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 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.

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: Senior Compensation Analyst (Temp)

A little bit about our team:

The Compensation function is responsible for implementing competitive compensation packages to attract and retain top talent across our organization. The function is responsible for driving the strategic planning, design, development, implementation and communication of programs, and for managing externally competitive, fully integrated, geographically flexible and cost-effective measures for WMG’s compensation programs and initiatives.

Your role:

This is an exciting opportunity to serve as a business confidant and thought partner on all compensation matters and understand the organizational structure that meshes business needs, creativity, and technology together. You will partner with the Director of Compensation and internal stakeholders to facilitate innovative and modern total rewards operations in alignment with WMG business strategy.

Here you’ll get to:

General Duties

Participate in compensation special projects including but not limited to salary structure and pay competitiveness analysis, process redesign/streamlining, report preparation, communications and/or presentation decks
Participate in market data survey participation including but limited to job matching and validation in partnership with HRGs, submissions, review, and analysis of survey results
Aid in the review of job descriptions and market data benchmarking upon request
Develop standard operating procedures for market analysis and other processes
Support team in knowledge management and documentation organization
Assist in monitoring regulatory updates related to minimum wage changes, exempt status rulings, pay equity guidelines, etc.
Assist with regular bonus accrual reconciliation and aid in identifying changes in accrual calculations and processes
Participate in global compensation projects as needed

Workday

Support initiatives to audit and improve compensation data in Workday including but not limited to:
- Bonus and salary data
- Job profile and grade levels
- Contractual details: ensure details are entered accurately into Workday custom panels based on contract documentation
- Partner with People Partners regarding recommendations and corrections to employee data
Aid the compensation team in troubleshooting compensation items where functional subject matter expertise is required to solution issues and review enhancement requests, working with the HRIS and third party support teams as needed
Assist in the testing of changes to Workday configuration in sandbox to validate changes are acceptable for moves to production

Year-end process

Assist in population verification for bonus and merit eligible employees
Work with People Partners to resolve inquiries regarding bonus calculations and eligibility
Support in the preparation of the Workday Annual Merit and Bonus process in terms of eligibility, data integrity, system hierarchy, year end approvers, and uploads as needed
Assist in the distribution of files and report requests where needed
Respond to territory / business unit queries in relation to the year-end process
Aid in troubleshooting inquiries regarding employee compensation matters
Support year-end reporting and analysis requirements of bonus and merit expenditure

About you:

2 years’ experience in analysis, design and/or administration of compensation programs
Knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google programs, intermediate to advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, including working knowledge of pivot tables, VLOOKUPS and logic calculations
Ability to consolidate and work with large volumes of employee compensation data
High energy, results-oriented with strong operations skills who can work in an agile environment with attention to detail
Strong analytical & numerical skills with ability to master new systems quickly
A consummate team player who is able to build effective professional relationships and has the ability to effectively work with and communicate across multiples levels of the organization
An established track record of building credibility and trust across the organization, candid communication, high integrity, sound business ethics and judgment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to multitask on multiple projects

We’d love it if you also had:

Experience in Workday
A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field, from an accredited college or university

About us:

As the home to 10K Projects, Asylum, Atlantic Music Group, 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 catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Independent Minds. Major Sound.

Love this job and want to apply?

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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Effective October 1st 2023, this position will require being in the office 4 days a week. We believe that an in-office presence is critical for talent development, collaboration and building strong relationships.

Salary Range $51.00 to $59.00 hourly 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.

Links to relevant documents:

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Right To Work .pdf

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