Associate Director, Finance & Control - Awal
Sony Music
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Associate Director, Finance & Control (Accounting) - AWAL
About AWAL
AWAL offers a modern approach to the traditional record company, providing artists all the resources and expertise of a global label, while allowing them to retain ownership and control of their music. With local offices around the world, AWAL’s services include global marketing and creative services, A&R, playlist and radio promotion, publicity, synch and brand partnerships, and access to real-time comprehensive music data and insights.
With a mission to partner with independent artists to tell stories that shape culture, AWAL’s diverse roster ranges from rising artists to globally renowned acts, including Little Simz, JVKE, Laufey, deadmau5/kx5, Disclosure, Lil Peep, JPEGMAFIA, Maddie Zahm, Lauv, Young the Giant, SBTRKT, Jungle, mxmtoon, Tom Misch and more. AWAL also helped develop the careers of an impressive roster of alumni including Steve Lacy, Rex Orange County, FINNEAS, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, girl in red, Lizzy McAlpine, and Kim Petras, among others. For further information on AWAL, please visit www.awal.com or connect on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube.
As the Associate Director, Finance & Control will work with the Orchard’s Global Finance and Accounting teams on day-to-day activities, based in NY and London and with SME Accounting teams in other territories that AWAL operates in.
What you'll do:
• Management of the month end close process for AWAL and its subsidiaries, including full ownership of the income statement and balance sheet accounts and adherence to all documented SOX procedures.
• Complete all monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements to SME Global finance, including identifying and investigating variances in financials to business plan and forecast, and analyzing trends as part of routine review of financials.
• Work together with Sony Music’s Global Finance and Accounting teams to ensure compliance with SME’s accounting guidelines.
• Work closely with Sony’s Global Tax group to ensure global tax compliance, including implementation of transfer pricing policies, Withholding tax compliance, local VAT reporting, inter-company agreements, etc.
• Business partner to AWAL’s Legal/BA team to ensure correct accounting treatment applied to all Orchard agreements.
• Support in preparation of the AWAL’s annual business plan.
• Supervise and prepare information requested by SME’s external and internal auditors for all in scope financial accounts.
• Work closely with The Orchard’s technology team in analyzing technology spend vs. business plan and forecast
• Help prepare outputs of financial information for management review.
• Support Orchard’s international finance teams in completion of local statutory reporting requirements.
• Lead the accounting integration and monitoring of newly acquired subsidiaries and new business initiatives as well as supporting other ad hoc projects.
• Collaborate with SME International Finance teams on joint Orchard / SME initiatives.
• Review all the accounting and business processes, identify the control gaps and its remediation.
• Review and establish credit control process for AWAL in line with SME policy.
Who you are:
• Minimum 8 to 10 years of business experience in financial analysis or accounting roles
• People management experience a must.
• Experienced in accounting for multiple entities, consolidation, and inter-company transactions.
• Entertainment / music industry experience a plus, with an interest in music being ideal
• Experience in a digital finance area appreciated.
• Bachelor’s Degree with concentration in Finance, Accounting, or relevant field. CPA required
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office suite of applications (Word, PowerPoint, etc)
• Excellent analytical, verbal, and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Track record of analytical and creative problem-solving skill