Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting and Commercial Controllership

Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

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 Senior Manager, Commercial Controllership you will oversee a team of 3-6 professionals focused on the pre-execution deal structuring, post-execution key deal review, managing the relationship with Axon’s internal stakeholders and auditors.    

 The role requires experience with Revenue Recognition, process and system improvement as well as strong team leadership skills.   

The role will partner with non-finance related executives and managers within Operations, IT and Business Development and implement processes to satisfy Axon’s customer expectations and accelerate the close.

What You’ll Do 

Location:  Hybrid (2 days on-site) from SF Bay Area, Scottsdale, AZ or Seattle, WA or Boston, MA or Atlanta, GA or Sterling, VA or Denver, CO 
Reports to:  Sr Director, Commercial Controllership 

• Be a thought leader to sales and product teams on sales and GTM strategy development, new product introduction, contract negotiation, financial modeling, accounting analysis and documentation

• Drive operational excellence to develop a scalable commercial controllership process in a high growth environment. 

• Oversee and drive analysis and diagnosis of KPI and productivity metrics to optimize operational results over time. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive finance transformation to deliver faster and richer insights to make data-driven decisions. 

• Support ad hoc Controllership projects that arise due to our rapid growth.  

• Manages and communicates throughout the key deal negotiation and/or new sales program launch process with all stakeholders, including Revenue Accounting, FP&A, Accounting Operations, Tax, Sales, Commercial Operations, Internal Audit, external auditors and executive leadership.  

• Sets and achieves Key metrics for your team.  

• Develops a deep understanding of the Company’s lead-to-cash cycle.  

• Draft, implement and execute policies, system changes and procedures to facilitate an effective and efficient revenue close cycle  

• Conduct training of both the stakeholders affected by these processes as well as the professionals who perform quoting and order processing  

• Identifies opportunities to improve processes, systems, and productivity to enable the Company to continue to scale as it grows both in existing markets and in new markets across both domestic and global geographies and customer segments  

What You Bring

• 7+ years of experience leading revenue accounting teams in a dispersed work environment. 

• Strong experience of sales partnership 

• BS or equivalent in accounting or finance 

• CPA or equivalent 

• Strong technical US GAAP knowledge with depth in revenue recognition (ASC606)

• Experience with order to cash or revenue recognition functions at complex and multi-national publicly traded companies 

• Relevant industry experience in connected devices and software a plus 

• Prior experience in process transformation a plus 

• Strong business acumen  

• Strong leadership, communication, organization and technology skills <