Backblaze

Object Storage

Sr.Manager,RevenueAccounting

$157–205k United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr. Manager, Revenue Accounting at Backblaze. Skills: Revenue accounting, ASC 606, U. S. GAAP, SaaS. Lead end-to-end revenue accounting operations. Ensure compliance with ASC 606 and U. S. GAAP”

Industry & Context.

Object Storage
Problems you'll solve

Analytical skills; Attention to detail; Proactive mindset; Strategic mindset

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, Experience with ERP, billing, and revenue operations platforms

Nice to Have

Big 4 experience, CPA, Netsuite, Salesforce, SPIFF, Snowflake, Tableau, Hands-on experience leading or supporting system integration projects

What You'll Do.

Lead end-to-end revenue accounting operations

Ensure compliance with ASC 606 and U. S. GAAP

and enforce revenue recognition policies

Act as primary point of contact for external auditors

and annual revenue close process

Prepare revenue variance analysis

Prepare executive dashboards

Prepare financial statement disclosures

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Key partner to cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, Sales, Legal, Product, and Engineering; Collaborate with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills

Full Job Description

About Backblaze Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands. Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $140 million in revenue and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals. About the Role We are seeking a Sr. Manager of Revenue Accounting to own and lead the end-to-end revenue accounting function. This person will be a key partner to cross-functional stakeholders across Finance, Sales, Legal, Product, and Engineering and will be instrumental in ensuring revenue recognition policies and operations scale effectively with the business. What You’ll Do 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 analy

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