Analyst, Strategic Analytics

4 Months ago • 2-5 Years • Data Analyst • $78,835 PA - $95,080 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Strategic Analytics Analyst at UMG will consult on projects for senior executives and various departments (Business Development, Finance, Communications, Marketing, and label groups). This role requires expertise in SQL for analyzing large datasets, understanding data quality, and reconciling disparate sources. Strong financial modeling, Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization skills are highly valued. The analyst will create complex SQL scripts, interpret data to form narratives, manage requests professionally, and communicate recommendations to diverse audiences. Responsibilities include identifying user and platform trends, developing models for licensing negotiations, and supporting high-level decision-making. Familiarity with digital and subscription-based media business models is essential.
Must have:
  • Expert in SQL data analysis
  • Data visualization skills (PowerPoint, Excel)
  • Financial modeling experience
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Data interpretation and storytelling
Good to have:
  • Consulting experience
  • Experience with music industry data
  • Familiarity with statistical concepts
Perks:
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision
  • 100% coverage for out-patient mental health
  • Wellbeing reimbursements
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • 401k match
  • Flexible PTO
  • Paid Winter Break
  • Company Holidays
  • Summer Fridays
  • Generous parental leave

Job Details

We are UMG, the Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.
 

How you'll LEAD:

Universal Music Group is looking for an Analyst to join the Strategic Analytics team. This role is located on-site in UMG’s Santa Monica office.

The Analyst will consult on projects for Senior Executives, as well as individuals within Business Development, Finance, Communications, Marketing, and UMG’s various label groups. The ideal candidate should be an expert at analyzing large data sets in SQL and highly skilled at understanding new or messy data. Additional expertise in financial modeling, Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization is a strong plus. Candidates should also demonstrate a solid understanding (or an eagerness to learn) the business models that are currently revolutionizing digital and subscription-based media.

How you'll CREATE:

  • Write complex SQL scripts to extract necessary data for projects
  • Explain the benefits and pitfalls of various data sets based on deep understanding of data quality
  • Comfortable dealing with many disparate data sources and reconciling against the source of truth
  • Form a narrative through the distillation and interpretation of large amounts of data
  • Able to learn quickly and become a deep subject matter expert on all of UMG’s various data sources
  • Demonstrated ability to manage requests in a professional manner and communicate data-driven recommendations to a variety of different audience types (from senior executives to fellow analysts)
  • Work in project teams to answer interesting questions in a consultative fashion
  • Sample analysis may include:
    • Using data to identify user trends and platform trends, including user engagement, listening habits, conversion, retention, monetization, genre insights, among many others
    • Developing dynamic models to support licensing negotiations (e.g., with Spotify, Apple, YouTube), executive presentations, and high-level decision-making

Bring your VIBE

  • 2-5 years’ quantitative experience using SQL extensively to conduct data analysis
  • Experience in consulting, finance, or related field preferred
  • Experience with Excel and other data visualization techniques
  • Ability to visualize data using PowerPoint and other tools
  • Experience (preferred) managing and engaging with clients in a consultative or analytical capacity
  • Passion and curiosity for music and the data that is used within the industry
  • Familiarity with statistical concepts and tools, along with the ability to use them effectively in analyses
  • Comfort walking through analysis, communicating findings to executives and/or a broader audience
  • Ability to build relationships across business units, work well in a collaborative team environment

Perks Playlist:

  • Be part of an entrepreneurial, global organization that values authenticity, drive, creativity, relationships, and a competitive spirit

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA options, as well as:

    • 100% coverage for out-patient mental health services

    • Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)

    • A lifetime fertility support allowance of $30,000 to plan participants

    • Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement

    • 100% immediately vested 401(k) match on the first 5% of your contribution on eligible compensation

  • Variety of ways to prioritize much-needed time away from work including:

    • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees

    • 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees

    • 2-weeks paid Winter Break

    • 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)

    • Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)

    • Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent

Check out our full overview of benefits on the Perks Playlist page of the career site.

Disclaimer: This job description only provides an overview of job responsibilities that are subject to change.

Universal Music Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Job Category:

Data, Analytics & Business Intelligence

Salary Range:

$78.835 - $95,080

The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.  All candidates are encouraged to apply.

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