Mgr, Accounting

F5; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

F5, Inc. seeks a Mgr, Accounting in Seattle, WA to lead revenue accounting processes, guide close activities, and ensure controls around revenue recognition. The role collaborates with management, sales, and international subsidiaries to review transactions and mitigate risks.

It offers a hybrid work model with part-time telecommuting option and in-office work from Seattle. Responsibilities include preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, analyzing revenue trends, and supporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Business Administration, Accounting, or related discipline and 3 years of experience.
• Manage the revenue accounting processes around revenue recognition and ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations.
• Oversee the implementation and maintenance of revenue recognition policies and procedures.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of revenue data by reviewing and reconciling accounts, analyzing revenue trends, and identifying potential issues or discrepancies.
• Manage the monthly close process for revenue-related accounts and prepare monthly revenue reports for management.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on appropriate accounting for transactions affecting revenue to management, sales and other stakeholders.
• Participate in the accounting close process.
• Review revenue transactions and resolve discrepancies.
• Work with management to develop processes, procedures, and controls necessary to book transactions and controls necessary to book transactions.
• Respond to requests from foreign subsidiaries pertaining to revenue related matters.
• Evaluate customer contracts to identify potential revenue recognition impacts and work with stakeholders to mitigate risk.
• Assess requests regarding contract adjustment.
• Prepare standard and complex journal entries.
• Reconcile balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Perform analytics on revenue and related balances.
• Pull data and respond to auditor requests.
• Provide guidance to accounting staff and interns.
• Review specific high risk transaction types.
• Oversee the team’s public cloud process with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud services.
• Provide technical accounting analysis over the Company’s Term License Subscription methodology.

Skills

Revenue accounting

Revenue recognition

Internal controls

Monthly close

Audit support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field

Job description

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

F5, Inc. seeks Mgr, Accounting in Seattle, WA:

Job Duties

Provide guidance on appropriate accounting for transactions affecting revenue to management, sales and other stakeholders. Participate in the accounting close process. Review revenue transactions and resolve discrepancies. Work with management to develop processes, procedures, and controls necessary to book transactions and controls necessary to book transactions. Respond to requests from foreign subsidiaries pertaining to revenue related matters. Evaluate customer contracts to identify potential revenue recognition impacts and work with stakeholders to mitigate risk. Assess requests regarding contract adjustment. Prepare standard and complex journal entries. Reconcile balance sheet and income statement accounts. Perform analytics on revenue and related balances. Pull data and respond to auditor requests. Provide guidance to accounting staff and interns. Review specific high risk transaction types. Oversee the team’s public cloud process with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud services. Provide technical accounting analysis over the Company’s Term License Subscription methodology. Part-time telecommuting is an option. Hybrid work from F5 offices in Seattle, WA.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Business Administration, Accounting, or related discipline and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Special Skill Requirements

(1) Manage the revenue accounting processes around revenue recognition and ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations; (2) Oversee the implementation and maintenance of revenue recognition policies and procedures; (3) Ensure the accuracy and completeness of revenue data by reviewing and reconciling accounts, analyzing revenue trends, and identifying potential issues or discrepancies; (4) Manage the monthly close process for revenue-related accounts and prepare monthly revenue reports for management; (5) Assist with the development and implementation of internal controls related to revenue accounting. Any suitable combination of education, training and experience is acceptable. Part-time telecommuting is an option. Hybrid work from F5 offices in Seattle, WA.

Salary: $120,600 - $180,000 per annum.

Benefits: F5 offers competitive pay, 401k, and other benefits: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com)****.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [e-mail].