Senior Technical Accounting Manager

DigitalOcean; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 141,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Technical Accounting Manager to navigate complex, non-routine transactions and implement new accounting standards. You will join a high-performing team ensuring U.S. GAAP and SEC compliance, collaborating with Legal, FP&A, Tax, Investor Relations and more.

You’ll manage accounting memos, policy development, and SOX/compliance efforts while mentoring junior staff. This remote role offers exposure to equity, debt financings, and M&A accounting in a fast-growing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field and CPA license.
• 8+ years of progressive technical accounting experience under U.S. GAAP, with exposure to financing arrangements, consolidations, derivatives, stock-based compensation and business combinations.
• Public company experience, including SEC reporting and SOX 404 internal controls.
• Big 4 audit or transaction advisory experience, or equivalent in-house role; 4+ years at a Big 4 preferred.
• Experience leading accounting for financing and M&A transactions of meaningful size and complexity.
• Excellent communication and writing skills for clear technical memos and executive explanations.

Responsibilities

• Draft high-quality accounting memos and analyses to support management’s conclusions and auditor concurrence.
• Evaluate accounting for complex, non-routine transactions and provide strategic guidance to partners.
• Review accounting for material lease transactions in partnership with the Leasing team.
• Review non-routine revenue arrangements with Revenue Accounting.
• Lead accounting and valuation of M&A transactions and strategic investments.
• Perform impairment analyses for goodwill, long-lived assets and indefinite-lived intangibles.

Skills

Financial analysis

Technical accounting

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication & writing

Financial modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA license

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Workiva

Excel

Google Suite

Job description

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.

We are looking for a Senior Technical Accounting Manager who is passionate about navigating complex, non-routine transactions and implementing new accounting standards. As a Senior Technical Accounting Manager at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. You’ll be part of a high-performing team that is responsible for all aspects of technical accounting, including researching complex transactions, providing strategic advice to partners, implementing accounting policies and process improvements and ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting standards. You’ll have high visibility, collaborating cross-functionally with Financial Reporting, Corporate Development, Legal, FP&A, Investor Relations, Tax and Accounting. This position reports to the Senior Director, Financial Reporting and Technical Accounting.

What You’ll Do

• Draft high-quality accounting memos and analyses to support management’s conclusions and obtain concurrence from external auditors, on topics such as business combinations, financing transactions, consolidation and joint ventures, investments, segment reporting, goodwill and intangible assets, derivatives and hedging, leases, stock-based compensation and internal-use software.
• Evaluate and operationalize the accounting for complex, non-routine transactions, including equity offerings, convertible debt issuance and settlement, supplier financing and data center, GPU, power and colocation agreements, and provide timely, strategic guidance to business partners on the accounting impact of proposed transactions.
• Review the accounting for material lease transactions, such as large data center and GPU arrangements, in partnership with the Accounting team, which owns lease accounting.
• Review non-routine or unusual revenue arrangements as needed, in partnership with the Revenue Accounting team, which owns ASC 606 analyses.
• Lead the accounting and valuation of M&A transactions and strategic investments, partnering with third-party specialists on purchase price allocations and fair value measurements.
• Perform goodwill, long-lived asset and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment analyses.
• Develop and maintain certain accounting policies, ensuring they reflect current standards and industry best practices.
• Monitor FASB and SEC rulemaking, proactively lead the implementation of new standards and regulations and partner with Accounting, Tax and FP&A to create SOX-compliant processes.
• Serve as a primary technical accounting contact for external auditors during quarterly reviews and annual audits, coordinating the information and documentation needed to resolve technical matters.
• Partner with Financial Reporting on technical accounting disclosures for quarterly and annual SEC filings, and support offering documents and related diligence for equity and debt financings as needed.
• Review the statement of cash flows and the earnings per share calculations, including the impact of convertible debt and equity transactions, and support their preparation as needed.
• Work with the Accounting team to ensure complex transactions are recorded accurately in the general ledger, reviewing key journal entries and supporting calculations.
• Prepare clear, concise, executive-level materials, including technical accounting updates for senior leadership.
• Design, document and execute management review controls over technical accounting areas, with clear evidence of review and support for significant inputs, while continuously strengthening controls and increasing automation.
• Mentor, coach and develop junior accounting staff, and support ad hoc technical accounting requests and special projects as they arise.

What You’ll Add To DigitalOcean

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field and an active CPA license
• 8+ years of progressive technical accounting experience under U.S. GAAP, with significant exposure to financing arrangements (debt, equity and convertible instruments), consolidations, derivatives, stock-based compensation and business combinations; working knowledge of lease and revenue accounting sufficient to review material transactions
• Public company experience, including SEC reporting and SOX 404 internal controls
• Prior Big 4 audit or transaction advisory experience, or an equivalent in-house technical accounting role at a high-growth technology company; 4+ years at a Big 4 audit firm strongly preferred
• Experience leading the accounting for financing and M&A transactions of meaningful size and complexity
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to critically evaluate valuation methodologies and assess complex security structures
• Proven ability to build financial processes and internal controls from scratch in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Excellent communication and writing skills, with the ability to draft clear, well-supported technical memos and explain complex accounting topics to executives, external auditors and non-accounting partners
• Exceptional attention to detail, with developed self-review processes to produce error-free work products
• Proficiency in financial modeling and comfort working across Excel, ERP systems (Oracle Fusion), Workiva and collaboration tools such as Google Suite
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and drive projects to completion with minimal supervision
• Preferred: experience with cloud, data center or AI infrastructure accounting

Compensation Range

• $140,800 - $176,000
• This is a remote role

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean

• We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
• DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.