Analyst, Corporate Finance (Deals)

Job Title: Analyst, Corporate Finance

Department: Corporate Finance
Reporting To: Emma Villaruel
Location: Los Angeles
Hybrid Working: 3 days in your local office
Full-time | Permanent

The Role

Joining our global Corporate Finance team, the Analyst will be based in our Los Angeles office and play an active role in Kobalt’s deal processes. Working closely with A&R, senior management and Legal, the team provides financial analysis to support the signing of artists and songwriters, catalogue acquisitions and broader financial and strategic analysis.

You’ll be responsible for analysing potential investments, building and managing financial models, evaluating streaming and royalty data, and developing recommendations to support deal decisions. This role requires strong financial and analytical judgement, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple live deals and priorities in a fast-moving environment.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with the A&R team to analyse new signing opportunities and provide financial insight to support deal negotiations.
• Build and manage financial models in Excel to evaluate musical assets, analysing streaming and royalty data and forecasting future cash flows to inform valuations and potential offers.
• Develop a point of view on potential investments, identifying key opportunities, risks and sensitivities and making recommendations based on your analysis.
• Prepare investment memos that clearly communicate key findings and recommendations to A&R and senior management.
• Conduct financial analysis to test and refine investment assumptions and support wider strategic and commercial projects across the team.
• Work with large and varied datasets, identifying trends and translating analysis into clear commercial insights.
• Manage multiple live deal processes and analytical requests, working closely with stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely delivery.
• Identify opportunities to improve modelling, analysis and team workflows through automation and new technology.

What You’ll Bring

• A strong interest in music and a desire to make the industry fairer and more rewarding for creators.
• A relevant background in Finance, including a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or Economics, and 1-2 years experience in a finance or music industry role.
• Strong Excel skills and some experience building and managing financial models is beneficial.
• Experience analysing financial or commercial data and using it to form opinions and recommendations.
• The ability to assess the merits, risks and key assumptions of potential investments and confidently discuss your conclusions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to present financial analysis clearly to different stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple deals, data inputs and stakeholders within tight deadlines.
• An interest in using automation and technology to improve financial analysis and team workflows.

Additional Skills That Could Add Value:

• Experience using SQL to query and analyse data.
• Experience with Python, Tableau or other data and visualisation tools.
• Knowledge of the music industry, particularly music publishing, recorded music or music rights.
• Experience valuing assets, forecasting cash flows or assessing investment opportunities.

What Success Looks Like

By Month 1: You’ll have developed an understanding of Kobalt’s deal process, internal systems and music publishing fundamentals. You’ll be working on live deals and building relationships with A&R, Legal and the wider Corporate Finance team.

By Month 3: You’ll be taking ownership of core analysis across standard deal opportunities, independently gathering and interrogating data, building financial models and developing recommendations with appropriate oversight from senior members of the team.

By Month 6: You’ll be independently managing the financial analysis for straightforward deals from initial assessment through to recommendation, confidently communicating your findings to stakeholders and contributing to more complex deals, catalogue acquisitions and wider strategic analysis.

Key Behaviours for Success

Problem-Solving & Decision-Making: You critically analyse financial and commercial data, challenge assumptions and develop well-reasoned recommendations to support investment and deal decisions.

Commercial Judgement: You look beyond the numbers to understand the commercial drivers, risks and opportunities behind a potential investment and develop a clear point of view.

Time Management & Prioritisation: You effectively manage multiple live deals, analytical requests and deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy.

Why Choose Us

At Kobalt, we’ve championed creators since 2000. Our technology and music services are built to make the industry more transparent, fair, and rewarding for artists, songwriters, and rights holders. We’re proud to work with some of the world’s most influential talents including Phoebe Bridgers, Sam Fender, Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, Karol G, Young Thug, Kali Uchis, FINNEAS, and Andrew Watt as well as acclaimed writers like Simon Aldred (Rag’n’Bone Man, Liam Gallagher, Celeste) and Clarence Coffee Jr. (Dua Lipa, Lizzo, The Snuts).

We’re a company that thrives on creativity, collaboration, and progress. Our values: Music First, Transparent, Tech Powered, and Transformative. Shape how we work, build, and grow together. We are a community of people who care deeply about making a meaningful impact in music and technology.

Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in equitable access to opportunities and are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. If you need any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know we’re happy to help.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. Kobalt is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.

The range provided is for Los Angeles-based hires only and will be commensurate with candidate experience. Pay ranges for candidates in other locations other than Los Angeles may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. Pay range: $75,000 - $90,000