Revenue Manager

Summary

Join SentinelOne's North America Accounting team as a Technical Revenue Accounting Manager, reporting to the Sr. Manager, Revenue Accounting. This role involves providing revenue recognition guidance, reviewing contracts, managing the monthly and quarterly revenue close process, reconciling deferred revenue, booking reserves and adjustments, analyzing data, and preparing reports for auditors and executives. You will resolve complex revenue accounting issues, proactively identify and prevent potential problems, and contribute to process development. The position requires strong technical accounting skills, operational leadership, and the ability to mentor team members. A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required, along with 4-6 years of total accounting experience and 3-5 years of public accounting experience at a Big 4 or large regional firm is preferred. Expert Excel skills and experience with accounting systems are also necessary.

Requirements

• Accounting Standards: Demonstrated understanding of technical revenue accounting to ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulations, mitigating the risk of financial penalties and reputational damage. Prior experience with multi-obligation arrangements and review of contracts with revenue-impacting terms
• Technical Ability: Capable of applying technical skills to operational processes as well as ensuring work outputs are error free. Demonstrated intuition and ability to creatively resolve a wide range of highly complex issues that involve significant expertise and intimate knowledge of the revenue accounting standards
• Operational Leadership: Capable of leading revenue close processes, demonstrating full understanding of processes and their dependencies, ensuring tasks are completed by the team timely and accurately
• Leadership and Mentorship: Capable of leading and mentoring fellow members of the revenue accounting team, driving performance and professional growth as well as providing technical expertise and operational leadership
• Software or SaaS ASC 606 revenue accounting experience required. Familiarity with multi- obligation arrangements, non-standard contract terms (e.g. T4C), VC, and MR required
• 4-6 years total accounting experience
• Expert Excel skills and Microsoft office tool experience required (e.g. Multi-dataset manipulation, pivot tables, xlookups, complex embedded formulas, etc.)
• Experience with accounting system logic, setup, and design required
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related area

Responsibilities

• Support monthly/quarterly closing activities including, but not limited to, reviewing revenue transactions, performing accounting assessments, reviewing customer contracts, documenting revenue conclusions, performing accounting system activities and preparing/reviewing journal entries
• Lead the bi-annual SSP analysis, providing insights, conclusions and recommendations
• Research and operationalize complex and non-routine revenue accounting transactions or new GTM strategies as they are introduced
• Update technical accounting memos and policies
• Support revenue/accounting automation projects as required, such as system logic enhancements or new system implementations
• Build and maintain relationships with sales, legal, pricing, and finance business partners
• Collaborate with other teams to stay on top of upcoming revenue projects; identify accounting risks and work with team to address them
• Coordinate and manage project/task priorities internally within the revenue accounting team both in and out of the month end close period
• Evaluate accounting treatment of commission capitalization and perform monthly/quarterly activities
• Ensure compliance with SOX through the performance of control procedures
• Work with external auditors, prepare and review quarterly/annual support packages to ensure the company is compliant with ASC 606

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5 years of public accounting experience at a Big 4 or large regional firm preferred
• Experience with NetSuite and SFDC preferred
• Experience with hands-on coaching with team members

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, 401(k), Commuter, Health and Dependent FSA
• Unlimited Vacation
• Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Sick Time
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Numerous company-sponsored events including regular happy hours and team building events