Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, and they are seeking a Sr. Manager of Revenue Accounting to own and lead the end-to-end revenue accounting function. This role involves ensuring compliance with revenue recognition policies, managing audit processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to support business growth.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end revenue accounting operations, including but not limited to daily invoice/order approval, credit approval, revenue accounting memo drafting, and audit support
- Ensure compliance with ASC 606 and U.S. GAAP for all revenue streams (subscription, consumption-based billing, and other business models)
- Policy Ownership: Maintain, update, and enforce the company’s global revenue recognition policies
- Audit Management: Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors regarding revenue, deferred revenue, and standalone selling price (SSP) analyses
- Close Management: Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue close process, ensuring timely and accurate ledger entries, reconciliations, and disclosures
- Reporting: Prepare revenue variance analysis, executive dashboards, and financial statement disclosures for leadership and board presentations
- Forecasting Collaboration: Partner with FP&A to provide accurate data inputs for revenue and deferred revenue forecasting
- Process Improvement: Design, establish and maintain scalable revenue processes and controls to support rapid growth and operational efficiency
- System Ownership: Lead and support the implementation and optimization of revenue automation tools (e.g., Orb, NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management, etc.)
- Internal Controls: Design, implement, and maintain strong SOX compliance controls over the order-to-cash and revenue recognition cycles
- Deal Desk Collaboration: Partner closely with Sales, Legal, and Sales Operations during contract negotiations to assess the accounting treatment and revenue impact before deals are finalized
- Commission Plan Review & Alignment: Partner with Sales Operations and HR to review upcoming Sales Commission Plans. Ensure plans are structured for operational feasibility and evaluate their accounting impact under ASC 340-40 (deferred contract costs)
- Monthly Commission Calculation: Oversee the end-to-end monthly commission cycle. This includes calculating payouts based on sales performance metrics, maintaining commission schedules, and validating data accuracy across CRM and payroll systems
- Amortization Management: Manage the capitalization and amortization schedules of sales commissions, aligning the expense recognition with the lifetime of the underlying customer contracts
- Mentor and manage revenue accounting staff, ensuring alignment with business priorities and individual development goals
- Experience in automating Billing to Cash and Revenue Recognition, using both existing tools, and emerging solutions that leverage AI
Skills
- 8+ years of relevant accounting experience including 2+ years in a leadership or management role
- Deep understanding of ASC 606 and revenue recognition practices for SaaS and consumption-based business models
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a high-growth, fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
- Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, coupled with a proactive and strategic mindset
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and practical experience with SQL are highly valued and will significantly contribute to success in this role
- Public accounting experience required; Big 4 strongly preferred
- CPA strongly preferred
- Experience with ERP, billing, and revenue operations platforms is strongly preferred, including but not limited to: Netsuite, Salesforce, SPIFF, Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouse, Tableau, etc
- Candidates with hands-on experience leading or supporting system integration projects (e.g., ERP-to-billing data flows, commission platform configuration, or CRM-to-revenue system connections) will be given strong preference
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