Analyst FP&A, Ads

Job description
We are looking for an outstanding Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst (FP&A) based in London to join our Advertising FP&A team. You will report into the EMEA FP&A Manager based in Dublin. You will support the core FP&A responsibilities for the Ads FP&A team and be a business partner to our Advertising Business Unit (BU) as Spotify continues to help brands and advertisers be heard on our platform across all content types including music and podcasts. The team is tasked with supporting the Ads BU including forecasting, setting metrics, reporting and performance analysis, investment decisioning, driving efficiency and automation and strategic planning.

What You'll Do
• With support, develop the EMEA and Emerging & Scaled Ads Revenue Forecasts generated by our Music ads products for quarterly forecasts and long range planning
• Work closely with Sales Operations, Pricing and Inventory to identify risks and opportunities in our Revenue forecast
• Provide financial modeling, financial analysis, new product development, and assistance with other ad-hoc financial projects as needed
• Prepare monthly/quarterly reporting packs for Ad Sales Leadership and support processes related to month-end and quarter-end close
• Optimize and improve existing monthly, quarterly, & annual forecasting processes and reporting
• Create meaningful presentations and analyses that tell a story focused on insights, not just data
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve planning and reporting processes
• Serve as a partner and liaison to Finance, IT, Accounting, and other parts of the organization
• Support the initiatives to continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools and processes

Who You Are
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business or other related field
• 2+ years of finance, accounting, business operations, and/or strategy consulting experience
• Comfortable aggregating and manipulating large data sets from multiple systems to derive insightful analysis and create financial models
• Personable, approachable as we interface with various stakeholders throughout the organization
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment and handle many competing requests
• Intermediate knowledge in Google sheets/Excel
• Experience collaborating across departments of an organization and communicating effectively with both team members and managers.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with SQL to extract and manipulate data
• Experience in Digital Ad Sales
• Experience with modeling and analytics

Where You'll Be
• Choose to work where you work best, whether that’s mostly at the office (in London), or at home.
• Working hours? We operate within GMT for collaboration however during busy periods, you may occasionally need to work outside these hours. The majority of the FP&A team is based in New York City.

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