Director, Accounting - Global Inter

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.

A little bit about our team:

Warner Music’s Shared Service Center, opened in 2017 and is the home to the financial, legal and administrative functions that provide critical support and best-in-class services to our US Recorded Music and Publishing businesses. The Americas center embodies the innovative and creative spirit that stems from the company’s deep history in nurturing entrepreneurial thinking and artist-focused innovation, enabling our employees to develop a wide range of skills through cross-function collaboration and development opportunities.

The Finance department is responsible for managing all the center’s accounting and cash management functions. As a critical component of the Finance department, the Accounting Operations group provides accounting services and support to WMG’s corporate finance, US record labels and US publishing business.

Your role:

• The Director, Accounting - Global Intercompany is responsible for overseeing reconciliations, settlements, eliminations, and dispute resolution across all legal entities globally.

• General Accounting – responsible for general ledger accounting, including monthly close, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, Consolidations, and Asset accounting.

• Work with team to complete submission to corporate and review of related schedules submitted to

• Corporate in conjunction with the monthly/quarterly financials

• Liaise with internal and external auditors, and ensure compliance with SOX requirements including drafting and updating process narratives, and maintenance of requirement documentation

• Reporting and analytics – responsible for reporting and analytics as needed.

Here you’ll get to:

• Lead the end-to-end global intercompany accounting function, ensuring accurate and timely reconciliations and settlements across all legal entities

• Oversee the elimination of intercompany balances during the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation process

• Lead dispute resolution processes related to intercompany transactions between global affiliates

• Ensure effective financial internal controls and SOX compliance for all intercompany activities

• Lead and mentor a diverse global team of accounting professionals to ensure accurate financial reporting

• Provide…