Finance Manager

This is a Full Time Job

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



We're taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.





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.