Analyst, GBS Business Performance

Job Description:

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. 

Job Title: GBS Business Performance Analyst

A little bit about our team:

The Global Business Service (GBS) team aims to be a trusted service partner offering efficient, innovative support operations that will allow WMG, its artists and songwriters to focus on making great music and creating lifelong fans. We focus on excellence in execution, collaboration, customer service, and continuous improvement as our key values to deliver this result.

Your role:

The Business Performance Analyst plays a crucial role in supporting the Global Business Services organization by providing insightful analysis, reporting, and decision support. This role focuses on the development, maintenance, and analysis of key performance metrics and Service Level Agreements (SLAs), as well as contributing to the ongoing evolution of the service catalog. The Analyst will work closely with GBS and Regional Service Center leadership and provide reporting and insights to executive leadership ​

Here you’ll get to:

• Develop, implement, and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track the performance of Finance Shared Services.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and maintain Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that align with business objectives.

• Analyze SSC performance to identify trends, opportunities for improvement, and potential risks, and inform service catalog optimization.

• Prepare regular reports and dashboards on performance against SLAs and KPIs.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of the Service Catalog, ensuring it accurately reflects the services offered.

• Provide analytical support to Service Center Leadership, including ad-hoc analysis and reporting.

• Develop finance business cases and recommendations for process improvements and service enhancements.

• Support strategic planning initiatives by providing data-driven insights.

• Prepare and present performance reports and presentations to executive leadership, highlighting key trends and insights.

• Proactively identify and communicate potential issues and risks.

About you:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance or a related field.

• 2-4 years of experience in a business analyst role, preferably within a shared services environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience with reporting tools like Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, Power BI or Tableau.

• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed organization.

• Knowledge of service catalog management principles is a plus.

We’d love it if you also had:

• Lean Six Sigma knowledge or certification

• SAP S/4Hana knowledge

• Music industry background

• Bilingual

• Experience working directly with or within a Shared Services organization

About us:

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 catalogue 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.

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Warner Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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