Job Description
We are UMG, the Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.
KEY PURPOSE
Seeking a passionate, highly motivated, and experienced finance professional with the agility and flexibility to support and business partner with a team responsible for a group of high growth companies.
Reporting to the Finance Director, the candidate will participate in the accounting and reporting process, active in supporting front team in a broad range of activities including financial analysis, project feasibility, D2C projects and strategic analysis company’s strategic ambition. The candidate will participate in the annual budget, forecast, statutory / tax reporting and compliance exercises.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Planning, Analysis and Reporting
Participate in monthly close and reporting, forecast and plan process
Prepare monthly report, including Flash, monthly deck, budget deck, artist P&L, tracking report, and ad-hoc reports for various stakeholders for decision making
Regular review of Balance Sheet and improve quality of reconciliation and support from BPO (WNS in China)
Ensure timeliness and accuracy of reports
Manage & forecast cashflow for the company
Special project accounting & reporting
Business Control
Overhead controller - Manage office cost and approvals, advise department head on budgeted spends and drive cost savings as needed
Checking Travel & Entertainment expenses to ensure compliance / reasonableness
Support frontline (A&R and Marketing) by preparing relevant P&L and advise on financial performance of projects and marketing spends
Perform ad-hoc analysis, project feasibility, and projects for Cost spending analysis
Projects and Process review
Perform financial, internal controls and compliance review to ensure best practice and complying with Global procedures
Be an agent of change, identity process improvement, drive better reporting and procedures across the markets, ensuring quality control in all finance deliverables
Participate in Finance Projects, including system or process implementations
COMPETENCE
Demonstrate strong attention to detail (critical) and able to query/identify inconsistencies and challenge idea constructively
Able to work independently and yet possess strong teamwork ethos
Good written, communication and presentation skills
Skilled at relationship management with maturity to handle multiple stakeholders with diverse cultures and occasionally stressful environment
Deep accounting / finance understanding and IFRS knowledge.
Strong technically in Excel, PowerPoint, Hyperion (HFM) and SAP
Excellent analytical and financial modeling skills with strong business acumen
Can do attitude, with a hands on approach to problem solving and able to work under pressure. Able to deliver on time.
QUALIFICATIONS
University degree
Preferably with at least 8 years of relevant Finance related roles
Fluent in English
Interested? Please follow the link to submit your application today!
Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
About us:
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries.
Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans.
UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world.
Job Category:
We are UMG, the Universal Music Group.
We are the world’s leading music company.
In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship.
We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries.
We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.
Our vast catalog of recordings and songs stretches back over a century and comprises the largest, most diverse and culturally rich collection of music ever assembled.
As digital technology refashions the world, our unmatched commitment to lead in developing new services, platforms and business models for the delivery of music and related content empowers innovators and allows new commercial and artistic opportunities to flourish.
Knowing that music, a powerful force for good in the world, is unique in its ability to inspire people and bring them together, we work with our artists and employees to serve our communities.
We are the home for music’s greatest artists, innovators and entrepreneurs.
Together, we are UMG, the Universal Music Group.