About the Job:

We are looking for a Director, Revenue Recognition who will be a critical member of the CFO staff leading the Order to Cash team and revenue accounting. The Director, Revenue Recognition will be an influential leader partnering cross functionally with Revenue, Internal Tools, and Legal. This role will report into the Corporate Controller.

Responsibilities:

• Overall ownership of the Order to Cash process (including deal/contract reviews, order generation, invoicing,collections, revenue accounting, and monthly financial close)
• Provide business support to the Revenue organization to ensure deals are appropriately structured (considering risk, operations and US GAAP requirements)
• Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance existing operational processes (to ensure accurate results are achieved efficiently) while providing good service to our business partners
• Partner with Deal Desk and Legal to develop policies and procedures for efficient deal execution
• Partner with Deal Desk and Internal Tools to drive process automation efforts
• Partner with Controller to improve our financial close processes 
• US GAAP revenue recognition expert and will partner with external audit firm for annual audit
• Assist Corporate Controller to manage sales tax compliance 
• Hire, manage, develop and mentor members on the team
• Other projects and job duties as required

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• CPA license
• 8 years of progressive experience (with mix of public accounting firm and technology industry experience)
• Expert level understanding of revenue accounting under ASC 606
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Prior people management experience (building out a revenue team)
• Experience with NetSuite (including ARM), Salesforce, Stripe
• Advanced knowledge working with Excel
• Ability to work independently and balance multiple projects and processes simultaneously
• Willingness to roll-up your sleeves when work needs to get done
• Located in the SF Bay Area and willing to visit our Oakland office at least occasionally

About LaunchDarkly:

Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise. Slow, inefficient development cycles, costly outages, and fragmented customer experiences are preventing developers from building their best software. The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster while protecting them with a safety valve to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize the business impact of every feature. And by gradually rolling out new application components, they escape nightmare "big-bang" technology migrations. 

The LaunchDarkly platform was built to guide engineers to the next frontier of DevOps by:

• Improving the velocity and stability of software releases, without the fear of end customer outages
• Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts
• Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize
• Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types
• Improving the effectiveness and productivity of engineering teams, by providing insights into engineering cadence and stability

At LaunchDarkly, we believe in the power of teams. We're building a team that is humble, open, collaborative, respectful and kind. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. LD invites any applicant to review our written Affirmative Action Plan. To do so, contact People Ops at hr@launchdarkly.com. 
One of our company values is 'Widen the Circle'. Which means we seek out diversity of perspectives to get better results. We understand everyone has their own unique talents and experiences. We encourage you to apply to this role even if you don’t think you meet 100% of the qualifications outlined above. We can find out together if it's the right match for your skillset.

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