Director, Finance Integration & Enablement

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.

Warner Music’s Global Business Services (GBS) is the home to the finance operations, legal and administrative functions that provide critical support and best-in-class services to our global finance labels and affiliates. Each regional center embodies the collaborative 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.

As the Director, Finance Integration & Enablement, you will serve as the main architect and lead for the strategic integration of work streams within the GBS framework. Reporting to the VP of Global Operations, this role will oversee the "front door" for operational expansion, and will be responsible for facilitating the transition of critical functions from regional labels, affiliates, and M&A activities into our centralized global shared service center (SSC) model or to specialized third-party partners.

You will serve as a high-level strategic advisor and advocate. You will navigate a complex global finance environment to ensure every transition is seamless. All transitions will be governed by rigorous internal controls and aligned with our long-term scalability goals. We are looking for a resilient, data-driven leader who can coordinate critical relationships with international collaborators and external service providers.

This role ensures that GBS continues to deliver world-class performance and service excellence.

• Managing internal and external project managers, fostering a culture of strategic collaboration, high performance, and operational excellence.
• Develop and lead all aspects of the global intake framework.
• This is the strategic entry for transitioning workflows, business functions, and corporate mergers into the GBS ecosystem.
• Act as the lead for Mergers & Acquisitions within the shared operations function.
• Evaluate the back-office landscape of acquired entities and develop a roadmap crafting the integration of their operations into this centralized services model.
• Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of organizational transitions.
• Ensure functional migrations from regional divisions and associated companies are completed timely and within budget.
• Minimize impact on business continuity.
• Act in a senior strategic advisory role to regional leadership and functional heads.
• Navigate complex organizational structures to secure alignment, advocacy, and formal approvals for global transition initiatives.
• Manage high-stakes relationships with third-party service…