Director of Accounting Operations

The Film Market; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Music Group in the United States is seeking a Director of Accounting Operations to lead the financial shared services organization supporting US business units and corporate functions.

You will oversee general accounting, royalties, revenue analytics, month‑end close, reconciliations, and reporting, driving improvements, Sarbanes‑Oxley controls, and collaboration with offshore and onshore teams.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of financial management experience, including shared services leadership.
• 4+ years leading offshore and onshore accounting teams.
• Experience supporting CFO-level leadership and executive reporting.
• Strong SOX compliance knowledge.
• Experience in a large multinational company.
• Ability to drive change and think strategically.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial shared services organization serving US business units and Corporate.
• Oversee general accounting, month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and eliminations.
• Manage royalty accounting, revenue analysis, and related expense reporting.
• Coordinate reporting and analytics for affiliated financial statements and leadership.
• Drive process improvements and robust internal controls across onshore and offshore teams.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Influence

Change management

Team leadership

SOX compliance

Education

BA/BS in Accounting

Masters preferred

Job description

The Finance department is responsible for managing all the center's accounting and cash management functions. As a critical component of the Finance department, the Accounting Operations group provides accounting services and support to WMG's corporate finance, US record labels and US publishing business.

Why this could be your next big break:

The Director of Accounting Operations is responsible for providing leadership and direction to our financial shared service organization that performs the following finance and accounting functions on behalf of the US business units as well as Corporate:

• General Accounting – responsible for general ledger accounting, including monthly close, balance sheet reconciliations, eliminations
• Participations / P&D Contract Administration – responsible for month end accounting accruals and reconciliations
• Royalty Finance – responsible for analyzing royalty expense, accounting for advances, balance sheet account reconciliations, and other ad hoc analysis
• Revenue and Related expenses – responsible for analyzing Revenue and expense recognition, balance sheet account reconciliations, and other ad hoc analysis
• Reporting and analytics – responsible for reporting and analytics for supported affiliate Financial statements.

Director of Accounting Operations

Role Type

Full-time

Requirements

• BA/BS in Accounting, Masters of Accounting Preferred
• 8-10 years of strong financial management or controllership experience, at least 4 years in a Shared Services Leadership role, managing offshore and onshore accounting teams
• 3-5 years of experience in a controllership type role supporting executive leadership at the CFO level.
• Royalty Accounting Experience a plus
• Large, multinational company experience
• Driver of ''change'', and thinks creatively and strategically
• Strong understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Quantifiable examples of achievements and strong track record of success
• Experience in strong communication and strategy presentation
• Strong leader who can influence and lead initiatives within the company, and manage and motivate
• Ability to achieve results through influence over external and internal parties who are not direct reports
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Team player who can cooperate/collaborate with all business units and departments within the company
• Abil