Finance & Accounting - The Orchard

Director, Finance & Accounting

The Orchard is a leading full-service music distribution company operating in 48 markets worldwide and servicing top global independent artists and labels. With cutting-edge operations and an unparalleled global team, The Orchard partners with clients to provide full scale solutions across a variety of verticals. Championed by an exceptional community of music lovers and experts, The Orchard empowers creators to grow and evolve in the dynamic, global industry.

The Orchard focuses on providing a comfortable, social, and engaging environment to encourage productivity and creativity.

As Director, Finance & Accounting, you will play a key role in providing key accounting, reporting, and analytical support across the company's various labels. This role combines financial analysis with technical accounting to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, helping management make strategic business decisions.

What You'll Do

• Financial Reporting & Analysis : Collaborate with finance teams of priority labels to review and understand monthly financial reporting results, including new deals, investments, acquisitions, and significant P&L fluctuations against forecasts, budgets, and historical data. Support Sony Music Global Finance with reporting and financial analysis requests related to label activities (touring, merchandise sales, publishing, etc.). Prepare P&L commentaries and present monthly results to the team and management.
• Accounting Process & Compliance : Collaborate with labels' finance teams to understand their daily accounting processes and policies. Identify areas for improvement and ensure alignment with IFRS and Orchard / Sony Music policies. Review contracts to identify factors impacting accounting treatments (e.g., principal vs. agent, revenue sources for artist royalty recoupment, contingent vs. non-contingent commitments). Participate in the month-end close process by recording labels' monthly financial results in the Orchard ERP system, including management adjustments to comply with IFRS and Orchard / Sony Music accounting policies. Prepare journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and balance sheet disclosure schedules.
• Integration : Participate in new integration efforts for newly acquired companies and / or investments requiring financial consolidation accounting treatments.
• Work Environment : This is an office-first role, requiring 4 days a week in the office. Monthly travel to meet with labels' finance teams is required.

Who You Are

What We Give You

The Orchard is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership / union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

New York Pay Range

$140,000 - $150,000 USD