Senior Manager, Commercial Finance (Remote)

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At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact

As Axon’s Senior Manager of Commercial Finance, you will serve a critical role at the intersection of revenue accounting, commercial finance, systems design, product development and sales operations. You will join a highly collaborative team partnering cross-functionally with Information Technology, Product Management, Inventory Operations, Professional Services and Sales organizations to support, design, implement, integrate, configure and maintain the systems necessary to enable timely and accurate revenue recording, reporting and forecasting. You will join an environment that favors agility, initiative, and creative thinking. We genuinely love what we do and are looking for you who share this passion. Come work with us in a dynamic environment in which you will demonstrate your passion and leverage your technical experience and strong problem-solving skills.

What You'll Do

Location: Remotely from USA
Reports to: Vice President, Revenue Accounting

• You will support upstream operations, including working with operations teams supporting inventory and work order management, both virtually and in person (based on specific times and needs)
• Serve as a central liaison between operations, FP&A, Accounting and other teams, serving as a central point of contact and subject matter expert for questions related to revenue recognition, system configuration and support inquiries
• Serve as subject matter expert related to ASC 606 revenue recognition policy for professional services, inventory and related areas
• Own key functions to support the business, including work order management and inventory tracking, especially during critical accounting milestones such as quarter-end and year-end
• Own and perform validation procedures related to upstream processes, ensuring timely and accurate completion of all monthly tasks in accordance with finance and accounting policies, while maintaining routine reporting to Finance and Accounting leadership
• You will be responsible for the long-term scale and build of areas within your scope of responsibility, including complex and custom deliverables to customers. This includes developing policies and best practices related to these verticals, reviewing historical records for alignment to policy, and building scalable systems and processes for policy compliance and operations support.
• You will monitor monthly activities to ensure all new orders, as well as any amendments, are properly documented and dispositioned in accordance with system configuration and policies
• As needed, you will be able to travel for on-site inventories and support, including at critical Accounting milestones such as quarter-end and year-end. International travel may be required.
• You will consistently challenge the status quo to identify process improvements in the end to end cycle, working upstream as needed for optimum coverage, efficiency and effectiveness
• You will plan, coordinate and ensure execution of cross-functional projects that enable timely and accurate revenue recognition
• You will participate in the product introduction/item master creation and maintenance process as needed to ensure all products and services that are generally available are configured correctly for proper revenue recognition
• You will coordinate with Revenue policy team to understand the proper revenue outcome in order to determine specific system configuration for each product or product family
• You will develop and deliver end user training for key stakeholders as necessary
• You will evaluate planned upgrades for potential impact and test the system to ensure it will cause no negative impact to Axon
• You will provide support for reconciliations of system data to general ledger and financial statements
• You will ensure the integrity and effectiveness of key processes and controls by understanding systems, flow of transactions, internal controls and recommending efficiency and effectiveness improvements
• You will support our team in handling growing customer and revenue data, including leveraging SQL, robotics and other automation tools to accelerate our procedures and enhance the quality of data we receive and analyze