Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

Concord•Los Angeles, CA

26d•$100,000 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Concord is the world’s leading independent music company. The Company supports more than 125,000 artists and songwriters whose works are licensed, marketed, and performed globally. Concord's growing catalog of 1.3 million songs, compositions, sound recordings, films, plays, and musicals is one of the most impactful and culturally relevant collections of creative rights in history. Concord is headquartered in Nashville with additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne, and Miami. As t he Director, Financial Planning and Analysis , Recorded Music will be responsible for Concord’s label group's budgeting and forecasting process.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting or Finance
5+ years’ financial planning and analysis, including building complex models and creating management presentations
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage well through ambiguity and complexity
Ability to execute and follow through to completion and documentation
3+ years of reporting experience and the ability to present an explanation of results
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Ability to interact and coordinate activities with multiple people and departments
Excellent attention to detail and problem-resolution skills
Ability to simultaneously work on multiple tasks and meet deadlines
Good judgment, particularly concerning confidential matters
5+ years of music industry experience

Nice To Haves

CPA or CFA equivalent strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Oversee annual budgeting and re-forecasting process
Work with various label groups to develop an annual budget based on new release schedules as well as catalog releases.
Work with various labels and departments to develop departmental personnel and operating expense budgets.
Build, update, and maintain models which are used to develop these Budgets/Forecasts
Deliver updated live forecasts to Labels regularly
Manage Greenlight Process
Manage weekly meetings, including maintaining the Greenlight Template, sending weekly agendas, running the weekly meeting, and updating the Operating Model with all changes.
Run models to be used by the Business Affairs team to request additional approval when necessary
Run models to evaluate “Pipeline” deals which involves evaluating multiple projects from the same artist.
Manage Project Budget Process
Manage bi-weekly meetings, including maintaining the Budget Template, sending bi-weekly agendas, running the bi-weekly meeting, and updating the Operating Model with all changes.
Work directly with labels to evaluate impact of multiple variables on a project budget
Develop updated budgets (e.g., “Phase 2” Budgets) after project release where applicable
Manage Project Setup
Review key terms of approved deals to verify they agree to approved Greenlight.
Manage Postmortem Release Reports
Maintain “Scorecard” reports to evaluate the one-year performance of projects.
Review with Management Ad-Hoc Reports
Provide support for Labels and departments when evaluating unique deal opportunities
Provide ad-hoc reports related to the annual Budget / Forecast as requested.
Provide ad-hoc budget vs actual reporting as requested
Provide support for ad-hoc presentations for various departments (e.g., Business Affairs)
Data Analytics
Work with the Data Analytics team to evaluate and summarize data which can be used by Label and Departments to better manage their resources