Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting

🕒 May 28

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $157k - $205k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧾 Accounting Manager

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Backblaze

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2007

🛍️ eCommerce

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $5M Series A on 2012-07

Cloud Storage • eCommerce • Enterprise

Backblaze is a cloud storage company that provides scalable and secure data backup solutions for both businesses and individuals. Their B2 Cloud Storage service offers S3 compatible object storage, allowing users to easily protect and manage their data with transparent pricing. Backblaze specializes in automatic and unlimited backup services for computer systems, ensuring data protection and recovery options for users, while also supporting integration with applications for enhanced functionality.

📋 Description

• Lead end-to-end revenue accounting operations, including but not limited to daily invoice/order approval, credit approval, revenue accounting memo drafting, and audit support. • Ensure compliance with ASC 606 and U.S. GAAP for all revenue streams (subscription, consumption-based billing, and other business models). • Policy Ownership: Maintain, update, and enforce the company’s global revenue recognition policies. • Audit Management: Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors regarding revenue, deferred revenue, and standalone selling price (SSP) analyses. • Close Management: Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue close process, ensuring timely and accurate ledger entries, reconciliations, and disclosures. • Reporting: Prepare revenue variance analysis, executive dashboards, and financial statement disclosures for leadership and board presentations. • Forecasting Collaboration: Partner with FP&A to provide accurate data inputs for revenue and deferred revenue forecasting. • Process Improvement: Design, establish and maintain scalable revenue processes and controls to support rapid growth and operational efficiency. • System Ownership: Lead and support the implementation and optimization of revenue automation tools (e.g., Orb, NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management, etc.). • Internal Controls: Design, implement, and maintain strong SOX compliance controls over the order-to-cash and revenue recognition cycles. • Deal Desk Collaboration: Partner closely with Sales, Legal, and Sales Operations during contract negotiations to assess the accounting treatment and revenue impact before deals are finalized. • Commission Plan Review & Alignment: Partner with Sales Operations and HR to review upcoming Sales Commission Plans. Ensure plans are structured for operational feasibility and evaluate their accounting impact under ASC 340-40 (deferred contract costs). • Monthly Commission Calculation: Oversee the end-to-end monthly commission cycle. This includes calculating payouts based on sales performance metrics, maintaining commission schedules, and validating data accuracy across CRM and payroll systems. • Amortization Management: Manage the capitalization and amortization schedules of sales commissions, aligning the expense recognition with the lifetime of the underlying customer contracts. • Mentor and manage revenue accounting staff, ensuring alignment with business priorities and individual development goals. • Experience in automating Billing to Cash and Revenue Recognition, using both existing tools, and emerging solutions that leverage AI.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant accounting experience including 2+ years in a leadership or management role. • Public accounting experience required; Big 4 strongly preferred. • CPA strongly preferred. • Deep understanding of ASC 606 and revenue recognition practices for SaaS and consumption-based business models. • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. • Experience with ERP, billing, and revenue operations platforms is strongly preferred, including but not limited to: Netsuite, Salesforce, SPIFF, Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouse, Tableau, etc. • Candidates with hands-on experience leading or supporting system integration projects (e.g., ERP-to-billing data flows, commission platform configuration, or CRM-to-revenue system connections) will be given strong preference. • Demonstrated ability to thrive in a high-growth, fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities. • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, coupled with a proactive and strategic mindset. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and practical experience with SQL are highly valued and will significantly contribute to success in this role.

🏖️ Benefits

• health insurance • retirement plans • professional development opportunities