Staff Content Accountant, Content Accounting, Publishing
Spotify
Accounting & Finance
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Dec 20, 2024
Staff Content Accountant
Content Accounting - Publishing
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Support & Operations
Accounting
We are looking for a high-performing Staff Accountant to join our global Content Accounting operations team based in NYC. The selected candidate will report into the Senior Manager of Content Accounting, and will provide support for songwriter royalty accounting across the globe.
Location
- New York
Job type
Permanent
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.
What You'll Do
- 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.
- Travel can be required occasionally in the role.
Who You Are
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
- CPA or CA preferred.
- 2+ 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 be comfortable with extremely large data volume.
- Proven ability to succeed in a fast paced and constantly changing environment.
- Previous experience of IFRS and/or SOX is an advantage.
Where You'll Be
- This role is located in our New York, NY office and requires 2-3 days per week in the office
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Our global 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.
Learn about life at Spotify
The United States base range for this position is $61,238-$87,483 plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays.
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