Senior Director, Global Merch Finance

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 WMX Finance team supports the global merchandising, artist services, and supply chain within WMX. We partner closely with commercial, creative, and operational leaders to drive financial performance, improve visibility across complex revenue streams, and enable scalable growth across touring, e-commerce, retail, and licensing channels.

Your role:

WMX is seeking a Senior Director, Global Merch Finance to serve as a strategic finance leader and key partner across the global merchandising organization. This role sits at the intersection of finance, operations, and creative commerce—driving decision-making, improving profitability, and building scalable financial infrastructure across a multi-channel, global business.

Here you’ll get to:

• Serve as a senior finance partner to merchandising, e-commerce, and commercial leaders, translating business strategies into actionable financial frameworks
• Partner on artist deals and new business opportunities through financial modeling and deal analysis, including royalties, advances, recoupment, and profit share
• Lead IRR, NPV, and ROI analyses for potential artist signings and investment decisions, providing clear recommendations to support go/no-go decisions
• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning (LRP) for the global merchandising business
• Deliver variance analysis with clear insights on performance, risks, and opportunities
• Build and maintain P&L visibility across artists, tours, and channels, including key KPIs such as revenue per head, margins, inventory turns, and sell-through
• Be responsible for cash flow forecasting and support financial planning processes
• Drive tour profitability through analysis of per-head metrics, venue commissions, and cost structures
• Analyze e-commerce and DTC performance (conversion, AOV, marketing ROI) to support digital growth
• Evaluate global demand trends and product-level margins to advise merchandising and supply chain strategies
• Partner with Accounting and Shared Services to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with GAAP
• Support monthly close processes and maintain a strong financial control environment
• Ensure the integrity of revenue recognition and reporting across multiple business models
• Drive automation and scalable reporting solutions across finance and operations
• Improve data flow, reporting accuracy, and decision-making capabilities
• Support system enhancements and finance transformation initiatives
• Lead and develop a high-performing merchandising finance team
• Develop cross-functional collaboration across Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Commercial teams
• Establish clear processes, accountability, and ways of working to support growth

About you:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Finance, FP&A, or Accounting
• Experience supporting merchandising, e-commerce, retail, or similarly complex, multi-channel businesses
• Strong financial modeling expertise, including IRR/NPV/ROI analysis and investment decision support
• Experience leading and developing teams
• Strong understanding of P&L management, forecasting, and financial operations

We’d love it if you also had:

• Background in music, live events, merchandising, or direct-to-consumer businesses
• Experience working across international markets
• CPA or equivalent certification
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and financial reporting tools
• Exposure to operational improvement or finance transformation initiatives

Key attributes:

• Strategic and commercially minded with strong operational focus
• Collaborative and able to build credibility across diverse partners
• Proactive, solutions-oriented, and hands-on
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

Love this job and want to apply?

Click the “Apply” link at the top of the page, or apply directly with your LinkedIn. Applying with LinkedIn will import all of the information you put in your profile, but will still allow you to upload a resume and cover letter.

 

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

 

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.
 

This position requires a minimum of 4 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships. #LI-Onsite Salary Range: $170,000 to $185,000 Annually Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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