Risk and Controls Program Manager, Spotify
$119.2-170.3k
+ Equity
More information about location
Commercial music streaming service
Open for applications
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$119.2-170.3k
+ Equity
More information about location
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, Finance, Management Information Systems, or equivalent
- 5+ years of experience in public accounting, risk and controls/IT compliance, Internal Audit, or an equivalent role
- CPA/CISA or other relevant certification is strongly preferred
- Big 4 experience is preferred
- Knowledge of and experience working with software engineering teams and standard engineering methodologies, including Agile and CI/CD
- Ability to work independently to plan, complete, and deliver on projects in an assigned organizational area
- Excellent stakeholder management skills (i.e., expectation setting, education, prioritization, etc.)
- Experience with control environments related to financial SaaS systems, NetSuite or other similar cloud ERP is a plus
- Experience working with multinational organizations and teams distributed across multiple time zones is a plus
What the job involves
- Spotify is seeking a Technology Risk and Controls Program Manager to lead critical risk and control initiatives within our Financial Engineering team
- This role is crucial for ensuring the team's operations are secure, compliant, and scalable as Spotify continues to grow and diversify its business
- In this role, you will partner with Product and Engineering leads within our R&D organization as well as Finance teams to design and manage our controls framework while supporting the Spotify audit cycle
- You will be instrumental in ensuring the effectiveness of our Engineering (IT) control environment, with a focus on Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements
- Partner with engineering, business, and internal audit teams to drive efforts related to Spotify’s global Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements
- Liaise and translate risk and controls between the business process and IT General Controls (ITGC) environments across a complex systems landscape that follows an agile development approach
- Collaborate with process and control owners to maintain an effective Engineering (IT) control environment, including recommendations for the design, implementation, and remediation of ITGCs and IT application controls
- Provide training and support for system control owners and their teams to ensure effective operation of ITGCs and associated business process controls
- Enable the efficient execution of our SOX compliance program and schedule by serving as the primary liaison between external audit and the R&D Engineering teams you support
- Provide thought leadership and risk and compliance support as our businesses, processes and technology evolve
- Support major business and technology projects by providing risk analysis and control impact assessments while assisting in the implementation of any associated control or process changes
- Monitor industry and regulatory (SEC, PCAOB) developments and develop recommendations for policy, process, technology, and internal control improvements
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.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
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 HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
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.
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