Warner Music Group

Analyst, Deals Office

Warner Music Group$89K — $110K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Sciences, or a related quantitative discipline.
  • 3-5 years in investment banking, consulting, analytics engineering, or similar roles.
  • Familiarity with artist and songwriter monetization channels and music industry financial processes.
  • Advanced SQL skills for data querying and transformation.
  • Proficient in data visualization and dashboarding tools like Tableau or Streamlit.
  • Strong strategic acumen with excellent communication to stakeholders.
  • Experience with generative AI tools to enhance productivity.

Responsibilities

  • Query and analyze large financial datasets related to artists and songwriters.
  • Create reports, dashboards, and intelligence tools for financial decision-making.
  • Maintain data standards in internal deal intelligence platforms.
  • Monitor WMG's global deal pipeline and ensure compliance with governance.
  • Utilize generative AI to streamline insights and reporting workflows.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on talent development.
  • Access to a diverse team and innovative projects within the music industry.
Full Job Description
A little bit about our team:

The deals office drives the evaluation and structure of all recorded music and music publishing deals to enable long-term growth. We partner with closely with global business leaders to assess opportunities that balance creativity with commercial value strengthening our market position and shareholder value

Your role:

As an Analyst on the Deals Office's Reporting & Analysis team, you'll play a key role in delivering the insights and analysis that power our content investment decisions across Recorded Music and Music Publishing. This role requires a highly analytical mentality that's equally comfortable with high-level strategy and granular data analysis. The right candidate will be comfortable in a fast-paced, high-volume financial environment, with experience communicating results to senior collaborators and using AI tools to improve efficiency.

Here you'll get to:
  • Query, transform, and analyze large financial datasets related to WMG's artists and songwriters, synthesizing insights and strategic recommendations for senior collaborators.
  • Create reports, dashboards, and other intelligence tools to support financial decisions and deal valuation modeling.
  • Maintain data standards in WMG's internal deal intelligence platform and give to analytics feature development.
  • Monitor and manage WMG's global deal pipeline, ensuring compliance with all governance and due diligence requirements.
  • Leverage generative and agentic AI to improve the speed and efficiency of our insights and reporting workflows.


About you:
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Sciences, or a related quantitative discipline.
  • 3-5 years of experience in investment banking, consulting, analytics engineering, business intelligence, or a similar analytical role.
  • Knowledge of artist and songwriter monetization channels, royalties, and other music industry financial processes is highly preferred.
  • Advanced SQL skills with experience querying, transforming, and wrangling large financial datasets.
  • Familiarity with data visualization and dashboarding tools (Tableau, Streamlit, Plotly Dash, etc); you know how to build a dashboard that recommends a solution instead of just describing the problem.
  • Excellent strategic and business acumen, with the ability to communicate clear recommendations to stakeholders
  • Experience leveraging generative and agentic AI tools to boost productivity in financial settings
  • Advanced proficiency with spreadsheet (Excel / Google Sheets) and presentation (PowerPoint / Google Slides) tools.


We'd love it if you also had:
  • Experience conducting data analysis with Python
  • Knowledge of / experience with advanced statistical analysis (regression, hypothesis testing, causal inference, etc.)
  • Passion for music and knowledge of industry trends


As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world's premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

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Don't be discouraged if you don't hear from us right away. We're taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships. #LI-OnsiteSalary Range: $89,000 to $110,000 AnnuallySalary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

About Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate. It was founded in 1958 and is currently headquartered in New York City. The company operates in over 70 countries and has a roster of over 3,500 artists. Warner Music Group's labels include Atlantic Records, Elektra Records, and Warner Records, among others. The company also owns music publishing companies and has a significant presence in the music streaming industry. Warner Music Group is committed to diversity and inclusion and has implemented several initiatives to promote these values.
Learn more about Warner Music Group
Size
5,900 employees
Market Cap
$18 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$497 million
Founded
1958
5 Year Trend
+10.6%
Revenue
$4.5 billion
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