Senior Finance Analyst

This is a Full Time Job

DESCRIPTION:

Job Title: Senior Analyst, Finance

The Finance department is responsible for accurately reporting the financial position of the company on a monthly and quarterly basis. In addition, the Finance department is responsible for establishing operational controls related to financial activities and preparing the yearly fiscal budget and monthly forecasts for which the company is measured against. Finally, Finance is a partner with all other departments regarding strategic decisions that benefit the company.

Your role:
This position will be responsible for assisting the finance department with the preparation and analysis of various reports for forecasting and budgeting purposes. In addition, the position will help to create and assess the profitability of various artist and label deals using internal P&Ls. Finally, the position will be responsible for performing various ad-hoc projects, including, but not limited to, joint venture reporting, recoupment analysis, individual artist and label deal profitability reporting, reviewing of artist and label statements, and other P&L and balance sheet-impacting activity.

Here you'll get to:
• Assisting with the submission / upload of various corporate deliverables during monthly and quarterly closes and forecasts.
• Creating detailed variance analysis for various revenue and cost areas of the business.
• Providing support for Atlantic's internal post-mortem and roster review processes.
• Providing ad-hoc profitability analysis for different departmental areas, such as A&R, Business Affairs and Marketing.
• Reviewing and providing back-up detail for Joint Venture (JV) and Production and Distribution (P&D) statements prepared by Warner Music Group's Shared Services team, for issuance to artist and management / third-party entities.
• Providing support for cash forecasting / reporting.
• Assisting with the analysis of artist recoupment and royalty reporting for various artists and label deals.
• Assisting with pricing requests.
• Special assignments / ad-hoc analysis as needed.

About you:
• 'Big Picture' thinking combined with an ability to understand details
• Strong analytical skills
• Multi-tasking abilities
• Strong excel skills
• Effective communication skills with both executives and peers
• People Management Skills - 'Team Player' mentality
• Goal Oriented

We'd love it if you also had:
• Proficiency in various business programs and applications, including SAP and HFM preferred
• CPA, public accounting preferred but not required
• Minimum 3-4 years of Finance/Accounting experience
• 1-2 years of Music Industry experience preferred
• Finance and/or accounting degree.