# FP&A Manager

**Company**: Spotify
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Spotify is seeking a commercially minded FP&A Manager to serve as the dedicated finance partner for its Distribution Partnerships team.

The Distribution Partnerships team plays a crucial role in Spotify's growth strategy by collaborating with strategic partners to expand user acquisition, enhance engagement, and improve retention through innovative distribution and marketing initiatives.

As the FP&A Manager, you will build the financial foundations that inform partnership decisions. You will develop robust business cases, subscriber models, and comprehensive P&L analyses that link user growth to business outcomes. Your goal will be to provide actionable insights that enable leaders to make informed, data-driven decisions.

### Responsibilities

- Develop business cases for Distribution Partnerships by creating investment models that integrate subscriber forecasts, partnership economics, and full P&L impact.

- Establish financial frameworks to evaluate new and existing partnerships, focusing on lifetime value, payback periods, return on investment, and other key performance metrics.

- Analyze large datasets to identify trends, opportunities, and risks that inform partnership strategies and investment decisions.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Distribution Partnerships, Accounting, Business Affairs, Legal, and Strategy, to translate financial insights into recommendations for business and senior leaders.

- Design, implement, and continuously improve reporting for the partnership portfolio, covering KPIs, performance tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis.

- Support annual planning, quarterly forecasting, and ongoing financial planning by partnering with business leaders to set data-driven targets.

- Identify opportunities to enhance financial processes, reporting, and tooling to help Spotify evaluate and manage partnerships more effectively.

### Requirements

- At least 5 years of experience in FP&A, Strategy & Analytics, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, or a similar analytical role. Experience in a consumer subscription business is advantageous.

- Proven ability to build sophisticated financial models and perform scenario analysis in dynamic environments.

- Skill in translating commercial agreements into meaningful financial outcomes and experience working with Legal, Business Affairs, commercial, or deal teams.

- Comfortable working with large datasets, with a preference for experience with SQL and an interest in applying AI tools to improve financial analysis and decision-making.

- Strong attention to detail and sound judgment, with the ability to determine when additional analysis will add value and when to move forward.

- Effective multitasking with multiple priorities while maintaining high-quality standards in a fast-paced environment.

- Natural curiosity and a drive to explore problems in-depth to uncover insights that create business value.

- Ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and tailor recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences.

### Location

- Preferred locations are Stockholm or London.

- Flexible work arrangements available, with a request to come into the office 2-3 times per week.

## Skills

### Required
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Subscriber Modeling
- P&L Analysis
- Data Analysis
- SQL
- Financial Modeling
- Scenario Analysis
- Commercial Agreements
- Cross-Functional Collaboration

### Nice to have
- AI Tools
- Machine Learning
- Data Visualization

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