Coordinator, Income Tracking

Job Description

WMG's top priority is the safety and wellbeing of its team members, artists and songwriters across the globe. In response to COVID-19, WMG is fully committed to helping its people balance their home and life commitments with flexible working options, virtual wellness sessions, and more. WMG strives to maintain a COVID-free workplace. To that end, being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is a condition of employment for all US new employees, prior to the commencement of employment. If you are hired, you will be required to provide proof of your vaccination as part of your new employee onboarding process, subject to our legal obligation to make reasonable accommodations in certain limited circumstances.

Job Description:

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, Income Tracking (Temp)

A little bit about our team:

The Income Tracking Coordinator temporary role falls within the overall structure of the Administration Team and has a direct impact on our songwriters through maximising revenue from all revenue streams. The role will liaise with all areas of our business and work closely with our Finance, Royalty, and Copyright and you will have the opportunity to work internationally with affiliates, licensees and collection societies.

This department is vital to the service Warner Chappell provides to its clients: the songwriters.

You'll be working within a group of 4 people under the supervision of the Income Tracking Manager.

Your role:

In this role, you will be responsible for the forensic analysis of income received against income expectations across all major revenue streams and instigate back-claims, adjustments and supplemental payments where required. You will enjoy the opportunity to provide input into the creation of reports that support Income Tracking as well as the opportunity to collaborate with internal departments to create and improve processes that can easily adapt to the constantly evolving nature of music licensing. If you love music and have a mind for business this could be the position for you!

Here you'll get to:
• Work as integrated member of a future-facing administration team.
• Evolve ways of working to take our income tracking to the next level.
• Identify and make claims for shortfalls in income.
• Provide the business with regular forecasts/updates by income providers (society/DSP/ affiliate/third party).
• You will monitor accurate deal level revenue across all income streams
• Ensure affiliate income queries relating to domestic income are resolved
• Support the Admin team on projects including ad hoc forecasts and income analysis
• You will work closely with the US Royalty and Copyright teams to both resolve and proactively prevent against problems arising with the collection of income

About you:
• You have skills to analyze, extract & manipulate data from high volume datafiles
• You have advanced Excel capabilities including Power Pivot & advanced formulae
• You have a solid understanding of mechanical licensing and copyright registration
• You are passionate about music and enjoy working with spreadsheets

We'd love it if you also had:
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Experience working with PRO's as well as HFA, MLC, and/or other collection societies
• The ability to manage multiple projects at once and hit time-sensitive deadlines
• The ability to join dots, think laterally and understand both downstream and upstream impact of events
• Experience with Alteryx and/or Tableau

About us:

As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, 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. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We're the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.

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

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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.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gmv68v-3-23-103-87-42 in your application.