Senior Analyst, Royalty Operations

We are looking for an ambitious self-starter to join the Royalty Operations team. This role is based in Stockholm and will be a key player in tackling our operational challenges as Spotify’s business continues to expand and change. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is interested in the music industry and is looking to take on a big challenge on a growing team at the most innovative company in the business.

The Royalty Operations Team is the owner of royalty configuration and reporting and the operations lead for all royalty related processes across Spotify’s music, audiobooks and podcast verticals. The Senior Analyst will be a key part of this team, performing data analysis, leading technical investigations, and owning automation initiatives to ensure our financial systems are up to date and reporting deadlines are hit.

Audition for this role if you are comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment, thrive in an ambiguous and ever-changing role, and are aligned with Spotify’s “Band Manifesto” values: innovative, sincere, passionate, collaborative and playful! We look forward to hearing from you!

• Work closely with various teams within accounting to facilitate the configuration of Spotify’s music, audiobook, and creator licensing agreements in our royalty system; implement rates and products, run test calculations and summarize findings for sign-off.
• Build and maintain operational tools to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of these contract implementations in our royalty system.
• Lead data analyses in response to royalty questions from internal teams (e.g. Licensing, Finance) and external organisations (e.g. Rightsholders, Back Offices)
• Contribute to Spotify’s month end close royalty calculation; perform checks to confirm calculations correct, summarize findings, and automate the process where possible.
• Assist with the monthly reporting process to Spotify’s rightsholder partners, including daily interaction with the offshore technical team responsible for data generation/validation.
• Create data pipelines and dashboards to automate ad-hoc reporting requirements and other processes.

• Background in Finance, Computer Science or a relevant field
• 4+ years experience in a data analyst role; equivalent experience in a royalty related role at a record label, digital service provider or music publisher a plus.
• Strong technical skills and data analysis experience (e.g. SQL, Python, BigQuery, Google Cloud Platform); no-code automation tools (e.g. Zapier, Coda) a plus
• Excellent writing/communication skills; experience communicating complex concepts to external parties
• Organized and flexible individual with proven ability to manage multiple projects at once
• Coachable self-starter eager to learn new concepts in a fast-paced environment

• General understanding of music royalties and the music industry ecosystem is a plus
• Proven comprehension of record label or music publisher contracts is a plus
• Experience working with digital service provider data files at a record label or music publisher is a plus
• Demonstrated cross-functional abilities; able to coordinate across multiple teams to meet a deadline

• This role is based in Stockholm.
• 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.