Sr. Analyst, Royalty Audit

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we're immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. Employees of the Center of Excellence provide services to all of WMG's U.S. record labels, Warner Chappell Music Publishing, WEA Corp. and Alternative Distribution Alliance (WMG's distribution companies), and WMG's other U.S. business units. 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; • Be responsible for 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);. We'd love it if you also had: • BA/BS degree required • Degree preferably in accounting, finance, or legal-related fields • 2+ years' experience working in a related capacity • Sophisticated proficiency with MS Excel, working with large data sets and complex calculations • Entertainment, Media, or Music Industry experience • Experience working remotely in a Shared Services environment • It's important that you develop an expertise in the business, you dive into legal agreements, and the interpretation of contractual terms, and can apply this knowledge to analyze, see trends and explain the data