Senior Director, Revenue Accounting

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

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Posting Open Date: June 28, 2024

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: September 30, 2024

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Reporting to the VP, Corporate Controller, the Senior Director, Revenue will be responsible for overseeing the processes for the order to cash cycle, including billing and revenue accounting departments. The role will be instrumental in partnering across the business, optimizing cash flows, and scaling processes and systems to support revenue growth. This person must be comfortable in a high growth environment, and an agile problem solver who is analytical and detail-oriented. The candidate will also possess strong management and team leadership competencies gained through prior experience leading a revenue team, including through process transformations. This will be a critical role in ensuring we continue building a world-class function while working cross-functionally to ensure our systems and processes are running smoothly.

What You'll Do:

• Manage the execution of global revenue and accounts receivable including the month-end close process and disclosures
• Ensure compliance of revenue contracts with applicable policies 
• Support timely and accurate billing and collections processes
• Monitor, analyze, and report on KPIs 
• Drive process improvement and automation efforts 
• Maintain effective internal controls in respective processes
• Team leadership through managing talent including motivating, coaching, and mentoring team members
• Partner cross functionally with FP&A, sales, deal desk, legal, customer success, business systems, treasury, and tax teams
• Work with the external auditors during reviews and audits 

What We're Looking For: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Business 
• CPA or equivalent required
• 12+ years of experience 
• Mix of public accounting and industry experience
• Strong knowledge of ASC 606 including consumption based revenue and internal controls
• Experience with Netsuite including ARM, Salesforce, Aria, Logisense, Zendesk and/or Tesorio
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, able to communicate complex concepts and risk factors to stakeholders and influence decision making  
• Experienced business partner, skilled in building trust and inspiring others

Work Hours: 

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours. 

Work Location& Travel Requirements: 

This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

• San Francisco, CA

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. 

SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $228,280 to $285,350.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits: 

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings? 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disa