Revenue Accounting Manager — ASC 606, SaaS, Lead & Scale

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

Job summary

Datadog, Inc. is seeking a Manager, Revenue Accounting to join our growing Finance team.

This role owns the revenue close and ASC 606 conclusions for a high-growth, usage-based SaaS business, while leading a team of revenue accountants and partnering cross-functionally to scale order-to-cash and billing processes. You will drive SOX controls design, collaborate with Deal Desk, Legal, Sales, and Customer Success, and lead process improvements across the revenue stream.

Qualifications

• 7+ years progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years directly managing people.
• BS/BA degree in Accounting.
• Deep working knowledge of ASC 606, including usage-based 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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Accounting

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Process improvement

ASC 606

Education

BS/BA in Accounting

Tools

NetSuite

Salesforce

Job description

Datadog, Inc. is seeking a Manager, Revenue Accounting to join our growing Finance team.

This role owns the revenue close and ASC 606 conclusions for a high-growth, usage-based SaaS business, while leading a team of revenue accountants and partnering cross-functionally to scale order-to-cash and billing processes. You will drive SOX controls design, collaborate with Deal Desk, Legal, Sales, and Customer Success, and lead process improvements across the revenue stream.