Manager, Investor Relations

Warner Music Group • New York, NY

3d • $120,000 - $140,000 • Onsite

About The Position

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses: Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future. Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans. Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises. WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.
A little bit about our team: The Investor Relations team develops and drives WMG’s investor narrative to ensure that our business, strategy and financial prospects are fully understood by the analyst and investor community. Your role: You will be a key member of a collaborative and dynamic team with high visibility and exposure to senior management. This role will entail preparing senior management for quarterly earnings calls and conferences, developing key messages for the investor community, preparing regular reports for senior management and performing financial analysis regarding the company and its peers. The ideal candidate will be a highly-motivated, enthusiastic self-starter who is attentive to detail and is capable of putting forth high quality work under time constraints.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics
• 3-5 years previous experience in investment banking, equity research, or management consulting
• Highly proficient in financial modeling and valuation analyses
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills that includes in-depth knowledge of accounting and corporate finance
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to distill information into clear messaging
• Knowledge of equity markets, derivative instruments and market trading dynamics
• Excellent research skills and ability to organize, synthesize and present information
• Collaborative team player capable of working across multiple groups / functions within WMG
• Willing to be flexible and adaptable, capable of performing tasks in a high intensity work environment and able to deliver high quality work on tight deadlines
• Exceptional organizational skills, process-oriented and attentive to deadlines
• Strong familiarity with FactSet, Bloomberg and other financial news platforms/databases
• Excellent Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Prior experience effectively dealing with sensitive and confidential information and maintaining the strictest confidence

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working in the media / entertainment / tech industries are a plus

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the preparation of quarterly earnings materials including earnings call scripts, Q&A for senior management, and filings / press releases
• Research and develop key topics to prepare senior management for investor conferences and investor meetings
• Prepare analyses and materials for quarterly board meetings, as well as drafting regular communications to the board
• Prepare regular market analyses including stock price performance and valuation analysis related to the company and its peers
• Monitor sell-side analysts' estimates, reports, price targets, and ratings for the company and key peer companies
• Create earnings recap materials for internal company-wide correspondence
• Cover and summarize peer companies' quarterly earnings calls, investor days and presentations at investor conferences
• Prepare presentations for debt investors and insurance underwriters
• Coordinate conference calls associated with the quarterly earnings release, investor conferences and other publicly released information regarding the company

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager