Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting

An overview of this role

As a Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting, you’ll help GitLab scale and strengthen the processes behind revenue recognition and deferred commissions accounting. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director of Revenue Accounting, with broad influence across Finance, Product, Deal Desk, Legal, Information Technology, Sales Operations, and Financial Planning and Analysis. You’ll lead process improvements, system automation, and team enablement across quote-to-cash workflows, helping the team improve accuracy, support compliance, and prepare for new products, services, and pricing models.

This role is a strong fit if you enjoy combining technical accounting depth with operational problem-solving. You’ll evaluate the revenue impact of new offerings before launch, improve how systems and teams work together, and help build scalable processes that support timely financial reporting and audit readiness. In your first year, you’ll focus on improving workflows, strengthening adoption of new tools and processes, and helping the revenue accounting function operate with more consistency and efficiency.

What You’ll Do  

• Identify bottlenecks, manual work, and automation opportunities across quote-to-cash, revenue recognition, deferred commissions, and the financial close process.
• Develop standardized policies, procedures, and playbooks that support consistent execution across revenue and deferred commissions accounting.
• Drive adoption of new workflows and tools by partnering with the broader revenue team and helping improvements become part of day-to-day operations.
• Evaluate new products, services, and pricing models for revenue recognition implications under Accounting Standards Codification 606, including areas such as multi-element arrangements, standalone selling price estimation, variable consideration, and contract modifications.
• Collaborate with Product, Deal Desk, Legal, and Financial Planning and Analysis to assess accounting and operational considerations during offering design and go-to-market planning.
• Partner with external auditors to align on technical accounting conclusions and maintain clear documentation for new accounting positions.
• Enhance system integrations, data quality, and reporting across enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, revenue, and commissions systems.

What You’ll Bring 

• Deep expertise in revenue recognition and deferred commissions accounting in a technology, SaaS, subscription, or consumption-based business environment, including applying Accounting Standards Codification 606 and Accounting Standards Codification 340.
• Experience improving processes and implementing automation across revenue accounting or quote-to-cash workflows, with a focus on scalability, accuracy, and operational efficiency.
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