Manager, Revenue Accounting

Datadog, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 118,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental

Parental planning

Mental health benefits

401(k) plan and match

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Datadog, the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, seeks a Manager, Revenue Accounting to lead the revenue close and ASC 606 conclusions for our growing SaaS business. You will manage a team of revenue accountants and partner cross-functionally to scale order-to-cash, billing, and SOX controls.

In this role, you will own monthly close, develop the team, work with Deal Desk, Legal, Sales Systems, and Customer Success on non-standard deals, and drive process improvements

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Accounting.
• ASC 606 knowledge for usage-based SaaS.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Hands-on with ambiguity and process improvement.
• 2+ years direct people management.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly revenue close, journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Manage and develop a team of revenue accountants.
• Own ASC 606 conclusions for complex arrangements and RPO disclosures.
• Design and operate SOX controls across revenue and order-to-cash.
• Partner with Deal Desk, Legal, Sales Systems, and Customer Success on non-standard deals.
• Lead process improvements across order-to-cash with NetSuite and Salesforce.
• Own revenue workstream for annual audit and quarterly reviews.
• Prepare and review internal revenue metrics and commentary.

Job description

About the company:

the company is the world-class monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. We’re dedicated to creating, developing, and supporting our product and customers, allowing for seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops and Security teams globally. Built by engineers, for engineers, our SaaS product is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stack. Given the resilience of cloud technologies and importance placed today in digital operations and agility, the company continues to innovate and is well positioned for the long term.

The Team:

the company's Finance team collaborates with teams across the organization, providing commercial, operational, and analytical support to ensure that the company's business continues to grow as rapidly and efficiently as possible.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Manager, Revenue Accounting to join our growing Finance team at the company. This role owns the revenue close and technical revenue accounting for a high-growth, usage-based business, manages and develops a team of revenue accountants, and partners cross-functionally to scale our order-to-cash and billing processes as the Company grows.

You Will:

• Own the monthly revenue close, including review and approval of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules prepared by the team.
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of revenue accountants — set priorities, review work product, and build bench strength as the team scales.
• Own technical revenue conclusions under ASC 606, including review of memos for complex and non-standard arrangements, variable consideration, and RPO disclosures.
• Own the design, documentation, and operation of SOX controls across revenue and order-to-cash, and drive remediation where gaps are identified.
• Partner with Deal Desk, Legal, Sales Systems, Order Operations, and Customer Success on non-standard deal structures ahead of signature, and on escalated customer billing matters.
• Lead process and systems improvements across the order-to-cash cycle, partnering with Financial Systems on NetSuite and Salesforce enhancements and billing automation.
• Own the revenue workstream for the annual audit and quarterly reviews, including walkthroughs, PBCs, and technical discussions with our auditors.
• Prepare and review key internal revenue metrics, flux analysis, and commentary for finance leadership.
• Lead ad-hoc projects and analyses as they arise.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years directly managing and developing people; public company and/or Big 4 experience preferred;
• BS/BA degree in Accounting
• Deep working knowledge of ASC 606, including application to usage-based and multi-element SaaS arrangements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present conclusions to senior leadership
• Proven ability to influence and drive outcomes across cross-functional teams
• Hands-on, comfortable with ambiguity, and motivated to improve existing processes

Bonus Points:

• CPA
• Usage-based or consumption billing experience at scale
• Experience owning SOX controls in a revenue environment
• Experience working with NetSuite and/or Salesforce
• Experience with Snowflake, SQL, or Tableau

*the company is an affirmative action employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

the company is the essential monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of our customers’ entire technology stack. the company is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track key business metrics.

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the company offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, the company offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at the company is:

$118,000—$157,000 USD

About the company:

the company is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, the company enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and the company Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at the company:

the company is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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