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Warner Music Group PTP Manager in New York, New York
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 know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:
Music is Everything : Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
Innovation and Insight : Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
Empowered by People : Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.
We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic or identity.
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: PTP Manager
A little bit about our team:
The Finance Transformation team is a group of professionals across the WMG organization brought together to re-imagine our processes and systems to establish more standardized and efficient ways of working that will drive WMG’s growth and business aspirations.
Your role:
The Transformation PTP Manager will oversee the delivery and support of Procure-to-Pay business processes. Will collaborate on design, implement, stabilize and embed the future state and best practices, enabling Finance to build further value add as a strategic partner to a growing business enabling the transformation through people, process and technology.
Here you’ll get to:
Manage early payment requests with support of BPO, differentiating between rush payments and other early payment types across multiple countries/bank institutions.
Interact with multi cultural team/clients.
Reconcile payable reports each month to confirm that all amounts paid were accurate
Manage inbound documents (invoice) coming through multiple sources, including Ariba network, central mailbox, digital archive, and EDI.
Lead process workshop sessions with internal SMEs / Site / Regional leads and third party vendors
Approve and post invoices in the system, verifying that invoice information is consistent with system information
Connect with bank institutions and learn how to manage multiple payment methods for different markets/countries.
Lean and adopt local statutory requirements to our global PTP process.
Help standardize global or local process and take input from SMEs and Local Teams
Navigates local and global requirements, finding ways to solution where these are in conflict, and acting in accordance with guiding principles for design and the overall program governance structure.
Liaise with vendor, in case vendor master data updates are required to issue remittance advice
Manage vendor onboarding process including vendor onboarding checks
Assist in internal/external audit
Address vendor inquiries
Assist in extracting information for month-end reporting
Participate in ad hoc projects in other areas as needed
On receipt of scanned invoices, manually key invoices into the financial system
Key Accountabilities:
Requisition goods and services
Invoice processing
Process payments
Address vendor inquiries and disputes
Manage corporate card program
Audit expense reports
Perform PTP reconciliations/period end close activities
About you:
5+ years of experience on SAP ECC-S4/Hana ERP.
2+ years of experience in a supervisory role in accounting or a related financial role in a shared service environment.
5+ years of experience in invoicing, collections, and all PTP processes in a high transaction volume organization.
Experience on an international environment, clients, projects. Exposure to markets outside US/Canada.
Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in either Business, Finance, Business Information Systems, Management Science or the appropriate experience may also be considered.
Knowledgeable on front-end system and all PTP processes
Strong analytical skills and ability to perform complex analysis and reconciliations
Ability to develop, articulate and build support around a long term vision and implement incremental milestones in support of that vision
Strong work-ethic and a self-starter who proactively seeks out new solutions
Detail oriented
We’d love it if you also had:
Ability to read/write Spanish or Portuguese
Knowledge of Ariba, OpenText/VIM, Concur and other ERPS (E.g. PeopleSoft)
Technically savvy with a robust change management skillset
Experience with continuous improvement (TQM, Six Sigma, LEAN or similar process measurement and analysis techniques)
Transformational experience.
About us:
As the home to 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, 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. Redefining what it means to be a music company in the 21st century, our consumer brands include trend-setters like UPROXX, Songkick, HipHopDX, and EMP. We’re the home to WMX – the next generation services division that connects artists with fans and amplifies brands in creative, immersive, and engaging ways – and Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) – the ground-breaking global distribution company for independent artists and labels.
Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.
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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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Salary Range
$100,000 to $110,000 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.
WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
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