Senior Manager, Billing Compliance

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 the Senior Manager of Billing Compliance, you will be a key member of a highly collaborative team that partners with our customers and cross-functional teams including Sales, Quoting, Order Management, Accounting, and Revenue. You’ll play a vital role in ensuring billing compliance while identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and drive operational effectiveness across the organization. 

A proactive team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment, you work closely with our global team, champion best practices, and step in wherever needed. You maintain a sharp attention to detail while moving quickly, and you apply your problem-solving skills to support business objectives and continuous improvement.

 

What You’ll Do

Location: Hybrid Presence based near our US Hubs - Scottsdale, Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta, Sterling, Denver, or Seattle
 
Reports to: Senior Director, Order-to-Cash 

• Lead a team of professionals responsible for day-to-day strategic billing operations, compliance and the financial close process  

• Mentor billing analysts with a focus on continuous learning, development and opportunity for growth within the organization and the Company  

• Foster a customer-focused culture, by leading a highly transactional process that delivers technical excellence  

• Develop a deep understanding of the Company’s quote-to-cash cycle to design effective controls, optimize billing processes, and partner with Enterprise Applications to implement system fixes, enhancements and new capabilities  

• Leverage data-driven insights to proactively identify opportunities and develop a strategic roadmap that enhances operational efficiency and drives excellence 

• Collaborate cross-functionally, with operations and accounting teams to establish policies and create standard operating procedures that position the organization for scalable growth   

• Ensure internal controls for billing-related processes are properly designed, operating effectively, and documented to ensure SOX compliance 

• Lead the month-end close process in partnership with the accounting team, ensuring timely and accurate journal entries impacting accounts receivable are clearly communicated and properly recorded  

• Perform account reconciliations, fluctuation analysis, and oversee the external audit process 

• Define and publish metrics to measure, monitor, and report on the billing organization's effectiveness 

• Document and maintain policies, including those for the execution of non-standard billing structures and the applicable review and approval criteria  

• Provide audit support for both control and substantive testing 

 

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, or equivalent, CPA license preferred  

•  8+ years of accounting and finance experience, billing and revenue expertise, recent experience with a publicly traded company preferred 

• Expert in US GAAP and ASC 606, preferably applied within the technology industry 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization and directly with our customers  

• Advanced skills and expertise in Excel, Salesforce.com, ERP systems, and reporting solutions 

• Collaborative leadership with a growth mindset and solutions-oriented approach who enables continuous system and process improvement through periods of hyper grow