Senior Accounting Manager

About SoundCloud

SoundCloud empowers artists and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with the most progressive tools, services, and resources. With over 400+ million tracks from 40 million artists, the future of music is SoundCloud.

Job Summary

SoundCloud is looking for a Senior Accounting Manager to join our Finance team in New York. This is a high-ownership role within the accounting function, with primary responsibility for revenue recognition and royalty payment operations, while also contributing to month-end close, and cross-functional finance initiatives. Reporting to the VP, Group Controller, you will lead day-to-day US accounting operations, including revenue recognition, royalty payment accounting, AP/AR oversight, and contributions to the monthly close, while actively developing the junior staff who report to you. This is a player-coach role: you will do meaningful technical work yourself while building the capability of those around you.

Music Industry Experience

Music industry experience matters here. SoundCloud pays royalties to major labels, publishers, and collecting societies while distributing revenue to independent creators. You need to understand how money moves through the music ecosystem, from streaming revenue to rights holder settlements to creator payouts, because that knowledge is what enables you to build accurate accruals, maintain clean controls, and partner credibly with Licensing, Payments, and Product as SoundCloud launches new ways for fans to support artists.

Key Responsibilities

• Own revenue recognition accounting in compliance with IFRS 15, including monthly close processes, variance analysis, and reporting
• Maintain and reconcile royalty liability schedules across major label and publisher licensors, ensuring accuracy of accrued obligations and cash settlements
• Oversee creator payout accounting, ensuring accurate recording and reconciliation of disbursements across payment platforms
• Establish and maintain robust internal controls over the royalty-to-cash cycle, including end-to-end reconciliation across payment platforms
• Identify and remediate control gaps; document processes and implement scalable, audit-ready reconciliation frameworks
• Partner with Payments, Engineering, and Product to establish accounting workflows, GL structures, and controls for new fan monetization features as they are developed and launched
• Act as a key partner with Licensing, FP&A, and Tax teams to support royalty calculations, compliance initiatives, and revenue-related projects
• Collaborate effectively across teams and time zones, documenting and communicating approaches to align stakeholders
• Oversee the day-to-day work of junior accounting staff, providing hands-on guidance, work review, and active support for their professional development

Experience and Background

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA preferred
• 5–8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a combination of Big 4 public accounting and at least one high-growth technology or startup environment
• Direct experience in the music industry, music distribution, or a digital streaming platform strongly preferred, with a working understanding of how royalties flow from streaming revenue to rights holder and creator settlements; adjacent experience at a DSP, media licensing company, or content distribution business with complex royalty structures is also valued
• Strong knowledge of IFRS 15 and experience in strong financial controls environments
• Comfortable contributing across a broad accounting scope including close processes, opex, and ad-hoc finance initiatives in a lean team environment
• Familiarity with creator payment platforms (e.g., Trolley, PayPal, Adyen) and subscription billing software (Recurly preferred)
• Proficiency with ERP systems (Oracle Fusion preferred) and strong Excel skills
• Proven ability to oversee and develop junior staff; comfortable operating as both a doer and a developer of people
• Thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments and able to operate effectively without fully defined playbooks
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines
• Experience working across time zones and with distributed teams

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this role is $110,000 - $130,000 annually. The final salary offered will be determined based on relative experience, skills, internal equity, and location. We also offer a generous total rewards program - read more about additional benefits and perks below!

About Us

• We are a multinational company with offices in the US (New York and Los Angeles), Germany (Berlin), and the UK (London)
• We provide a flexible work culture that offers the opportunity to collaborate and connect in person at our offices as well as accommodating work from home
• We are deeply committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion at all levels of our organization and fostering a community where everyone’s voice, perspective and experience is respected and heard
• We believe a strong team is made by investing in employees through mentorship, workshops and enrichment opportunities

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, as well as mental health resources
• Robust 401k program
• Employee Equity Plan
• Generous professional development allowance
• Interested in a gym membership, photography course or book? We have a Creativity and Wellness benefit!
• Flexible vacation and public holiday policy where you can take up to 35 days of PTO annually
• 16 paid weeks for all parents (birthing and non-birthing), regardless of gender, to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
• Various snacks, goodies, and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SoundCloud

SoundCloud is for everyone. Diversity and open expression are fundamental to our organization; they help us lead what’s next in music by understanding and empowering our creators and fans, no matter their identity. We acknowledge the challenges in the music industry, and strive to influence an inclusive culture where everyone can contribute respectfully and thrive, especially the historically marginalized communities that many of our creators, fans and SoundClouders identify with. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment at SoundCloud for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, migration background, national origin, age, disability status, or care-giver status. At SoundCloud you can find your community or elevate your allyship by joining a Diversity Resource Group. Diversity Resource Groups are employee-organized groups focused on supporting and promoting the interests of a particular underrepresented community in order to build a more inclusive culture at SoundCloud. Anyone can join, whether you share the identity or strive to be an ally.

Key skills/competency

• Senior Accounting Manager
• Revenue Recognition
• IFRS 15
• Royalty Accounting
• Internal Controls
• Financial Reporting
• Music Industry
• Creator Payouts
• ERP Systems
• Staff Development