Finance Director

Job Description:

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.

Job Title:  Finance Director – Artist Services WMX
 
A little bit about our team:
WMX Finance manages the collection of data, financial reporting and operational analysis for the European Artist Services Businesses. This includes various pillars including eCommerce, Tour, Retail, Licensing and VIP businesses.   

Your role:
Reporting to the VP – WMX, this position is a key member of the WMX Finance Team. This role will work closely with the business leads responsible for the management of the portfolio of businesses under the artist services umbrella.   
 
Here you’ll get to:

• Oversee finance team of 2
• Lead the monthly close process for the various WMX businesses
• Prepare P&L and cashflow forecasts and budgets for the WMX businesses
• Appraisal of budgets, forecasts and actuals including variance analysis and management commentary
• Analytical review of financial and operational reports to present to senior management.
• Implementation of technical accounting policies
• Lead the VAT returns and submissions process for all areas of WMX businesses, advise on VAT compliance for cross border transactions
• Support Finance Transformation process. Problem solving implementation queries and managing the testing of new system inputs/outputs.
• Support WMX business leads to ensure deadlines and objectives are achieved.  
• Detailed financial analysis supporting commercial team decision. 
• Ownership of ongoing process improvement projects
• Implementing and maintaining SOX controls
• Leading the year end audit
• Ad hoc reporting and analysis
• Review of Artist Statement data 
• Artist deal analysis to present to senior leaders
• Data analysis, financial modelling, large scale data reconciliations

About you:

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA 
• Previous experience in a similar role with extensive experience in Finance
• Previous experience managing a finance team
• Technical accounting background
• Forecast & Budgeting experience.
• Audit experience (internal or external)
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work through problems logically.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. 
• Advanced Excel skills
• Strong with excellent attention to detail and accuracy 
• Driven and flexible approach to work 
• Ability to work to strict deadlines.
• Good team player 

We’d love it if you also had:
SAP Exposure
Managing Audit engagements
Finance transformation /system implementation/ process re-design experience

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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WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.