Universal Music Group

Vice President, Finance BI and Analytics (COE Lead)

Universal Music Group$181K — $365K *
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in BI, analytics, or finance data roles with leadership experience
  • Deep expertise in BI and reporting tools
  • Strong understanding of finance KPIs and performance management
  • Ability to translate business needs into dashboards
  • Experience with AI/ML analytics in finance
  • Proven record of delivering large-scale data platforms
  • Comfortable working across technical and business stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain standard management reports and dashboards
  • Generate recurring management reports and self-service dashboards
  • Develop new AI-powered analytics use cases for Finance
  • Drive migration to standardized enterprise BI platform
  • Own the finance reporting data model and metric definitions
  • Collaborate with various corporate teams to ensure data cohesion
  • Lead and mentor a high-performing BI & Analytics team

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 100% coverage for out-patient in-network mental health services
  • Fertility coverage for eligible participants
  • Wellbeing reimbursements up to $720/year
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
  • 401(k) with 100% immediate vesting on contributions
  • Flexible Paid Time Off for exempt employees
  • 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
  • Generous paid parental leave for all types of parents
  • 10 Company Holidays including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day
Full Job Description
We are currently seeking an accomplished Vice President, Finance BI Platform & Analytics leader to standardize and deliver management reporting, dashboards, and analytics capabilities across UMG's finance function, ensuring globally consistent KPIs, self-service reporting, and data-driven insights that enable performance management and decision-making.

This role requires deep expertise in BI, reporting, and data visualization tools, paired with a strong understanding of finance KPIs, management reporting, and performance management. The ideal candidate can translate business needs into reporting requirements and dashboards, brings experience with AI/ML analytics applications in a finance context, and is comfortable working across both technical (data/IT) and business (finance/operations) stakeholders.

How you'll CREATE:

  • Standard report & dashboard design: Design and maintain standard management reports, scorecards, and dashboards that can be leveraged across territories/profit centers/business lines, incorporating unique reporting requirements across differentiated business lines and operating models; Enable self-service capabilities for timely ad-hoc analysis
  • Reporting & dashboard delivery: Own generation of recurring management reports and self-service dashboards on timely cadence on behalf of divisions
  • AI analytics use cases: Design and develop new AI-powered analytics use cases for Finance, in coordination with CIO/CDAO
  • Legacy tool rationalization: Drive migration from fragmented reporting tools to standardized enterprise BI platform
  • Finance data domain ownership: Own the finance reporting data model, incl. metric definitions, hierarchies, and calculation logic to ensure a single source of truth for management reporting, in partnership with CDAO and Corporate Controller on data governance, enterprise KPI definitions
  • Cross Functional Partnership: Collaborate with Corp Controllership on shared data foundation to avoid duplication and ensure cohesion and reconcilability to global consolidated results. Partner with CIO and CDAO on BI & Analytics platform implementation to power an AI-enabled reporting and analysis infrastructure. Work with Planning/Forecasting COE and to embed standardized tools and leverage driver-inputs underpinning planning and forecast models and PBF process
  • Team leadership: Build, Lead and mentor a high-performing BI & Analytics COE team


Bring your VIBE:
  • 12+ years in BI, analytics, or Finance data roles, including leadership experience
  • Deep expertise in BI, reporting, and data visualization tools
  • Strong understanding of finance KPIs, management reporting, and performance management
  • Ability to translate business needs into reporting requirements & dashboards
  • Experience with AI/ML analytics applications in a finance context
  • Proven track record of delivering large-scale data and reporting platforms and driving adoption by influencing senior stakeholders
  • Comfortable working across technical (data/IT) and business (finance/operations) stakeholders
  • This role is office-based


Perks Playlist:

Join an entrepreneurial, global organization where authenticity, boldness, creativity, connection, drive, and insight aren't just values-they're how we work every day. Here are some of the ways we support you along the way (and just a few of the benefits we offer):

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Including 100% coverage for out-patient in-network mental health services
  • Fertility coverage for eligible medical plan participants
  • Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
  • 401(k) with 100% immediate vesting on the first 5% of your contributions, plus an additional UMG contribution


A variety of ways to prioritize much-needed time away from work including:

  • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
  • 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
  • 2-weeks paid Winter Break
  • 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)
  • Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)
  • Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent


Check out our full overview of benefits on the Perks Playlist page of the career site.

Disclaimer: This job description only provides an overview of job responsibilities that are subject to change.

Job Category:
Finance & Accounting

Salary Range:
$181,650 - $365,000

The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. All candidates are encouraged to apply.

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group (UMG) is a global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate Vivendi. The company was founded in 1934 as Decca Records and has since grown to become the largest music company in the world, with a market share of over 30%. UMG owns and operates a wide range of record labels, including Capitol Records, Def Jam Recordings, and Island Records, and has a roster of over 4,000 artists. In addition to music production and distribution, UMG also operates several other businesses, including music publishing, merchandising, and film and television production.
Learn more about Universal Music Group
Size
7,000 employees
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Founded
1934

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