Spotify

Manager FP&A, Distribution Partnerships

Spotify$117K — $168K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in FP&A, Strategy & Analytics, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, or related roles.
  • Experience in consumer subscription businesses is a plus.
  • Skilled in building sophisticated financial models and performing scenario analysis.
  • Ability to translate commercial agreements into financial outcomes with cross-functional teams.
  • Comfortable working with large datasets; SQL knowledge preferred.
  • Strong attention to detail combined with sound judgment for decision-making.
  • Effective communication of complex financial concepts to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Lead business case development for Distribution Partnerships with investment models.
  • Develop financial frameworks to evaluate partnerships using key performance metrics.
  • Analyze complex datasets to identify trends that inform partnership strategy.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate financial insights into recommendations.
  • Build and improve reporting for partnership performance metrics.
  • Support financial planning activities by establishing data-driven targets.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance financial processes and reporting tools.

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage.
  • Six-month paid parental leave.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Monthly meal allowance.
  • 23 paid days off and paid flexible holidays.
  • Paid sick leave.
Full Job Description
Spotify is looking for a commercially minded FP&A Manager to serve as the dedicated finance partner for our Distribution Partnerships team. Distribution Partnerships play an important role in Spotify's growth strategy by working with strategic partners to expand user acquisition, deepen engagement, and improve retention through innovative distribution and marketing initiatives.

In this role, you'll build the financial foundations that help shape partnership decisions. You'll develop robust business cases, subscriber models, and end-to-end P&L analyses that connect user growth with business outcomes. You'll partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate opportunities, challenge assumptions, and provide insights that help leaders make confident, data-informed decisions.

What You'll Do

  • Lead business case development for Distribution Partnerships by building investment models that combine subscriber forecasts, partnership economics, and full P&L impact.
  • Develop financial frameworks that evaluate new and existing partnerships, including lifetime value, payback periods, return on investment, and other key performance metrics.
  • Analyze large and complex datasets to identify trends, opportunities, and risks that inform partnership strategy and investment decisions.
  • Partner closely with Distribution Partnerships, Accounting, Business Affairs, Legal, Strategy, and other cross-functional teams to translate financial insights into clear recommendations for business and senior leaders.
  • Build, maintain, and continuously improve reporting for the partnership portfolio, including KPIs, performance tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis.
  • Support annual planning, quarterly forecasting, and ongoing financial planning activities by partnering with business leaders to establish data-driven targets.
  • Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting, and tooling to help Spotify evaluate and manage partnerships more effectively.


Who You Are

  • You have 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 a plus.
  • You have experience building sophisticated financial models and performing scenario analysis in environments with evolving information and changing priorities.
  • You know how to translate commercial agreements into meaningful financial outcomes and have experience partnering with Legal, Business Affairs, commercial, or deal teams.
  • You are comfortable working with large datasets. Experience with SQL is preferred, and you are interested in applying AI tools to improve financial analysis and decision-making.
  • You balance strong attention to detail with sound judgment, knowing when additional analysis will meaningfully improve a decision and when it is time to move forward.
  • You manage multiple priorities effectively while maintaining a high standard of quality in a fast-moving environment.
  • You are naturally curious and enjoy exploring problems beyond the initial question to uncover insights that create business value.
  • You communicate complex financial concepts clearly and tailor your recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.


Where You'll be

  • This role is based in New York.
  • We offer flexibility to work where you work best, with 2-3 days per week in the office. Collaboration hours align to the EST time zone.


The United States base range for this position is $117,677-$168,111, 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, paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.

About Spotify

Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming and media services provider, launched in October 2008. The platform is owned by Spotify AB, a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange since April 2018. Spotify's primary business is providing an audio streaming platform, with the company claiming that it had 345 million active monthly users and 155 million paying subscribers as of December 2020. Unlike physical or download sales, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on the number of artist streams as a proportion of total songs streamed on the service. Spotify distributes approximately 70% of its total revenue to rights holders, who then pay artists based on their individual agreements. Spotify has faced criticism from artists and producers including Taylor Swift and Thom Yorke, who have argued that it does not fairly compensate musicians. Spotify has also faced criticism from artists and producers including Taylor Swift and Thom Yorke, who have argued that it does not fairly compensate musicians.
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