Senior Content Accountant, Spotify
Content Accounting, Publishing
$83.9-119.9k
+ Equity
More information about location
2-3 days a week in office
Commercial music streaming service
Be an early applicant
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$83.9-119.9k
+ Equity
More information about location
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with CPA or CA preferred
- 4+ years professional experience preferred
- Big 4 experience preferred
- Experience in the entertainment and media space is preferred
- Excellent time and self-management skills, ability to prioritize and multitask to meet deadlines required
- Strong Excel skills, and comfortable with very large data volume
- SQL skills and experience with automation and Google Cloud Platform is a plus
- Proven ability to succeed in a fast paced and constantly changing environment
- Previous experience of IFRS and/or SOX is an advantage
What the job involves
- We are looking for a high-performing Senior Accountant to join our global content accounting operations team based in NYC
- The selected candidate will report into the Manager of Content Accounting, and will provide support for songwriter royalty accounting across the globe
- This candidate will work cross functionally with legal, licensing, technical accounting, and engineering to ensure songwriter royalties are correctly accounted for and paid
- The candidate will also help with new songwriter royalty initiatives, identify new ways to present the accounting impacts of decisions made by the business, and help steer updates to our accounting processes and systems
- Execution of monthly global content accounting close, ensuring accurate results are delivered on time for reporting
- Preparation and/or review of monthly account reconciliations, roll forwards and flux analysis
- Develop and/or refine content accounting processes and procedures
- Support external, 3rd party and internal audit requirements related to specific areas of responsibility
- Work cross functionally with Technical accounting, Finance, Legal, Content, Sales, Sales Operations, FP&A, Billing, AR, IT, Tax and various business owners on policies, processes and programs, and help drive key system initiatives and improvements
- Mentor, teach, and review the work of other supporting members of the global accounting team
- Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, participation in special projects, ERP implementation, system enhancements, third party audits or ad hoc analyses as assigned
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
- Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs
Company values
- Innovative: We move fast and take big risks
- Sincere: We have no time for internal politics
- Passionate: We revel in what we do
- Collaborative: We recognise that we're all in this together
- Playful: We don't take ourselves too seriously
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
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Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
People progressing
Joined as a Conversion Manager in the Growth Team. Promoted three times over seven years to Senior Director - Head of Growth.
Joined as a Customer Advisor. Since then has had the role titles Senior Advisor, Content Associate, Team Coach, and Operations Manager - Primary Support. Hurst is now currently the Business Operations Manager of Music.
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