Coordinator, Finance and Business & Legal Affairs

This is a Full Time Job


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.

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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
• Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
• Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
• Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
• Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic or identity.

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: Coordinator, Finance & Legal

Reports To: CFO/Head of Business & Legal Affairs

Department: Finance, Alternative Distribution Alliance

Location: New York, NY

A little bit about our team:

ADA strives to provide independent artist and label partners with access to the resources, relationships and experience required to share their creative vision with a global audience. We honor our diverse history and embrace the future with unwavering passion & ambition. As the independent distribution arm of Warner Music Group, Coordinators are key team members helping ADA achieve their mission through collaborative efforts across finance, legal, marketing, promotion, label management, corporate and shared services teams.

Your role:

The Finance & Legal Coordinator will be an integral member of the team, working closely within Finance and Business & Legal affairs, as well as across departments and business units at Warner Music Group, gaining invaluable exposure to various elements of a music company. Everyone at ADA is given the opportunity to get involved in special projects and will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the ADA business.

Here you'll get to:
• Manage executive team member's calendars, including communicating with internal executives as well as external label heads, artist managers and lawyers.
• Coordinate and book business travel arrangements, including domestic & international flights, hotels, etc.
• Submit, track, & maintain travel and entertainment expenses.
• Set up & maintain vendor data, create and monitor purchase orders, and coordinate payment approvals across various departments.
• Manage internal A&R cash planning schedules while coordinating closely with Finance to ensure timely payments are made to our partners.
• Coordinate submission & approval of partner invoices and advances in accordance with contractual terms.
• Utilize reporting databases to extract artist consumption metrics and provide Finance with transactional new deal modeling support
• Liaise between Finance and BLA teams on contract and deal status.
• Draft initial legal documents for attorney review, including proposals and long-form distribution agreements.
• Review agreements to prepare and circulate comprehensive deal summaries to teams, and input agreement data to various internal platforms.
• Interpret, advise and respond to questions regarding complex contractual provisions.
• Track, organize and upload documentation to proprietary server systems.
• Track end dates for label agreements for renewal and termination purposes.
• Support the New York office with team building and other culture centered activities.

About you:
• You have a bachelor's degree
• You have 1-3 years of experience, preferably in Media & Entertainment
• You enjoy working in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment
• You have a proven record of problem solving and effective communication skills
• You have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills

We'd love it if you also had:
• Experience working independently, managing competing priorities and problem solving
• The ability to quickly grasp new concepts and take initiative
• A passion for music
• Interest in music business and/or entertainment law

About us:

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. And 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.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.

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