Data Scientist I, Finance Data & Insights

The Finance Data & Insights (FiDi) team at Spotify provides support to Finance & Accounting teams through data insights, automation solutions, and ad-hoc reporting. We help to communicate technical and business requirements between internal and external stakeholders and serve as subject matter experts for Finance data. This position specifically supports music, audiobooks, licensing, and premium revenue analytics. 

What You'll Do:

• Work with a cross-functional team of data analysts, engineers, and finance partners to maintain and develop systems and processes supporting accurate financial reporting and enabling Spotify’s strategic business decisions
• Develop subject matter expertise in the Spotify royalty calculation, data pipelines, and accounting systems
• Work with large data sets, solving complex problems in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Partner with Finance team members to define requirements for ad-hoc data analysis and tests of new implementations
• Drive process efficiencies through automation and delivery of data pipelines to enable self-service reporting and analytics for different teams within Finance
• Work in an environment with a group of highly motivated individuals who are passionate about Spotify’s success

Who You Are:

• You have at least 2+ years of experience working in data analytics
• You have a passion for solving sophisticated problems through data analysis combined with a strong business and financial acumen.
• You have the ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical teams to understand and define problems, and articulate proposed solutions
• You have an eye for trends and the ability to reach meaningful conclusions that inform strategic business decisions
• You have a degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics or another quantitative field
• You have the technical competence to perform advanced analytics over large data sets with experience in Python, SQL and/or other analytic tools (e.g. Pandas, R, SPSS, Bigquery, SAS) and visualization packages (e.g. Tableau, Streamlit, D3)

Where You'll Be:

• This role will be based in the New York Office.

The United States base range for this position is $86,691 - 123,844, 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.