Sr. Analyst, Audit

We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses: WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. Here You'll Get To • Lead all aspects of the tracking of audit notice letters received by the Group's label clients; upon receipt of a given notice, you will resolve (and then advise such label clients of) the maximum duration of the period the party in question is contractually permitted to audit, and then facilitate the negotiation of the actual period WMG will permit the party concerned to audit; • Oversee the audit fieldwork process, including, without limitation, by collecting all relevant data and other information contained in the books and records of the WMG label concerned that is relevant to (and falls within the contractually-defined scope) of the audit concerned; • Review and analyze the audit claims submitted by the auditor in question, as well as the relevant provisions of the underlying artist, publisher and union contracts that govern WMG's exploitation of the assets that is at issue in the audit; • Develop recommendations for the WMG label client(s) concerned regarding how to respond to the audit claims in a given audit; • Facilitate the settlement of each audit, on behalf of the WMG label client concerned; in close coordination with that label's Business & Legal Affairs and Finance Departments; • Administer any and all payments made in connection with the settlement of each audit, ensuring that each is properly recorded in the books and records of the applicable WMG label client(s); • Manage the activities of the junior members of the Group in connection with each of the above-listed activities; • Prepare and distribute monthly and quarterly Audit Reserves/P&L Reports to WMG label clients; • Organize and lead monthly status meetings with WMG label clients; • Manage the input and tracking of all data related to the Group's pending audits in the Group's consolidated audit tracking spreadsheet; and perform such other duties as you may be asked to perform by the senior management of the Group and the division. • Candidate should possess a minimum of 2+ years' experience working in a position or positions involving participation in, and management of, the external audit process for a record label About Us As the home to 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, 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.