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Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting

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watchguard logoWatchguard · Seattle, WA
Full-timeOn-site3mo ago
Accounts ReceivableComplianceDocumentationExcelLeadership
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WatchGuard Technologies is seeking a Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting to lead all aspects of revenue accounting and accounts receivable for our growing global SaaS and technology business. This is a highly visible, hands on leadership role responsible for ensuring accurate, compliant, and scalable revenue operations in accordance with ASC 606. This role will serve as the subject matter expert for GAAP revenue recognition, NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management (ARM), and SKU setup, while partnering cross functionally to support business growth, automation, and operational excellence. A Day in the Life In this role, your day will balance hands on execution with strategic leadership. You may start the morning reviewing revenue close activity, deferred revenue movements, or resolving a complex ASC 606 judgment related to a non standard deal. Throughout the day, you will partner closely with Sales Operations, Deal Desk, Legal, and FP&A to ensure contracts, SKUs, and system configurations are set up correctly from the start. You will spend time in NetSuite reviewing ARM configurations, revenue schedules, and automation opportunities, while also coaching your team, removing roadblocks, and improving processes across the order to cash lifecycle. As the owner of revenue audit readiness, you will ensure documentation is tight, controls are operating effectively, and audit requests are addressed efficiently and confidently. Who You AreYou are a confident, hands on revenue accounting leader who thrives in a fast paced SaaS or technology environment. You bring deep technical expertise in ASC 606 and GAAP revenue recognition, paired with the practical experience to apply that guidance in complex, real world scenarios. You are comfortable owning outcomes, making judgment calls, and standing behind your conclusions-especially in front of auditors and senior leadership. You enjoy building structure where processes are evolving and are motivated by improving accuracy, automation, and scalability. You communicate clearly with both finance and non finance partners, translating complex accounting concepts into actionable guidance. As a people leader, you set ambitious standards, provide clarity and accountability, and invest in developing your team. Most importantly, you take pride in ownership, viewing revenue accounting as a critical enabler of the business. You are comfortable leading distributed teams across geographies and time zones, and you know how to create clarity, accountability, and strong partnerships between onshore and offshore resources. You are comfortable working with large, complex data sets and rely on strong Excel and analytical skills to understand issues, identify root causes, and drive accurate, timely outcomes. You are energized by fixing broken or manual processes and take pride in leaving things better than you found them. You know how to balance accuracy and compliance with the practical need to automate and scale, and you are comfortable driving change in environments where processes are still evolving.

Requirements

  • - Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance; CPA strongly preferred.
  • - 7+ years of progressive revenue accounting experience in a SaaS and/or technology company.
  • - Deep expertise in ASC 606 and GAAP revenue recognition.
  • - Hands on experience with NetSuite, including Advanced Revenue Management (ARM).
  • - Proven experience owning end to end GAAP revenue, accounts receivable, and audit support.
  • - Strong Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, and the ability to merge and reconcile large datasets from multiple systems to support revenue accounting and close activities.
  • - Strong technical accounting, analytical, and communication skills.
  • - Experience managing and/or building offshore accounting teams, with a proven ability to drive accountability, quality, and alignment across geographies.
  • - Demonstrated experience improving manual accounting processes and implementing automation in a SaaS or technology environment.

Benefits

The base salary range is $125,000-$155,000 per year for full-time employment, exclusive of benefits. Your base salary will be determined by your individual skills, education, and experience. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical in order to allow for future salary growth.U.S. BenefitsComprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insuranceHealthcare HSAHSA with employer contribution10 paid holidays10 days of paid annual leave9 days of paid sick timePaid parental leave401(k) with employer matchOther PerksEducation assistance programDependent Care HSA matchAdoption assistanceFertility care supportBackup care for family and petsA growing network of employee resource groupsEmployee referral programEmployee Assistance Program

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