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It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com
The A Side: A Day in The Life
In our Global Finance Operations organisation you will join a team of experienced business process analysts and will work on the optimization of global finance processes through various projects. In a project the Business Process Analyst “owns” the main work processes.
The B Side: Skills & Experience
Be Knowledgeable
- Understanding each step of the end-to-end process, understands the roles and responsibilities of all participants in the process and understands the strengths and weaknesses / pain points of the process
- Understanding the accounting principles that apply to the process
- Understanding the software available to support each of these steps, which requires knowledge of the software’s functionality and understanding of its limits without having the in-depth expertise to develop the software
- Able to distinguish between customer requests and the actual underlying business requirements;
- Quickly understands the customers’ business environment, proactively assesses its strengths and weaknesses and is able to recommend areas for improvement;
- Understanding requirements articulated in non technological language, assess where current software does not fulfill these and visualize possible solutions
- Able to work together with the technical Solution Architects / developers to establish the technical solution and analyze tradeoffs between development cost / system performance and customer requirements
- Able to manage the change and guide the customer towards the new process through communication and training
Person Specification
Necessary
- Good understanding of Financial and Management Accounting
- Good communication skills
- Good presentation skills
- The ability to take ownership of problems and independently find solutions
- Likes solving problems through automation and technology
Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits
- Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
- Private Medical Insurance
- 25 paid days of annual leave
- Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
- Holiday Purchase scheme
- Dental and Travel Insurance options
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Salary Sacrifice Cars
- Subsidised Gym Membership
- Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)
Just So You Know…
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive and exhaustive statement.
