Senior Accountant, General Ledger Accounting
New York, NYJob$80–114K/yrPosted 2y agoStill listed today
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Spotify is seeking a Senior Accountant to support global general ledger operations. The role covers close activities, journal and reconciliation review, financial reporting, audit support, and accounting process improvements. The accountant will collaborate across finance and business teams, contribute to system initiatives, and mentor team members. The position is based in Spotify’s New York office, with work aligned to eastern hours and close partnership with colleagues in Sweden.
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We are looking for a Senior Accountant to support our Global general ledger accounting operations.
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- New York
Job type Permanent
The Senior Accountant of General Ledger is responsible for preparing delivery for all aspects of the general ledger processes, validation and analysis of reported results, and support of information needs across a diverse financial reporting user base. In addition to properly accounting for the growth, this person will be expected to drive positive process change.
The ideal candidate will have at least four years of combined month-end close experience and at a global, publicly traded organization. The position is based in NYC.
What You'll Do
- Execution of monthly and quarterly close, ensuring accurate results are delivered on time for reporting in accordance with IFRS
- Prepare/review journals, accounts reconciliation, and fluxes
- Help lead the implementation of best practices on general ledger team to simplify, standardize, and scale our business and global RTR organization
- Support external and internal audit requirements related to specific areas of responsibility and help develop/refine RTR accounting processes and procedures
- Work cross-functionally with technical accounting, Finance, Legal, AP, Payroll, FP&A, Tax, and various business owners on policies, processes, and help drive key system initiatives and improvements
- Mentor, teach and review the work of other supporting members of the accounting team
- Other responsibilities include but are not limited to participate in special projects, system enhancements or ad hoc analyses as assigned
Who You Are
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance with CPA is preferred.
- 4+ years accounting/finance month-end close or general ledger experience with global public company; including understanding of IFRS
- and ability to do accounting research to find solutions for accounting issues.
- Experience with ERP systems (Oracle/SAP/Netsuite) experience preferred
- Strong excel and/or Google Sheets skills, be comfortable with extremely large volumes of data
- Highly detail-oriented, business process improvement skills, and excellent communication skills.
- Excellent time and self-management skills, ability to prioritize and multitask to meet deadlines required
- Proven ability to succeed in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment a plus
Where You'll Be
- You will work out of the New York Office; working eastern hours and partnering closely with our counterparts in Sweden.
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Our global benefits
Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
Learn about life at Spotify
The United States base range for this position is $79,610 to $113,728, 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.
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How this job compares
Set against the 4,846 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$80–114K/yr
- New York median$95–131K/yr274 salary ranges
- US median$95–140K/yr2,426 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $97K, is 16% below the New York median midpoint ($116K) — in the middle half of Accounting salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 463 open Accounting jobs in New York and 4,846 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,575 postings).
- Education
- 2,381 of the 4,846 open Accounting jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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