We are looking for a Senior Revenue Accountant to support the global revenue accounting operations amp; revenue close processes for Spotify’s advertising business. This isn’t your traditional accounting role. 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 ever changing 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 development opportunities are endless. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of revenue operations, order-to-cash, and/or GL experience at a global organization. The position is based in New York City, NY.What You'll do:
- Perform global revenue close procedures on-time and in accordance with IFRS, including revenue and deferred revenue journal entries, account reconciliations, and fluctuation analyses.
- Help lead the implementation of best practices in the revenue team to scale our business and global revenue expansion.
- Prepare support for external and internal audit requirements related to specific areas of responsibility
- Develop and refine revenue accounting processes for new revenue streams.
- Work cross functionally with Technical Accounting, Finance, Legal, Sales, Sales Operations, FPamp;A, Accounts Receivable, IT, Tax, Financial Engineering, and various business owners to develop scalable Order-to-Cash processes and to drive new system initiatives and improvements.
- Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and assist in refining revenue accounting processes and procedures with a focus on continuous improvements.
- Support company acquisitions by assisting with revenue operations integrations for acquired companies.
- Other responsibilities include but are not limited to participating in special projects, leading trainings, ERP implementations, system enhancements, and ad hoc analyses, as assigned.
- You will work out of the New York office.
Who You Are:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with CPA or CA preferred.
- 5+ years relevant experience in revenue accounting, accounting operations, GL, or public accounting.
- Digital Advertising, High tech, Podcasting, Entertainment/Media, and/or Big 4 experience.
- Relevant ITGC and/or SOX experience preferred, but not required.
- Experience with major ERP systems required (Netsuite, Oracle or SAP).
- Strong Excel skills and comfortable with extremely large data volume.
- Ability to work under time pressure, to prioritize workload, and to meet strict deadlines.
- Positive attitude and flexible, especially in the period of month/quarter/year-end closing.
- Proven ability to succeed in a fast paced and constantly changing environment.
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