Finance Transformation & Data Specialist - 12 Month Contract

Handle Recruitment; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global music group is seeking a qualified accountant to lead a finance transformation initiative for a 12-month contract. This role involves data cleaning, reconciliation of royalty data in SAP, and collaboration with various teams to ensure accuracy and efficiency in financial processes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a music label environment is essential.
• Strong understanding of structured, complex music agreements.
• Hands-on experience with data reporting and integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy for data cleaning and reconciliation of royalty balances in SAP.
• Validate, reconcile, and cleanse royalty-related data across platforms.
• Prepare progress reports for project stakeholders.

Skills

Data validation

Data cleansing

Royalty finance

Project management

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA)

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Looking for your next finance & data project in music? This global music group is hiring a qualified accountant to join a strategic finance transformation initiative. If you've worked at a major label and enjoy digging into data, streamlining systems, and reconciling complex agreements, this could be the perfect 12 month contract.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategy for data cleaning and reconciliation of historic royalty balances in SAP

• Validate, reconcile, and cleanse royalty-related data across platforms, focusing on accuracy and consistency

• Identify and resolve discrepancies in royalty and finance data, working with internal royalty and finance teams

• Assist with data migration and integration between systems, ensuring proper formatting and alignment

• Prepare progress reports for project stakeholders and maintain thorough documentation for audit purposes

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Royalties, Finance, SAP, Tech, and external consultants

• Support post-migration testing and reconciliation activities

• Identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements within finance and royalty data processes

Requirements:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA)

• Proven experience in a music label environment is essential

• Background in music accounting, ideally including A&R accounting and royalty finance.

• Strong understanding of structured, complex music agreements

• Hands-on experience with data validation, cleansing, migration, reporting, and integration.

• Comfortable working with Excel (pivots, lookups, formulas); SAP experience preferred

• Immediately available or on 2 weeks notice or less

Handle Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.