Sr. Accounting Manager

Databricks; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 199,700 - 274,550; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Equity options

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Databricks, based in San Francisco, is seeking a Senior Manager, Accounting to lead critical global accounting functions. You will own the close process while enhancing operations through AI and automation.

The successful candidate will have over 8 years of accounting experience, including team leadership, and must demonstrate strong U.S. GAAP proficiency. This position offers the opportunity to standardize and optimize processes in a fast-paced technology environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including global accounting areas.
• 2+ years of people management experience in accounting.
• Hands-on experience deploying AI tools in finance.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close.
• Lead and develop a small accounting team.
• Standardize global accounting processes.

Skills

U.S. GAAP expertise

Accounting judgment

Leadership

Automation skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA

Tools

ERP systems (SAP preferred)

FloQast

Databricks

Job description

GAQ327R177

While candidates in the listed location(s) are encouraged for this role, candidates in other locations will be considered.

We're building a finance function that stays ahead of the curve—leveraging AI, automation, and modern tooling to operate at the pace Databricks demands. The Senior Manager, Accounting, that we are looking to add to the team will lead key areas of our global close, including GL, cloud infrastructure spend, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, cash, leases, and related balance sheet areas. This is a hands‑on, player‑coach role leading a small team and reporting to the Senior Director of Accounting.

Close quality is non‑negotiable. Success in this role requires both strong operational execution and sound technical accounting judgment. You'll be expected to apply U.S. GAAP expertise to complex accounting matters, make well‑reasoned accounting conclusions, and ensure the team consistently delivers an accurate, audit‑ready close. You’ll own a high‑quality close today while helping redesign how the close operates tomorrow, partnering closely with the Transformation team and playing a key accounting role in our SAP implementation.

Impact You Will Have

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across key global accounting areas, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strong control execution.
• Lead and develop a small team; set clear expectations, coach through the work, and raise the bar on ownership and review quality.
• Lead the adoption of AI and automation across your core close areas leveraging tools like Databricks to automate manual calculations, improve accrual accuracy, accelerate balance sheet reconciliations, and reduce close cycle times.
• Apply strong U.S. GAAP judgment to complex close areas, especially cloud infrastructure spend, vendor spend, usage‑based accruals, capitalization considerations, fixed assets, leases, cash, and other accounting areas.
• Own balance sheet integrity for your areas, including reconciliations, flux analysis, variance explanations, and support for period‑over‑period movements.
• Standardize and govern global accounting processes across your areas, ensuring consistency across entities and regions.
• Partner with our Finance Transformation team to redesign processes, reduce manual work, improve data quality, and accelerate the close.
• Strengthen SOX compliance, documentation, reconciliations, journal entries, and accrual support.
• Support external audit requests for your areas with timely, well‑supported documentation.
• Play a key accounting role in the SAP implementation, partnering on process design, testing, data readiness, cutover, and post‑go‑live stabilization for your areas.
• Partner cross‑functionally with FP&A, Procurement, AP, and broader Finance teams to resolve issues at the source.

What We Look For

• Experience: 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including close ownership across complex global accounting areas such as GL, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, cash, and leases.
• Leadership: 2+ years of people management experience, with a demonstrated ability to coach and develop others on technical accounting concepts while maintaining a high‑quality, efficient close.
• Credentials: CPA, SOX experience, and Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Technical Accounting: Strong U.S. GAAP judgment and critical thinking; you can reason through complex facts, identify risks, challenge assumptions, and know where to dig deeper.
• Systems & ERP: Experience with ERP systems; SAP experience preferred. ERP implementation experience is a plus. Familiarity with tools like FloQast, Zip, or Emburse is a plus.
• The Automation Mindset: Hands‑on experience deploying or evaluating AI tools in a finance or accounting context, with proven ability to improve close processes through automation, process redesign, or stronger operating discipline. Familiarity with data platforms like Databricks is a strong plus.
• Ownership & Mindset: High ownership, low ego, detail‑oriented, fast‑moving, direct communicator, and calm under pressure. Open‑minded and change‑oriented.
• Scale & Agility: High‑growth technology company experience strongly preferred. Public accounting background preferred.

Pay Range Transparency

Databricks is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents the expected salary range for non‑commissionable roles or on‑target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job‑related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Databricks anticipates utilizing the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above. For more information regarding which range your location is in visit our page.

Zone 1 Pay Range
$199,700—$274,550 USD

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide—including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500—rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region click here.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

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Compliance

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