Director, Global Sync Operations and Strategy - New York, United States - Warner Music

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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: Director, Global Sync Operations & Strategy

A little bit about our team:

The Global Sync and Visual Media Licensing (VML) department represents recorded music sync rights for Warner Music Group & (WMG's) artists and offers clients a comprehensive sync licensing service. They work to serve WMG & extensive catalog and the company's frontline record labels by strategically developing new opportunities in film, television, advertising, video games, and new media.

Your role:

This role will directly report to the Executive Vice President, Global Sync and U.S. Visual Media Licensing and will be working closely with the Global and US Sync Licensing teams and various corporate functions such as label and territory CFOs, WMG's Center of Excellence (COE), etc. This newly created position is a combination of operations, strategy, and business/ financial analysis

Here you'll get to:

• Lead actuals, forecast, and budget reporting packages for CFO and Global Sync Executives. Support the development/updates to performance dashboards & management reporting tools
• Support Global Sync executive team with developing financial models and strategic assessments to address key business issues, e.g., business and operational planning, evaluation of new business models, key deals and postmortem analyses, emerging technologies and innovations, competitive analyses, media landscape overviews, programming and content deals, ROI analyses of Global Sync and VML investments in new businesses and technologies, etc.
• Handle the reporting and analysis process encompassing monthly reporting over actual and forecast results. This includes coordination with the COE to properly report and analyze Global Sync & VML operating performance
• Additional reporting includes but is not limited to ad-hoc analyses, reports (artist and label sync history reports, sync category reporting, market research, etc.), and presentations for the executive team to understand key business drivers and variances
• Handle the accounts receivables database for all invoices issued with licenses and facilitate the collections process with the admin team and coordinate income tracking
• Assist with ad-hoc invoice submissions, coding, vendor set-up requests, and payment status tracking for invoices
• Cultivate relationships with global and domestic CFOs and their finance teams receiving objective accounting perspectives including insight into the sync business, revenue snapshot reports and annual budget, and monthly/quarterly forecasting modeling

About you:

• Effective, clear, and concise verbal and written communicator
• You have outstanding organization and follow-up skills
• You possess intellectual curiosity, passion for music and data
• Detail-oriented, able to prioritize workload and multiple projects at once, and meet deadlines
• Ability to work proactively, independently, and as a strategic partner in a team environment
• Proactive, identify challenges, problem solve, and offer creative and innovative solutions
• Compelling storytelling skills, analyzing and reporting insights in a clear, cohesive, and accurate manner
• Strong ability to interface and build relationships with internal and external contacts at all levels
• Previous experience in either financial reporting or FP&A

We'd love it if you also had:

• 5+ years professional experience with experience in financial reporting, business analysis, operations, and strategy
• Prior experience in the Music Industry
• Strong digital literacy and experience with SAP, Oracle, and HFM are a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance or equivalent experience

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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Salary Range

$90,000 to $110,000 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.

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.

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