Senior Revenue Accountant - Premium Revenue

We are looking for a Senior Accountant in Revenue Accounting to support the Order-to-Cash team with Premium Subscription revenue accounting operations. The Order-to-Cash team is a vital partner to Spotify’s business helping to develop and implement scalable processes that protects the accuracy and completeness of the financial statements. Adaptability to the constantly evolving business priorities with an understanding of how various puzzle pieces fit into the big picture is crucial to this role. 

The ideal candidate will be a detail oriented and motivated self-starter who thrives working in a dynamic environment. In return, we will offer you a challenging role in an exciting and fast-paced international organization where you will have exposure to a number of business critical areas of operations. These areas include invoicing and payment operations, IFRS revenue recognition, and advising and partnering with a variety of internal Engineering groups to help them build and maintain efficient operational processes at the scale of hundreds of millions of transactions per month. 

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of combined revenue operations and GL experience at a global organization.

What You'll Do

• Complete accurate and timely reporting of the Company’s financials in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) control requirements.
• Implement month-end close procedures, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and fluctuations analysis for Premium subscription revenue.
• Maintain and scale operational efficiency, inclusive of advising and problem solving across multiple related groups as business demands grow and evolve.
• Work closely with key business partners on policies, processes and programs, including Payments, Tax, FP&A, GL Reporting, Legal, and Technical Accounting.
• Work internally and with Engineering teams to automate various elements of operational processes to ensure long-term scalability for new and changing revenue streams.
• Assessing risk and testing functionality of accounting system releases as they relate to changes in reporting.
• Organize and review the work of offshore consultants of the accounting team and manage the efficiency and effectiveness of these contributions.
• Other responsibilities include participating in special projects, systems implementation and enhancements or ad hoc analyses as applicable.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with CPA or CA preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years related experience preferably combined public accounting firm and global public company (preferably companies in Technology, Payments, Digital Media, or Telecommunications).
• Individual with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills, capable of translating objectives into practical strategies.
• Strong Excel skills, and be comfortable with large data volumes.
• Experience with major ERP and Accounting systems (Netsuite, Blackline).
• Experience with SQL and BigQuery a plus.
• Able to work under time pressure, able to prioritize workload and meet strict deadlines.
• Proven ability to succeed in a fast paced and changing environment.

Where You'll Be

•  The position is office mix 2-3 day per week and based in NYC. 

The United States base range for this position is $95,889.00- 119,861.00 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, paid sick leave. This range encompasses multiple levels. Leveling is determined during the interview process. Placement in a level depends on relevant work history and interview performance.