Analyst, Global Artist Accounting – Artist Accounting

Job Description

Global Artist Accounting Analyst – Ceremony Of Roses | Sony Music Entertainment

The Tone:
This is a full-time, office-first role at Sony Music Entertainment, located in Culver City, CA, requiring four days in the office per week. Sony Music Entertainment is a global leader, operating in over 70 countries, that fuels the creative journey for artists, from pioneering music labels to iconic recordings. This role is crucial for supporting the Ceremony of Roses group, ensuring timely and accurate artist settlements and royalty reporting. The analyst will provide essential financial operations support across affiliated businesses, interpreting contractual economics and reconciling financial activity.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Culver City, CA
• Pay: $71000–$75000 yearly
• Team: You will be a flexible shared resource across Ceremony of Roses’ affiliated businesses, partnering with finance and operating teams.
• Mission: Ensure timely and accurate artist settlements, interpret contractual economics, reconcile financial activity, and support accurate financial reporting across Ceremony of Roses affiliated companies.
• Tech Stack: SAP, ERP systems, royalty platforms

What You’ll Actually Do
• Artist Accounting & Royalty Settlements: Prepare and maintain artist royalty statements and settlement schedules for Tour, Ecommerce, Retail, and Licensing channels, ensuring accurate interpretation of contracts, rates, profit splits, recoupable costs, and advances.
• Affiliate Support & Workload Triage: Provide artist accounting and finance support across Ceremony of Roses affiliated companies based on business needs, settlement calendars, and workload priorities, adapting to different affiliate processes and systems.
• Financial Analysis & Reporting: Support analysis of artist and project economics, including revenue, costs, margins, royalties, and settlement performance, and assist with variance analysis and other financial reporting.
• Accounting & Month-End Close: Support month-end close activities across affiliates, including the preparation and review of artist royalty, revenue, cost, and tour-related accruals, and reconcile accounting data to the general ledger.
• Process Improvement & Special Projects: Help standardize artist accounting, settlement, and reconciliation processes across the Ceremony of Roses group, assisting with process improvements, documentation, automation, and ad hoc finance and cross-functional projects.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience: 1–2 years of experience in accounting, artist/royalty accounting, financial analysis, or related roles, with experience in royalty reporting, artist accounting, or revenue-share arrangements.
• Skills: Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel for reconciling and analyzing large datasets, strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to interpret contracts for accurate settlement calculations.
• Bonus: Experience working with merchandise, Ecommerce, retail, touring, licensing, music, entertainment, or consumer product revenue streams is preferred, along with familiarity with SAP, ERP systems, royalty platforms, or other financial reporting tools.