Corporate Services Manager

This is a Full Time Job

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 turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
• Curiosity: We do our best work when we're immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we're committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

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: - Manager, Corporate Services

A little bit about our team:

The Corporate Finance Department at WMG is responsible for overseeing all of the financial operations of the company in partnership with the finance groups within WMG's Recorded Music Labels, Artist Services and Distribution businesses, and our Publishing affiliates. The department provides financial reporting, accounting, planning, budgeting, and financial compliance for the company.

Your Role:

This role provides financial support and analysis to the Corporate Services departments which includes Legal, Finance, Corporate Communications, HR, Business Development, Research & Analysis, Executive, Facilities, Shared Services, Film & Content, Podcasting, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, and the Social Justice Fund. Primary responsibilities include forecasting, budgeting, financial operations, project cost tracking and monthly close.

Here you'll get to:
• Support the Corporate Services budget which includes both Operating Expenses and Capital Expenses.
• Collaborate with the respective department senior executive leadership on bottom-up and top-down budget development, budget presentation, tracking of actual results versus budget expenses and monthly forecasting.
• Collect, consolidate, and analyze Corporate department submissions for budgets, major forecasts, and actual submissions and report results to senior executives.
• Perform key monthly close activities such as preparing journal entries, reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and fixed assets management.
• Prepare month-end close packages, including analysis of material spend and/or variances to budget and forecast, and review of accruals, P&L and balance sheet.
• Ensure proper approval, coding, processing and closure of contracts/SOWs, PO's and invoices during the month and as part of the month end close.
• Support capitalization of projects in accordance with WMG Global Accounting policy.
• Track project costs against budget, develop reports for this purpose, participate in meetings with senior management to discuss performance against budget.
• Coordinate Global Capital Allocation Request process for all material capital spend in coordination with the capital spend governance committee.
• Own monthly cash forecasts for special projects and facilities capital expenditures.
• Coordinate, collect, and analyze Global Capital expenditures (mainly facilities, film & content, and podcasting) during Budget and Forecast.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of financial models and business cases to support capital projects and investment, including determination of a return on investment (ROI).
• Provide support during the quarterly and annual audits.
• Support the external reporting team with various ad-hoc requests during the preparation of the 10Q and 10K.
• Partner with UK finance team to collect and analyze monthly reporting packages for the UK corporate departments and analyze UK specific project spend.
• Perform various ad-hoc reporting and analysis as requested by senior management.

About you:
• Degree in accounting.
• 5-7 years experience with budgeting, forecasting, account analysis, month-end activities, and vendor management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to work independently and in a team.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Commitment to follow-up on open action items/assignments and ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and oral.

We'd love it if you also had:
• CPA
• Big 4 accounting experience
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint applications.
• Experience with SAP or other large ERP systems preferred.
• Music, media or entertainment industry experience preferred

About us:

As the home to 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. 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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Click the ''Apply'' link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

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.

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This position will require being in the office 4 days a week. We believe that an in-office presence is critical for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships.

Salary Range

$110,000 to $130,000 Annually

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.

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