Senior Finance Analyst

This is a Full Time Job

DESCRIPTION:

Sony Music is looking for a Senior Analyst / Manager of Finance to join a small dynamic team assisting the SVP & CFO in managing the financial operations and reporting for three strategically aligned teams:

The candidate will help establish and implement financial and accounting processes in line with business needs and report requirements for the new divisions. In addition to day-to-day financial duties, the person in this role will perform overarching financial analyses to support decision-making of upper management. The role will require someone with very strong analytical skills and the ability to handle multiple projects.

This role reports to the SVP & CFO.

What you'll do:

• Manage monthly close and forecast in IP, SAP and BPC, including preparing financial statements and journal entries, and ensuring all reporting requirements are met.
• Prepare and analyze monthly financial reporting and results.
• Act as key liaison with marketing teams to manage marketing budgets and track spending.
• Manage reporting and tracking of T&E budgets, A&R spend, overhead.
• Help implement finance and accounting processes for a newly established Artist Services division and a newly acquired label services division, including integration into SME’s systems and workflows.
• Assist in annual budget process, preparing annual budget package and uploads.
• Liaise with A&R Admin and JV Accounting teams to ensure timely and accurate set up and tracking of projects / deals, profit centers, and cost centers in SME Financial Systems.
• Support in financial administration to ensure proper set up of and timely payment to vendors, including working with marketing and A&R teams to ensure corporate credit cards are reconciled and paid.
• Additional ad hoc special projects and analyses for corporate and senior management including preparation of PowerPoint presentations.

Who you are:

• 3-5 years of finance and/or accounting experience.
• Passion for music / the music industry.
• Music or digital media experience preferred.
• Excellent analytic skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel (index/match, lookups, pivot tables, etc.) and proficient in other Microsoft Office suite applications.
• IP/SAP/Business Objects/BPC experience a plus.
• Ability to work independently, be resourceful, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and work well under pressure.
• Pragmatic, professional, highly organized and great attention to detail.