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 the Director, Financial Planning and Analysis, Recorded Music will be responsible for Concord’s label group's budgeting and forecasting process.

What you’ll do:

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

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting or Finance
• CPA or CFA equivalent strongly preferred
• 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

Salary Range: $100,000-$120,000

*This job is hybrid- requiring 3 days a week minimum on site. 

At Concord, we offer comprehensive medical and wellness benefits, generous time off, parental leave, charity match, paid time off for volunteering, and other fun company perks. We have beautiful new offices and a culture committed to supporting everyone’s growth and development.

Concord is an equal opportunity employer. We employ, train, compensate and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We believe that diversity, inclusion and equity is paramount for the creation of music, theater and film that celebrates and empowers all cultures.