Director, FP&A

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: Director, FP&A

A little bit about our team:

The WMG FP&A team is responsible for ensuring compliance with WMG's internal management reporting standards. The team collaborates across divisions, conducting a wide range of analyses including operating performance, market/competitive analysis, and ad-hoc projects. They provide comprehensive reporting and analysis for all actual, forecast, and budget cycles within WMG.

Your role:

This role requires a strong background in variance analysis and a deep understanding of accounting and finance. We are seeking an individual who is proactive in analyzing financial variances and can effectively communicate financial results and forecasts. You will collaborate closely with financial leadership across all divisions and the corporate executive team.

You will be responsible for the preparation and delivery of key management financial reports, focusing on areas such as affiliate-specific P&L performance, consolidated WMG performance against the annual budget, prior forecasts, and prior year results. This position will report directly to the VP, Financial Reporting & Analysis.

As a proactive leader, you will manage financial analysis and drive performance across departments. We are looking for someone who demonstrates strong leadership by effectively managing resources, mentoring team members, and collaborating across all levels of the organization. You will be expected to inspire, motivate, and hold others accountable for achieving both individual and team goals, fostering a culture of transparency, accountability, and collaboration.

Here you'll get to:

Key Leadership Responsibilities:
• Supervise monthly and quarterly reporting cycles, ensuring accurate and timely communication of results and forecasts to senior management.
• Lead a team of two, providing coaching and guidance to help them grow professionally while fostering a high-performance culture.
• Partner with various stakeholders, including senior leadership, to integrate financial insights into company strategy and influence decisions.
• Ensure team members and stakeholders are held accountable for deliverables, consistently meeting performance targets and financial goals.
• Lead Cross-Functional Projects: Take charge of ad-hoc projects that require collaboration across departments, demonstrating your ability to unite teams and drive outcomes.

Key Responsibilities Include:
• Be responsible for the Corporate Reporting and Analysis process, ensuring timely monthly reporting of actual and forecast results. Coordinate with segment finance leads at Recorded Music, Music Publishing, and Corporate operating segments for accurate reporting and analysis of WMG's performance.
• Lead and review financial review packages summarizing WMG's performance, including key metrics, for the Board of Directors, CEO, CFO, and Controller.
• Prepare concise summaries of monthly actual and forecast results, comparing them to prior year, prior forecast, and budget, highlighting significant variances.
• Oversee the preparation and maintenance of recurring source files, primarily in Excel with HFM Smart View functionality, which form the foundation of senior management reporting.
• Collaborate with Investor Relations and External Reporting to assist in the development of quarterly and annual press releases, earnings script documents, and other financial communications.
• Run critical metric reporting across the organization and conduct detailed cost analysis.
• Work closely with External Reporting to review quarterly MD&A, income statement analysis, and other ad-hoc reporting during the earnings process.

This role offers the opportunity to significantly contribute to WMG's financial performance and provide strategic insights to senior leadership.

About you:
• 10+ years professional experience in accounting and financial analysis
• CPA preferred
• Large multi-national experience a plus
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of financial systems and software
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/ Finance / Economics

We'd love it if you also had:
• Deep understanding of financial analysis and reporting, key business metrics, forecasting, and annual budgeting;
• Problem solving, decision making, and continuous operational improvement skills
• Superior organizational skills with attention to detail
• Partnering, influencing, and communication skills up and down the organizational structure to convey key elements in a concise and positive manner
• The ability to work proactively, independently and as a strategic partner in a team environment
• Knowledge of music/media industry strong plus

About us:

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, 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 catalog 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.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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