Analyst Licensing Finance, Publishing Deal Analysis

Spotify is seeking a dedicated and driven Analyst to join its Licensing Finance team, focused specifically on music publishing deal analysis. In this role, you will partner with our global Licensing, Legal, Accounting and Finance teams to structure and model financial terms across our music publishing deals.

Location

• New York

Job type

Permanent

Through quantitative analysis and strategic thinking, you will play a critical role in supporting decision-making within Spotify’s licensing strategy as well as the company’s overall business planning and forecasting process.

This role is based in our New York offices and will report to the Head of Publishing Deal Analysis on the Licensing Finance team.

What You'll Do

• Leverage financial modeling, scenario analysis, and business insights to support our global Licensing team with the negotiation of Spotify’s music publishing deals
• Build and own models that analyze and project the financial impact of deal terms across our various geographies
• Learn to partner closely with Spotify’s Legal and Accounting teams to interpret and implement deal terms, track the financial performance of our licensing deals, and assess risks and opportunities
• Play a critical role in the FP&A planning and forecasting process by building detailed royalty projection models and translating your book of business into impacts on Spotify’s overall P&L and cash flow expectations

Who You Are

• At least 2 years of experience in a complex and data-driven business environment
• Bachelor's Degree
• Familiarity with SaaS and/or content licensing business models is a plus
• Strong financial modeling skills and business acumen, with the ability to drive projects from start to finish. We’re looking for someone who is not afraid of detail and granularity
• Experience distilling complex systems and frameworks into well-synthesized narratives and recommendations for diverse audiences
• Advanced Excel skills with a deep understanding of model architecture, formula efficiency, and pivot tables. Experience with SQL and Business Intelligence (BI) tools are a plus
• The ability to stay proactive, organized, and dynamic in a rapidly changing environment; there are various high priority workstreams ongoing at once and balance and organization will help you succeed
• An outgoing, entrepreneurial, and collaborative personality with the ability to develop strong cross-functional relationships

Where You'll Be

• This is a hybrid role based in our New York City office (2 to 3 days a week required)
• Working hours? We operate within the EST zone for collaboration.

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 $64,719-$92,455, 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.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is 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 chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.