Manager, Financial Reporting

We are seeking a Manager to join our Financial Reporting team, within Technical Accounting. The Technical Accounting team assesses the Company’s most complex accounting and reporting matters.

The Manager, Financial Reporting assists business partners in making informed decisions around key commercial matters while maintaining accounting compliance. This is a vital role to the company and will play a key role in developing and driving strategic decisions and improvements within the finance organization. The candidate will contribute towards developing world-class accounting and reporting processes and controls to effectively help prepare the Company for its continued future growth.

What You'll Do

• Analyze accounting and financial reporting considerations for complex accounting and reporting topics including debt and equity transactions, leasing, mergers and acquisitions, segment reporting, among others. 
• Research technical accounting and reporting matters and prepare well-written memoranda and presentations ensuring the appropriate accounting conclusions are reached 
• Assist in the preparation of our regulatory filings including the Company’s quarterly SEC filings and local statutory financial statements
• Collaborate with key partners across the business including FP&A, Legal, HR, other Accounting teams, and Internal Audit, as part of the operational and technical implementation of new agreements or transactions
• Build and sustain relationships with cross functional teams to ensure complex arrangements are properly and efficiently implemented
• Help to support external audits and reviews 
• Identify opportunities to improve technical accounting research, documentation, and reporting processes through the responsible use of AI, automation, and digital tools.
• Use sound professional judgment to evaluate AI-generated outputs and ensure conclusions remain compliant with accounting standards and company policies**.**

Who You Are

• 6+ years of experience in public accounting working with SEC registered companies

• Experience in accounting advisory or transaction services is strongly preferred

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance and be an actively licensed CPA or equivalent

• Strong knowledge of IFRS or US GAAP and SEC reporting and ability to apply know-how of technical accounting and financial reporting standards

• Experience in technical accounting research and drafting technical accounting position memoranda and presentations

• Experience working with ERP systems (i.e., NetSuite etc.) is a bonus

• Brings a detail-oriented and hands-on style and the ability to prioritize and deliver results in a fast moving company with a wide variety of strategic initiatives

• Have excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills 

• Curious and proactive about adopting new technologies, including AI, to improve efficiency, insight generation, and ways of working within the finance organization.

• Spotify has a flat organizational structure, which means that managers are asked to individually contribute. Candidates must be motivated, focused, flexible, and be able to work autonomously.

Where You'll Be

• This role is based in New York, New York
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home
•  We ask that you come in 2-3 times per week

The United States base range for this position is $111,860 - $159,800, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six-month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.

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