Revenue Accountant

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.

The Record to Report (RTR) Accounting Team serves as the central operational backbone for financial integrity, revenue recognition, cash management, and financial reporting across Warner Music Group. Operating within our Shared Services / Global Business Services framework, the Recorded Music RTR team provides specialized accounting expertise, revenue assurance, and critical month-end closing support across WMG’s renowned domestic and international record labels.

We work with the GBS Revenue Team translating complex data into accurate financial reporting under US GAAP.

As the lead Revenue Accountant for Recorded Music, you will serve as the technical subject matter expert (SME) for our recorded music revenue accounting life cycle. This role bridges technical accounting, data analytics, and financial systems design. You will take ownership of the end-to-end accounting for high-volume, multi-source revenue streams, drive compliance with ASC 606, spearhead systems automation, and unlock actionable financial insights through advanced data mining.

In addition to technical execution, you will provide training and education to other members of the Recorded Music RTR team.

Lead the technical accounting, accrual modeling, and reconciliation for all Recorded Music revenue streams, including Digital Streaming Partners (Spotify, Apple, You Tube, Amazon), Digital Downloads, DMCA statutory royalties, Physical manufacturing and distribution (vinyl, CD, merch), Synchronization (film, TV, gaming, advertising), Master Licensing, and foreign affiliate distributions. Architect and maintain robust ASC 606 recognition schedules, monthly flash revenue accruals, deferred revenue tracking, and automated reversals based on consumption ingestion files vs.

actual cash settlements. Query, clean, and analyze Revenue Operational Reporting datasets across disparate DSPs using Analysis for Office and Gemini AI Tools. Reconcile Multi-System Reporting from Source to Financial Ledger. Bridge consumption metadata (streams, downloads, play counts, tier rates) with transactional general ledger activity to detect anomalies, under reported royalties, missing catalog codes, and system mismatches. Conduct granular month-over-month (MoM) and quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) variance analyses;

present variance drivers to label finance leaders. Serve as the RTR business lead for financial systems optimization across SAP (ECC / S/4

HANA), Black Line,…