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 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:Sr. Director, Accounting (RTR Process Lead)
A little bit about our team:
The Global Business Service (GBS) team aims to be a trusted service partner offering efficient, innovative support operations that will allow WMG, its artists and songwriters to focus on making great music and creating lifelong fans. We focus on excellence in execution, collaboration, customer service, and continuous improvement as our key values to deliver this result.
Within GBS, the Americas Shared Service Center is a dedicated group of individuals responsible for centralizing and running accounting, Royalties and Licensing, and other finance operational activities for all Warner Music Group Labels and Affiliates across North and South America.
The Sr. Director, Accounting (RTR Process Lead) will oversee the process delivery team and own the RTR process (Fixed Assets, General Accounting and Financial Reporting, Project Costing, and Inventory Accounting, Artist Projects, Corporate Consolidations, and Account Reconciliations). They will help to re-imagine our processes and systems to establish more standardized and efficient ways of working that will drive WMG’s growth and business aspirations.
Serve as a point of escalation and final approval (e.g., journal entries, reconciliations, financial reports, etc.)
The Key Accountabilities are:
Ensure that appropriate judgementis applied in developing accounting estimates, accruals, reconciliations, and other financial reporting transactions.
The RTR process includes, but is not limited, to the following subprocesses: Fixed Assets, leases, inventory, general and corporate accounting, as well as, close and consolidations, internal and external reporting, financial planning and analysis, tax and treasury.
Each individual subprocess within RTR consists of complex layers of additionalsubprocesses, each having interdependence across Finance and across the broader organization.The RTR Leader is expected to understand how the different areas liaise with each other, who the key stakeholders are, and form relationships accordingly to secure “buy in” and sell the vision and concept of Shared Services across the stakeholders.
Leadership at the functional lead/process-owner level in a large, complex global organization with responsibilities for people, process, resources (budget, equipment, intellectual property) and results.
Able to build strong partnerships with other leaders and able to tailor communication style, frequency and approach for multiple audiences, including working teams, colleagues, and senior executives.
Highly organized with strong work ethics, project management and problem-solving skills. Shown excellence in process management, change management, six sigma/lean practical experience is desirable.
We’d love it if you also had:
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 catalogue 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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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.
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.
Links to relevant documents:
2025 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf
EVerify Participation Poster.pdf
Right To Work .pdf
Salary Range$180,000 to $200,000 AnnuallySalary 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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Links to relevant documents:
2025 Benefits At A Glance final.pdf
EVerify Participation Poster.pdf
Right To Work .pdf
