Senior Revenue Accountant

About Datadog:

Datadog is the world-class monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. We’re dedicated to creating, developing, and supporting our product and customers, allowing for seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops and Security teams globally. Built by engineers, for engineers, our SaaS product is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stack. Given the resilience of cloud technologies and importance placed today in digital operations and agility, Datadog continues to innovate and is well positioned for the long term.

The Team:

Datadog's Finance team collaborates with teams across the organization, providing commercial, operational, and analytical support to ensure that Datadog's business continues to grow as rapidly and efficiently as possible.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a Senior Revenue Accountant to join our growing Finance team at Datadog. As a member of the finance team, the Senior Revenue Accountant will be a key member of the team in developing more efficient revenue / billing data flow and close processes and be on the front lines of supporting the rapid growth of the Company.

You Will:

• Work closely with the broader finance team to support the finance operations, accounting and compliance function for our business.
• Complete month-end close responsibilities including preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare memos and analyses surrounding revenue recognition under ASC 606 for more complicated billing arrangements
• Assist in calculation of key internal revenue metrics and invoicing during month-end close.
• Generate and issue prepaid and monthly invoices issued in arrears.
• Help customers understand their bills, which vary with usage and plan type.
• Effectively detect, communicate and work to resolve customer billing issues with the Customer Success Team.
• Work closely with a multitude of teams (Customer Success, DealDesk, Sales Systems, Order Operations) to continue to enhance our order to cash process.
• Participate in the annual audit and quarterly reviews performed by our auditors, including revenue walkthroughs and the preparation of PBCs.
• Ad-hoc projects as they arise.

Requirements:

• ACA or ACCA qualified with 1+ years PQE
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within a public company or Big 4, and hold a BS/BA degree in Accounting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Hands-on, love new challenges, and loves to improve existing processes.
• Great attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritize well

Bonus Points:

• SaaS Experience
• Strong technical accounting background with a knowledge of US GAAP standards
• Experience working with NetSuite, Salesforce or Tableau
• CPA or working toward CPA

*Datadog is an affirmative action employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Datadog is the essential monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of our customers’ entire technology stack. Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track key business metrics.

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About Datadog:

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog:

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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