Director, Technical Revenue

Supermicro•San Jose, CA

1d•$187,000 - $205,000

About The Position

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us. We are seeking an experienced Director, Technical Revenue that will be a part of the worldwide revenue accounting team, part of the Supermicro worldwide Finance and Accounting organization. We are looking for a high-energy, hands-on individual that has the ability to mentor and nurture a team of Revenue Managers and Sr. Revenue Analysts. We are a growing company, looking for individuals to drive best practices, efficiency, and have a desire to learn and grow with us. The Director, Technical Revenue will be a key part of Supermicro technical revenue accounting role, acts a technical subject matter expert on ASC 606 and interfaces with the revenue team and other finance organization and external auditors, will own the technical accounting guidance and application within revenue transactions worldwide.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
15+ years of progressive experience - a mix of Big 4 accounting firm experience (preferably at the Sr. Manager level) and public companies with multiple, complex revenue streams in a high-growth environment; multi-national industry experience.
Licensed CPA required.
Experience and in-depth knowledge of revenue accounting related to multi element arrangements with strong application knowledge of ASC 606
Ability to conduct technical accounting research and document findings
Excellent verbal, written, and listening skills as well as ability to effectively use accounting knowledge to collaborate, guide and interact professionally with a wide range of personnel at various levels within the organization to drive sound business decisions
Ability to effectively present information with confidence and accuracy to various levels of internal management and external auditors
Strong judgement and decision making skills
Exceptional organizational skills, project management experience to include management of large-scale/global initiatives
Experience in managing team members to achieve results, and ability to train and develop employees
Matrix leadership experience of direct reports and cross-functional teams (Finance, Marketing, and Legal)
Ability to work under tight deadlines and high-pressure situations, while problem solving and effectively multi-tasking to arrive at the correct resolutions
Strong knowledge of SOX requirements, including the ability to assess, develop and implement internal controls
Experience with larger ERP systems (SAP), RevPro and related data across a global business (strong plus)
Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Manager all aspects of revenue cycle to ensure accurate revenue recognition under ASC606, including updating the revenue recognition policies manuals and procedures.
Lead technical accounting discussions relating to revenue recognition and be the subject matter expert to drive matters to conclusion.
Ability to communicate highly technical perspectives to individuals with varying degrees of experience in the subject matter ranging from sales personnel and certain other customer-facing individuals, other finance personnel, and management
Responsible for driving integration alignment between revenue related areas including enhancing accounting based key revenue controls, operational improvements, including providing important analytics to help drive strategic decisions, and possible system enhancement and automations.
Review customer contracts for rev rec implications and work with Sales on structuring transaction deals.
Exercise judgment within defined policies and authoritative literature to determine appropriate action related to revenue-related transactions
Prepare technical accounting memo and provides guidance to non-finance organizations based on new accounting guidelines.
Manage the monthly revenue close process including timely completion of all close analysis and reviews
Work actively with external and internal auditors to ensure that company revenue recognition interpretation and internal revenue guidance are consistent and compliant with GAAP and all technical pronouncements
Implement timely reporting and process improvements based upon industry trends, authoritative literature and business objectives.
Evaluate and access technical revenue recognition aspects for proper accounting on any new company level business models.
Prepare and provide frequent technical rev rec trainings to Revenue team and accounting personnels to improve technical revenue recognition knowledge and knowhow
Keep up to date knowledge on any new revenue related accounting pronouncements