Analyst, Licensing Finance – FP&A

What You'll Do

• Evaluate and model global major label licensing agreements, partnering closely with Licensing, Accounting, and Legal teams.
• Build and own robust financial models, including scenario and sensitivity analyses, to assess deal economics, margin impact, and long-term trade-offs.
• Translate complex contract structures into clear financial implications and produce executive-ready materials for Finance and Business leadership.
• Support music royalties forecasting processes, incorporating the financial impacts of deal-specific terms.
• Analyze monthly and quarterly royalty and margin performance, identifying key variances versus forecast and explaining underlying drivers.
• Partner with Data and Engineering teams to improve forecasting accuracy and cost visibility.
• Develop and track KPIs that monitor deal performance and long-term cost structure impacts.
• Contribute to process improvements, automations, and analytical tooling that enhance both deal analysis and forecasting efficiency.

Who You Are

• 2+ years of professional experience in highly analytical environments such as consulting, investment banking, deal analysis, strategic finance, or data analytics.
• Advanced SQL skills and demonstrated experience working with large, complex datasets.
• Strong financial modeling capabilities with a clear understanding of scenario analysis and business trade-offs.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to enhance analytical productivity (e.g., Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini).
• Exceptional attention to detail paired with strong judgment around prioritization and materiality.
• Clear and structured communicator, able to translate complex analysis into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Intellectual curiosity and a desire to build deep expertise in the music business and licensing economics.