Allocation Analyst

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 turn dreams into stardom and audiences into fans. We are guided by three core values that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

• Curiosity: We do our best work when we’re immersing ourselves in culture and breaking through barriers. Curiosity is the driving force behind creativity and ingenuity. It fuels innovation, and innovation is the key to our future.
• Collaboration: Making music and bringing it to the world is all about the power of originality amplified by teamwork. A great idea, like a great song, travels globally. We ignite passions and build connections across our diverse community of artists, songwriters, partners, and fans.
• Commitment: We pursue excellence for our team and our talent. Everything in music starts with a leap into the unknown, and we’re committed to keeping the faith, acting with integrity, and delivering on our promises.

WMG is home to a wide range of artists, musicians, and songwriters that fuel our success. That is why we are committed to creating a work environment that actively values, appreciates, and respects everyone. We encourage applications from people with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

About our team: Warner Music’s Global Service Center Revenue Team collects and consolidates revenue for the company and works with other service center teams to provide best-in-class services to our global Finance labels and affiliates.

Your role: The Allocation Analyst will report to the Allocation Manager UK and be part of the Allocation function based in the London office. In this role, you will support the accurate and timely allocation of financial resources, royalties, and music products across our global operations. You'll assist in ensuring fair rights distribution, supporting inventory allocation processes, and helping to maintain compliance with financial and contractual obligations.

Here you’ll get to:

• Support the maintenance of cross-reference tables and assist with updates related to revenue allocation and ingestion processes.
• Assist in monitoring sales reporting data from WMG’s global affiliates, helping ensure accurate application of intercompany rates and data flow.
• Learn and develop an understanding of WMG’s sales lifecycle — from point of sale through to revenue recognition.
• Help monitor suspense management, including identifying and escalating issues in ingestion and allocation systems.
• Collaborate with product and project master data teams to support data integrity and accuracy across allocation processes.
• Assist with the setup of ancillary and intangible products by supporting master data teams with allocation-related requirements.
• Work alongside Finance, Technology, and Data teams to help resolve basic allocation issues.
• Contribute to process documentation and support improvements, automation, and reporting initiatives.
• Build knowledge of allocation logic and suspense handling to support internal teams.

About you:

• 1–2 years of experience in a data, finance, royalties, or operations-focused role (ideally in music or digital media, but not required).
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel (e.g. pivot tables, lookups).
• Willingness to learn and develop understanding of music rights, publishing, and royalties.

We’d love it if you also had:

• Experience working with financial or royalty data.
• Familiarity with reporting tools such as Business Objects or similar.
• A passion for music and an interest in how the business side of the industry works.

This position requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the office. We value in-office collaboration, which is essential for talent development and strong working relationships.

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, religion or belief, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or any other characteristic protected by law.

Warner Music Group is all about our people. We are one global company made up of the most knowledgeable, passionate, and creative people in our business. It is the mission of every member of the WMG team around the world to create a nurturing environment for artists, songwriters, and fellow employees at every stage of their career. We strive to set WMG apart from the rest of the industry by embracing a philosophy of innovation that is part of our company's DNA. Consider a career at WMG and be a part of one of the biggest forces in music today.