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Financial Analyst III

Mathys-Potestio, LLC
dental insurance, 401(k)
United States, California, Culver City
Mar 14, 2025
Music Publishing Payment Operations This is a 6 month long, full time (40 hr/week), hybrid (Tues-Thurs onsite, M/F WFH) contract role in Culver City OR Cupertino, California. Summary The Music Publishing Payment Operations team is responsible for the flow of royalty payments and reporting to rights holders around the world. In addition to close operational partnership with music publishers and collection societies, you will collaborate with legal, commercial, finance, product and engineering teams to support Music, TV, Fitness and Downloads, which includes our music store as well as the music we sell and rent in TV shows, movies, ringtones, and our locker service, Match. We focus on getting the big ideas right, but our love is in the details. We have a keen eye for finding the right path forward despite haziness or uncertainty. We love to learn and solve complex problems, and we're always asking why and why not in the pursuit of excellence. Does this sound like you? If so, we'd love to hear from you. Description Our team is responsible for music publishing royalty reporting, accruals and payments. We are not a finance team, but our work is tightly aligned with the finance organization. We find creative solutions to translate complex commercial agreements into efficient royalty operations that scale globally. As a member of the dedicated publishing operations team at one of the world's largest music services, you will build and support the critical infrastructure of the global music ecosystem. Responsibilities will include... Reconcile invoices and communicate issues both internally and externally. Build financial models, including cost estimates and other forecasting. Define pricing models and work with Finance to accrue for music publishing related costs. Create and manage large spreadsheets, potentially with dozens of tabs and cross-dependencies. Reconcile account balances and provide accounting statements to partners. Contribute to process improvement; help continuously improve our product. Define solutions that can work either regionally or globally; build consensus to help drive adoption. Contribute operational requirements to the Legal and Commercial teams. Answer external partner invoice related inquiries, onboarding new partners and educating them on self-service tools. Work closely with IT to identify and resolve production issues. Define test cases and perform user acceptance testing (UAT). We are a diverse team coming from a wide variety of backgrounds, including a professional jazz musician, an IT consultant, a designer, an engineer and an accountant. What unique skills can you bring to the team? Minimum Qualifications Excellent organizational skills and rigorous attention to detail. Effective communication with internal and external partners. Experience performing analysis in Excel and creating spreadsheet models. Understanding of GAAP and other accounting principles and/or finance experience with payment processing. Experience with SAP or other financial systems to validate payments and balances. Able to work as part of a distributed global team. Preferred Qualifications Music publishing royalty payment experience. Experience defining repeatable processes that reduce and ideally eliminate human error. Cross-functional influence; strong personal skills to translate requirements between teams. Bachelor's degree or master's degree in business, accounting, finance, or engineering or equivalent industry experience. The pay for this W-2 position ranges from $50.00-$53.50 per hour. This position may be eligible for PTO, health and dental insurance, and/or 401(k) benefits upon meeting certain length of service and hours requirements. Mathys+Potestio values applicants of all backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion or religious creed, disability or handicap, sex or gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. #LI-AS1