Regional Finance Director

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Warner Music Group Full time
Regional Finance Manager 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: 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.
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We remain committed to fostering a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, and any other protected characteristic or identity.

We're looking for a skilled Regional Finance Manager to join our EMEA Shared Service Centre. As a key member of our team, you'll oversee key accounting and reporting activities for specific labels/affiliates, and manage the relationship with affiliate finance teams.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage a team of professional accountants and support their day-to-day operations
  • Develop and train the team to enable them to reach their full potential
  • Implement and monitor controls and procedures related to all areas of financial accounting and reporting as well as project accounting
  • Manage the month-end close ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of the required activities
  • Serve as a point of escalation and approval for journal entries, reconciliations, financial reports, etc.
  • Oversee financial accounting for revenue, expenses, fixed assets, intangible assets, production, inventory, intercompany and more
  • Prepare flux analysis, generate the trial balance for review and submission
  • Prepare the quarterly and annual reporting including liaising with corporate to resolve queries in a timely manner
  • Prepare and review cash flow statements, Statutory reports etc.
  • Support internal and external audit including acting as the key audit contact
  • Work closely with International Tax team to set and implement global transfer pricing policies
  • Ensure a strong controls environment is maintained at all times, continuously improving existing control environment
  • Perform limited budgeting activity for 'below the line' expenses - i.e., interest and intercompany transactions
  • Partner with affiliate local finance teams on period close activities, understanding variances to budget
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree
  • CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified with 3+ years' experience
  • 6+ years of experience in accounting
  • Experience working in a SOX controlled environment
  • Experience conducting internal and external audits
  • Experience with flux analysis
  • Knowledge of SAP is preferred but not essential
  • Strong work-ethic and a self-starter who proactively seeks out new solutions
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritise projects working well under pressure
  • Detail oriented

We'd love it if you also had:

  • Experience in a Shared Services environment
  • Music industry experience a plus

About us:

As the home to Asylum, Atlantic, East West, Elektra, 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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