In day-to-day work you will independently prepare and develop detailed, meaningful analyses to support strategic objectives, maintaining continuous communication with the labels' operational managers.
Budget planning and ongoing forecasting are part of your responsibilities, as is monitoring monthly closings and interpreting the results.
You will strategically develop the controlling function with respect to analytics, process control and optimization, and perform business-focused evaluations of ad-hoc analyses.
You are responsible for providing targeted financial information and optimizing the financial analysis toolkit, guided by control metrics (KPIs), revenue, revenue mix, margin and EBITDA.
You prepare project calculations for artist deals and valuations of music rights, which serve as the economic basis for local management decisions and as the foundation for the international approval process.
You support ongoing negotiations with artists/labels in collaboration with the A&R and Legal teams, for example by assisting with offer structuring or due diligence tasks.

You have completed a Bachelor's degree, ideally a Master's degree, with a focus in finance (Business Administration, Economics, Industrial Engineering).
You have at least two years' experience in controlling.
You have solid expertise in budgeting, forecasting and scenario planning.
You can assess the economic attractiveness of projects/investments, business models or company divisions based on financial metrics.
You are highly proficient with common MS Office programs, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and can independently create Excel templates with complex model structures.
You are well acquainted with common accounting and reporting tools and ideally familiar with SAP (FI, CO, BW, BPC) or similar systems.
Ideally, you have experience with Power Automate and visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
You possess strong communication and presentation skills in German (C2) and English (C1).

Feel the music! — Benefit from a concert ticket budget, streaming vouchers, discounts on recordings and merchandise, and various internal events.
Be flexible! — Our hybrid working model gives you flexibility and room for creative collaboration and encounters; you have up to 10 mobile work days per month.
Time to breathe! — You are more than your job — enjoy 30 days of vacation plus additional company-wide closure days.
Get around sustainably! — Benefit from discounts for public transport (BVG) and our JobRad leasing offer.
Grow with us! — Develop continuously through a variety of training and development programs.
Take care of yourself! — Receive support for all of life's challenges — professional and private — through independent counseling and coaching services.

Controller – Artist & Deal Performance, Finance

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