Sr. Accountant, AI Operations
SpaceX•Palo Alto, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
Play a key role in the finance organization by serving as the operational backbone of billing operations. This hands-on role owns the end-to-end order-to-cash lifecycle across complex revenue streams, including seat-based subscriptions, usage/consumption-based models, pre-committed contracts, uncommitted (pay-as-you-go) arrangements, hybrid billing structures, and enterprise custom deals. The ideal candidate reimagines processes rather than simply managing them, partnering cross-functionally to ensure billing accuracy, revenue integrity, and an exceptional customer experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 4+ years of accounting experience
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or other business discipline
- 4+ years of experience in Billing Operations, Order Management, Accounts Receivable, or Order-to-Cash functions within SaaS, technology, or subscription-based businesses
- CPA license or equivalent
- Strong understanding of ASC 606 revenue recognition principles
- Deep expertise managing multiple billing models simultaneously
- Hands-on experience with billing and financial systems in complex, multi-system environments
- Strong motivation for automation and process improvement
- Experience with SQL, Power BI tools, or billing analytics platforms
- Familiarity with multi-currency billing, international tax compliance, or multi-entity operations
- Prior experience in high-growth, scaling environments
- Must be willing to work overtime and/or weekends as needed
Responsibilities
- Own and manage the full order-to-cash billing cycle from booking through invoicing, collections, and cash application across all revenue streams
- Oversee billing operations for diverse monetization models: seat-based licensing, usage/consumption-based billing, pre-committed contracts, uncommitted/on-demand arrangements, hybrid models, and enterprise custom deal structures
- Ensure invoicing accuracy, proper tax treatment (VAT/Sales Tax), and compliance with contractual billing terms
- Manage order processing workflows, establish and enforce SLAs, and drive down cycle times and error rates
- Reconcile bookings data and ensure alignment between CRM, billing platforms, and the general ledger
- Partner with Revenue Accounting to support accurate revenue recognition under ASC 606
- Ensure billing practices support clean, auditable revenue streams and SOX compliance readiness
- Develop and monitor KPIs including DSO, billing accuracy, aging analysis, collection efficiency, and revenue leakage metrics
- Support monthly and quarterly close processes with timely, accurate billing data
- Act as a subject matter expert across the billing technology stack and drive system optimization
- Identify and implement process automation, eliminate manual touchpoints, and build scalable workflows
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of billing and order management professionals
- Serve as the connective tissue between Sales, Deal Desk, Legal, Revenue Accounting, Collections, Engineering, and Product teams
- Represent the billing function in cross-functional projects including new product launches, pricing model changes, and system migrations
Benefits
- comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- short and long-term disability insurance
- life insurance
- paid parental leave
- various other discounts and perks
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
- paid sick leave
- company stock or long-term cash awards
- potential discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
