About SoundExchange
Since forming in 2003, we have established ourselves as the premier music tech organization with a mission of building a fairer, simpler, and creator‐focused industry. Through a combination of proprietary solutions, emphasis on data, and advocacy efforts, SoundExchange works with 3,600+ digital service providers to collect and distribute digital performance royalties – more than $10 billion – on behalf of over 650,000 creators and rights owners.
Title: Tech Strategy and Planning Analyst
Department: Technology
Job Location: Washington, DC or anywhere (Continental US)
Reports To: Senior Director, Tech Strategy and Planning
Supervisory Role: No
FLSA Status: Exempt
Position Summary:
At SoundExchange, we have re-architected and rebuilt our core enterprise software platform to support our rapidly growing and evolving business. Our new software platform is a set of cloud-native, federated systems that are highly scalable, accurate, and modular, leveraging both custom-built and 3rd party components. We are seeking a technical analyst to join our team and to provide support for the operation of the Technology Department. An ideal candidate is experienced with supporting Engineering, Product, and IT Ops leaders and has experience with financial administrative tasks.
The Technical Analyst will work closely with the Tech Strategy and Planning department to identify overall areas of process improvement and best practices in how we manage our project data, financial reporting, and vendor contracts. The ideal candidate is a tech savvy person that is well organized and enjoys data analysis.
Essential Functions:
- Pull data from multiple sources and organize it into a reportable format for different audiences.
- Automate data reporting by developing standard templates and implementing BI tools.
- Ensure key milestones, roadmaps, and action items are updated appropriately across the Technology Department.
- Manage the Technology Department’s onboarding process by coordinating new employee ramp-up sessions.
- Ensure actuals and forecasts are updated regularly and perform an analysis on the organization’s capacity.
- Maintain financial reporting processes, including capex/opex determinations and placed in service analysis, for the Technology Department.
- Manage vendor licenses, purchase orders, and contract renewals, and support annual budget processes.
- Provide project reporting that can be understood by multiple stakeholders at different levels throughout the organization.
- Support improvement of processes and best practices as identified for IT Ops, Engineering, and Product department leaders.
Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs):
- Strong experience with excel
- Well organized and detail-oriented person that can stay on top of multiple simultaneous tasks.
- Project management skills to identify an issue, develop a plan, and drive the plan to completion.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communications and presentation skills.
- Experience with budget management and financial analysis.
- Experience with Jira, confluence, power-bi
Required Education, Certifications/ Licenses, Related Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 2-5 years of experience in IT, project management or as an analyst.
- Experience in the music royalty processing and/or fintech industry is a huge plus.
ADA Specifications:
- This position requires the ability to remain in a stationary position (standing and/or seated) all of the time.
- This position requires the ability to spend all of the time viewing computer monitors.
Travel Requirements:
- This position requires overnight domestic travel less than 25% of the time (for non-DC based employees).
- Anticipated travel will be by car, air, and/or train.
Note:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary.
DEI Statement:
At SoundExchange, we empower creators and help share the future of music. One way we do this is by respecting our team members’ diverse voices, varied perspectives, and distinct backgrounds. We are intentional in creating an inclusive culture where we recognize that equity is greater than equality and all employees have the opportunities and support needed to thrive. We strive to create teams that reflect the music community we serve – every individual’s unique attributes and abilities are valued and are part of how we innovate, create, and deliver experiences to the creators we champion.
Accommodations:
SoundExchange is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the SoundExchange Careers website as a result of your disability. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis. If you need an accommodation, please email [email protected]
