Senior Director, Revenue Accounting

Overview

The Senior Director, Revenue Accounting, serves as a key leader not only in overseeing the company’s revenue accounting operations but also as a cross-functional partner, collaborating closely with teams across sales, finance, product, and beyond. This position is responsible for ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of all revenue-related financial reporting, and for establishing and maintaining robust revenue recognition policies aligned with industry standards.

By actively engaging with diverse stakeholders, you will help shape and influence the company’s broader strategic goals, ensuring revenue processes and priorities are fully integrated into organizational objectives. This leader will head a high-performing team, cultivate strong cross-departmental relationships, and champion continuous improvement to optimize processes, manage risk, and drive business growth across the enterprise.

• Oversee the revenue accounting function, ensuring accurate and timely recording of revenue transactions and accounting for sales commissions.
• Develop and implement revenue recognition policies and procedures in compliance with relevant accounting standards.
• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue close processes, including the preparation of management reporting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, finance, sales operations, and deal desk to ensure alignment on revenue-related matters.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the revenue accounting team, fostering a culture of excellence and performance.
• Monitor and analyze revenue trends, identify potential risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements related to revenue accounting.
• Support external audits and reviews, providing necessary documentation and explanations for revenue-related inquiries.
• Drive improvements and automation initiatives to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the revenue accounting function.
• Work closely with pricing and packaging teams to ensure revenue recognition aligns with evolving product offerings and pricing structures, facilitating smooth integration of new initiatives into accounting processes.
• Partner with the product team to assess the revenue impact of new features and product launches, ensuring accounting practices are proactively aligned with evolving business strategies.
• Stay updated on industry trends and changes in accounting standards, providing recommendations for adjustments to revenue recognition practices.

• BA/BS in Accounting or Finance
• 10+ years of relevant work experience
• CPA required (active or inactive)
• Public accounting experience required
• Proficiency in ASC 606 and strong understanding of US GAAP
• Experience leading a team

Tanium delivers the industry's only true real-time cloud-based endpoint management and security offering. Its platform is real-time, seamless, and autonomous, allowing security-conscious organizations to break down silos between IT and Security operations that results in reduced complexity, cost, and risk. Securing more than 32M endpoints around the world, Tanium's customers include Fortune 100 organizations, top US retailers, top US commercial banks, and branches of the U.S. Military.

It also partners with the world's biggest technology companies, system integrators, and managed service providers to help customers realize the full potential of their IT investments. Tanium has been named to the Forbes Cloud 100 list for nine consecutive years and ranks on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. For more information on The Power of Certainty™, visit  and follow us on Linked In and X.

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