Finance Manager

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.

Job Title: Manager, Finance

A little bit about our team:

ADA Worldwide 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 label arm of Warner Music Group, Managers are key team members helping ADA achieve their mission through collaborative efforts with the legal, marketing, promotion, label management, corporate and shared services teams.

Your role:

The Finance Manager will be an integral member of the team, working closely across Finance, A&R/Content Acquisition, and Business & Legal Affairs, 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 the end-to-end deal analysis process for target artist and label distribution deals, including preparation and review of financial models (DCF), postmortem analyses, and presentations for C-Suite and Board level deal approval processes.
• Consult with A&R and Business Affairs to propose new deal structures or terms, and implement changes within active deal models.
• Partner with A&R in maintaining up-to-date financials within the ADA deal pipeline, and communicate changes and updates across ADA deal team as required.
• Support Finance and Business Development/M&A teams with financial modeling of catalog acquisition targets.
• Support Finance Sr. Director with A&R cash forecasting, including managing current period payment status, forecasting of future cash commitments, and variance analysis of actual vs projected cash spends.
• Prepare deal recoupment analyses to determine recoverability of outstanding advances in compliance with internal control requirements.
• Create & maintain financial schedules/dashboards to provide insight into new deal performance and consumption trends.
• Collaborate across ADA to implement new processes and technology to improve deal pipeline and workflow efficiency.
• Maintain and develop relationships with the ADA roster of distributed artists & labels.
• Participate in ad-hoc/special projects, as required.

About you:
• You have a bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting
• You have 3-5 years of experience in a finance, accounting, or similarly analytical role
• You have advance knowledge of Excel and underlying financial modeling tools within
• You have experience working with SAP, HFM, Tableau, or other data analytics tools
• You enjoy working in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment
• You have a proven record of financial analysis and effective communication skills

We'd love it if you also had:
• A CPA or MBA
• Experience in the media & entertainment industry
• Experience working independently, managing competing priorities and problem solving
• The ability to quickly grasp new concepts and take initiative
• A passion for music

About us:

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.

Love this job and want to apply?

Click the ''Apply'' link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

Don't be discouraged if you don't hear from us right away. We're taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

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This position requires a minimum of four days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration and believe it's essential for talent development and fostering strong working relationships.

Salary Range

$85,000 to $100,000 Annually

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.