Revenue Accounting Manager, Confluent
$122.6-144k
+ Annual bonus and equity
Data streaming platform
Open for applications
Data streaming platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$122.6-144k
+ Annual bonus and equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Founded by the team that built Apache Kafka, their mission is to make managing Kafka easy.
Role
Who you are
- You are an experienced CPA with at least 6 years of progressively responsible experience at either a Big 4 public accounting firm or a publicly traded, high-tech organization with a minimum of 4 years in revenue specific roles
- You should have experience from a global, growing software company that has on-premise software revenue and SaaS, preferably usage-based SaaS
- BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- CPA certification or equivalent practical experience
- 6 years of progressively responsible experience at either a Big 4 public accounting firm or a global, publicly traded high-tech organization with a minimum of 4 years revenue roles
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP, primarily revenue recognition (ASC 606) as it applies to on-premise software revenue and SaaS, preferably usage-based SaaS
- Experience with system enhancement projects
- Attention to detail and experience multitasking and prioritizing to deliver impact in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and problem resolution skills, including the ability to simplify complex situations
- Excellent interpersonal skills (oral and written) and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels at the company
- Strong Excel skills
- Experience using Netsuite and Netsuite ARM preferred, experience with other revenue accounting systems and Sales commission solution like Xactly also desired
What the job involves
- The Manager, Revenue Accounting plays a key leadership role in Confluent’s revenue recognition and order to cash process
- Reporting to the Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting, this role is critical in ensuring financial accuracy & compliance while driving process improvements, system implementations & policy influences to propel revenue accounting’s evolution as we scale for continued growth
- You will present revenue results to leaders in Accounting and FP&A, as well as partner with Sales Ops, Technical Revenue, Cloud Product Management and Engineering, Accounting Transformation, Accounts Receivable, FP&A, as well as many other cross-functional business partners
- In this role, you will ensure the accuracy of our revenue recognition, commissions accruals, and related accounting, in compliance with ASC 606, ASC 340 and our internal accounting policies
- Manage and lead the US global revenue close and reporting process, including the review of key controls, reconciliations, and other various forecast and reporting deliverables
- Propose significant process improvements, including automations and system enhancements
- Lead the Company’s quarterly revenue forecasting process, in partnership with FP&A team members
- Analyze new product, service and go-to-market strategies for their accounting results and develop methods of automating the accounting for those sales
- Ensure the Company’s revenue recognition accounting results are accurate and in compliance with ASC 606 and internal accounting policies
- Mentor, train,and develop the US Revenue Accounting Team and Shared Services Revenue Accounting team to ensure the two teams work as one unit for monthly closes and reporting
- Manage Revenue SOX compliance and ensure SOX requirements are met for relevant areas
- Act as a subject matter expert in accounting for usage-based SaaS contracts, on-premise term licenses, related professional services and education
Our take
Confluent is a commercial company built on top of the open-source Apache Kafka project. Confluent and Kafka have developed a streaming data technology that processes massive amounts of information in real-time.
The streaming database technology was developed at LinkedIn as a way of moving massive amounts of messages. The company decided to open-source that tech in 2011, and Confluent launched as the commercial arm in 2014.
While the base open-source component remains available for free download, it doesn’t include the additional tooling the company has built to make it easier for enterprises to use Kafka. Confluent's value add is in those additional tools, including a cloud version of the product and a marketplace for sharing extensions to the platform.
Confluent expanded strategic partnerships with Microsoft and acquired Immerok, and in 2023 expanded its cloud platform. 2024 saw further product expansions with the launch of the Confluent Migration Accelerator, all exemplifying how the company is living up to its name by rocket-boosting the benefits of Apache Kafka integration for companies.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
27% female employees
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Apr 2020
$250m
SERIES E
Jan 2019
$125m
SERIES D
Total funding: $455.9m
Company values
- Earn Our Customers' Love - Our customers are the lifeblood of our business and our most important stakeholder. We strive to earn their love with everything we do
- To Build a Great Company, Build a Great Team - We believe that an important part of building a great company is making sure that our employees are the best they can be.
- Smart, Humble, and Empathetic - Our employees appreciate, benefit, and learn from working with other smart, humble, and empathetic people. We strive to hire those who care deeply about others and interact with empathy towards our customers, partners, and employees.
- Be Fired up and Get It Done - As much as we benefit from working with smart, humble, and empathetic employees, we also need to “get it done” to pursue our enormous market opportunity. We are in hyper-growth mode and are scaling to fill the demands of the market and our current and future customers.
- Tasteful not Wasteful - We want to invest in areas that matter the most -- in other words, spend “tastefully,” not wastefully. We believe that thoughtful spending is essential to building a high-quality business.
- One Team - It is critical that we act as and make decisions as a unified company, doing our best to optimize globally rather than locally. This means doing our best to avoid the misalignments that some companies can be prone to. It means recognizing that when employees and teams succeed, Confluent as a whole succeeds.
Company HQ
Mountain View, California
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Leadership
Jay Kreps
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Principal Engineer at LinkedIn.
Neha Narkhede
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Previously a Lead Engineer at LinkedIn and Oracle. They are an Investor/advisor for Gem, Block Party, Material Security, Abacus AI, Cortex Data, Yugabyte, Metaphor Data, Natalist, Common Room, and more.
Jun Rao
(Co-Founder)Previously a Senior Engineer at LinkedIn. Has a PhD in Computer Science from Columbia University.
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