others
  • We’d love it if you also had: Entertainment, Media, or Music Industry experience working in Participations/Royalties or similar role
  • Financial statement preparation background
  • Technically savvy, exposure to SAP S4 Hana, MS Teams, SharePoint