FP&A Analyst, Spotify
Product & Technology
$67.2-96k
Plus equity
More information about location
2-3 days a week in office
Commercial music streaming service
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Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$67.2-96k
Plus 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
- We are looking for someone that enjoys creative thinking, while bringing practical and scalable improvements to the models and presentations we employ in our day-to-day work
- Bachelor’s degree is required
- 2+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or relevant financial modeling experience in a complex and data-driven business environment
- Exposure to cloud‑infrastructure economics is a plus but not required - you’re eager to learn
- Advanced MS Excel skills with a deep understanding of model architecture, formula efficiency, pivot tables; Comfortable writing SQL/BigQuery queries
- Able to distill complexity into articulate narratives that cater to diverse audiences, e.g. engineers and finance leaders
- Proven collaborator who builds trust with a “can-do” personality
What the job involves
- Spotify’s Product and Technology Finance team is seeking an exceptional Analyst to join its team. In this role, you will help support the health of Streaming Delivery cloud costs - the cloud infrastructure that powers every play‑button press around the world
- You’ll partner with the broader FP&A team and engineering leaders across the organization to translate technical usage into clear financial insights that help Spotify stream efficiently at scale
- This role presents a great opportunity for someone looking to learn about Spotify’s broad range of product features, core technical infrastructure, and evolving cloud technologies
- Develop and maintain forecasts for streaming delivery cloud spend (Primarily GCP, but also AWS, Azure, CDN, SMS etc.) across the company
- Leverage our cloud cost dataset to support the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, including variance analyses and reporting
- Prepare and present financial reports and insights to senior management
- Identify trends, variances, risk and opportunities in the company’s overall cloud spend
- Partner with Cost Engineering and cross-Mission engineering leaders to map technical drivers (vCPU‑hours, storage TB, data‑transfer GB, GCP projects, etc.) to business concepts that non-technical stakeholders can grasp (feature launches, content ingestion, playback requests)
- Build scenario models for new product/feature initiatives, stress‑testing assumptions, highlighting risks and sensitivities as part of the overall business case
- Automate and improve tooling: enhance BigQuery‑linked Sheets, dashboards, and AI‑driven workflows that reduce manual effort and increase insight velocity
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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