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Manager, Participations

Warner Music Group

Nashville, TN 09-12-2024
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description
A little bit about our team:

Warner Music Group's Center of Excellence for Shared Services is the home to the financial, legal, and administrative functions that provide critical support and best-in-class services to all US record labels, publishing and artist & label services divisions. The Nashville center embodies the innovative and creative spirit that stems from the company's deep history in cultivating ambitiousfast-paced thinking and artist-focused innovation, enabling our employees to develop a wide range of skills through cross-function collaboration and development opportunities.

We're excited to share this new opportunity for a Manager, Participations with strong analytical & financial capabilities, to join our Participations group.

Why this could be your next big break:
• You're highly efficient, resilient and excel working in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
• Working together and managing the efforts of others, your results driven focus sees you consistently meet deadlines and exceed expectations
• Each day, you balance the important with the urgent, recognize and escalate thoughtfully to leadership and communicate effectively across the organization
• Handling large volumes of complex, financial data effortlessly, you take pride producing accurate reporting, reviewing the work of others, and owning team controls, systems, and processes
• It's important that you truly know the business, as you dive into legal agreements, and the interpretation of contractual terms and effectively direct others to execute successfully
• You're a caring people manager, who prioritizes the coaching and development of your team
• You love being a key point of contact for internal and external partners and are known for your responsiveness and going the extra mile
• You have a continuous improvement mindset and jump at the opportunity to collaborate with others on process transformation initiatives

Here you'll get to:
• Manage the preparation, review, reconciliation & distribution of participation profit share and distribution statements according to contractual agreements
• Manage team workflow and delivery, meeting department service levels and KPIs
• Oversee the use of systems, reporting tools and related controls to deliver accurate statements to our artists and third parties
• Finalize, review & approve financial reconciliations, cash forecasts and budgets, advance recoupment and Participations expense and balance sheet entries
• Oversee SOX compliance and internal controls, respond to audit requests
• Work closely together with team leads on deliverables for reporting and fiscal close activities
• Build and maintain strong working relationships across the company at all levels, as a primary contact for our internal and external partners
• Communicate status & escalate issues as appropriate to senior management
• Master WMG operational & accounting systems, further expertise in participations accounting & operations
• Contribute ideas and help lead process transformation, innovation, and improvement of team operations
• Demonstrate people management capabilities: coach and develop staff and contribute to the culture of the Participations group

About you:
• BA/BS degree required, preferably in accounting or finance related fields
• 5+ years of professional experience working in a related capacity
• Strong financial analysis and financial statement preparation background required
• Sophisticated proficiency with MS Excel, working with large data sets and complex calculations
• Experience supervising and developing staff
• Customer-focusedthe , with ability to lead & deliver service-level expectations
• Possess strong problem-solving and analytical skills with attention to detail
• Effective communication skills, able to work cross-functionally and communicate with internal & external partners at all levels
• Ability to run multiple priorities and direct reports, implement tasks with accuracy and deliver under pressure
• Ability to understand sophisticated information quickly, breakdown and communicate to others

We'd love it if you also had:
• Entertainment, Media, or Music Industry experience working in Participations/Royalties or similar role
• Experience working remotely in a Shared Services environment
• Technical working expertise with SAP S4 Hana, SAP Analysis for Office, BI, SharePoint

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.

Salary Range

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.

Links to relevant documents:

2024 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf

EVerify Participation Poster.pdf

Right To Work .pdf

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r04pv1-98-84-18-52-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Warner Music Group

With a legacy extending back over 200 years, Warner Music Group (WMG) today brings together artists, songwriters and entrepreneurs that are moving entertainment culture across the globe. Operating in more than 70 countries through a network of affiliates and licensees, WMG’s Recorded Music division includes renowned labels such as Asylum, Atlantic, Big Beat, Canvasback, Elektra, Erato, First Night, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin’, Warner Records, Warner Classics and Warner Music Nashville.