Finance Analyst
Universal Music Group
Kings Cross, UKThis was removed by the employer on 2/3/2020 5:22:00 AM PST
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Full Time Job
Description
Job title: Finance Analyst, Labels
Responsible to: Label FDs
Location of work: 4 Pancras Square, Kings Cross
Music is Universal
It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us Britain’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.
The A Side: A Day in The Life
Become an integral member of the frontline finance team with responsibilities that include enabling greater understanding and accuracy of our financial results by promoting continual process improvements within frontline finance, standardisation of reporting across the business and increasing knowledge of the business end to end processes from a finance perspective. As well as providing in depth financial analysis of our Label Businesses including artist, project and catalogue Profitability and Forecasts.
The B Side: Skills & Experience
Be Analytical
• To streamline and improve the reporting profitability, so that reporting is produced on a regular basis in a timely manner
• To ensure that Labels can deliver accurate, timely and well-presented Joint Venture accounting to its partners and artists whilst implementing rigorous controls and reviews to ensure the integrity of the output
• Establish good communication with the key label stakeholders, promoting a seamless link between frontline finance and the business
Be Financial
• Be responsible for all Profitability Analysis at the Labels
• Complete Joint Venture accounting for our key partners and major artists
Be Operational
• Become a key point of support for the labels
• Regular meetings with key finance stakeholders
• Ensure that we deliver the highest possible service to our partners, artists and music labels
• Continual review/improvement of processes and standardisation of like tasks across different labels
• Ad hoc duties as directed by the Label
Person Specification
• Recently qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Team player, good at building professional relationships and adapting a personal approach to deal with different personalities both internal and external and varying levels of knowledge and skills across the organisation
• Able to manage and prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines in an often pressurised environment
• Self-assured but diplomatic, able to act as the face of a Finance department
• Ability to think creatively to develop and implement new processes
• Experience in Microsoft Office systems, including excel to advanced level
• Ideally experienced in working with the following systems; SAP, Analyser, Business Objects, Hyperion and In-House packages
• This position will communicate professionally and confidently at a senior level to both internal and external customers
Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits
• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 paid days of annual leave
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan available
• Holiday Purchase scheme
• Dental and Travel Insurance options
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice Cars
• Subsidised Gym Membership
• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)
Just So You Know…
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive and exhaustive statement.