Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

Tanium; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 206,000 - 316,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Medical plan

Dental and vision plan

Family planning benefits

Health savings account

Flexible spending account

Transportation savings account

401(k) with company match

Life coverage

Disability coverage

Employee assistance programs

Disability insurance

Job summary

Tanium is seeking a Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting to lead the company’s US GAAP financial statements and footnotes, shape accounting policies, and partner cross-functionally across finance, tax, legal and leadership. You will mentor two team members and drive SOX compliance, audit readiness, and AI-enabled process improvements.

Ideal candidates have a CPA or equivalent, a BA/BS in accounting or finance, 10+ years of experience, and a background in public accounting (Big 4)

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Accounting or Finance required.
• CPA license or equivalent required.
• 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in US GAAP and SEC requirements.
• Experience leading a team.
• Background in public accounting (Big 4) plus in-house SaaS/tech experience.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end preparation and execution of U.S. GAAP financial statements and footnote disclosures.
• Manage, mentor, and lead a 2-person team covering Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting functions.
• Stay current on FASB and SEC pronouncements; interpret impact with internal partners and external auditors; prepare technical memoranda for complex transactions.
• Develop, maintain, and update corporate accounting policies for global US GAAP consistency.
• Manage non-revenue technical accounting requirements (leasing, capitalized software, investments, EPS, FX risk).
• Establish and evolve a SOX compliance framework with risk assessment, control design, documentation, testing, remediation and optimization.
• Serve as liaison for external auditors; ensure timely deliverables and respond to inquiries.
• Manage quarterly 409A valuation process.
• Drive special projects (new accounting standards, IPO readiness, system migrations, automation).
• Leverage AI tools to drive reporting efficiencies.

Skills

US GAAP

Leadership

SEC reporting

Financial reporting

Education

BA/BS in Accounting or Finance

CPA license or equivalent

Job description

The Basics

The Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting, serves as a key leader overseeing the company's technical accounting and financial reporting functions, while acting as a critical cross-functional partner across finance, tax, legal, and the broader organization. This position is responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of U.S. GAAP financial statements and footnote disclosures, maintaining corporate accounting policies, and interpreting the impact of evolving FASB and SEC pronouncements. By engaging closely with external auditors, internal stakeholders, and leadership, this leader will drive audit readiness, support special projects such as IPO readiness, and leverage AI tools to continuously improve reporting processes. This leader will lead a high-performing team, cultivate strong cross-departmental relationships, and champion operational excellence to manage risk and support business growth across the enterprise.

This position follows the Company’s hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the office at one of the following locations a minimum of three days per week: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; Emeryville, CA; or Reston, VA.

What You’ll Do

• Manage, mentor, and lead 2 team members covering the Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting functions, ensuring accurate and timely execution of all related business and accounting operations.
• Own the end-to-end preparation and execution of the company’s U.S. GAAP financial statements and accompanying footnote disclosures
• Stay current on FASB and SEC pronouncements and interpret impact to the company in partnership with internal partners and external auditors and identify, research, and prepare technical memoranda for complex transactions
• Develop, maintain, and update corporate accounting policies to ensure global consistency and compliance with US GAAP
• Manage all non-revenue technical accounting requirements for the company, including leasing, capitalized internal-use software, investments, EPS, and FX risk management programs for the company’s multi-currency operations
• Partner with accounting leadership to establish, implement, and continuously evolve a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance framework, including risk assessment, control design, documentation, testing, remediation, and optimization as the company scales.
• Serve as a key liaison for external auditors, ensuring all deliverables are provided timely and resolving any audit inquiries.
• Manage the quarterly 409A valuation process
• Drive special projects as they arise, such as implementing new accounting standards, IPO readiness, system migrations, and process automation.
• Embrace and leverage AI tools to drive process and reporting efficiencies / optimization.

We’re Looking For Someone With

• BA/BS in Accounting or Finance
• CPA license or equivalent
• 10+ years of relevant work experience
• Proficiency in US GAAP and SEC requirements
• Has experience leading a team
• Background in public accounting (e.g., Big 4) combined with in-house experience at a high-growth SaaS or technology company

About Tanium

Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. Driven by AI and real-time endpoint intelligence, Tanium Autonomous IT empowers IT and security teams to make their organizations unstoppable.

Many of the world’s leading organizations trust Tanium’s single, unified platform for endpoint management and security toinnovate faster, stay resilient and move business forward with confidence, at scale. To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business – visitwww.tanium.comand follow us onLinkedInandX.

On a mission. Together.

At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.

As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.

Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.

What You’ll Get

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $206,000 to $316,000. This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience.

• team members will receive equity awards
• medical plan
• dental and vision plan
• family planning benefits
• health savings account
• flexible spending account
• transportation savings account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• life coverage
• accident coverage
• disability coverage
• business travel accident insurance
• employee assistance programs
• disability insurance
• other well-being benefits

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