Manager, Accounting

Full Time
San Francisco, CA, USA
8 months ago

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel is an event analytics platform for builders who need answers from their data at their fingertips—no SQL required. When everyone in the organization can see and learn from the impact of their work on product, marketing, and company revenue metrics, they are poised to make better decisions.

Over 8,000 customers, including companies like Netflix, Pinterest, Sweetgreen, Samsara, and Uber, use Mixpanel to understand their customers and measure progress. Our commitment is to provide the most comprehensive and reliable analytics platform accessible and trusted by all.

About the Operational Finance Team

The Operational Finance Team is responsible for a variety of tasks that are instrumental in keeping the business running on a day to day basis. There are four teams within the Operational Finance Function each serve a specific purpose to the company: Accounting and Accounts Payable - Accurately records all vendor related transactions and keeps our vendors paid, Billing Team - provisions all customers access to mixpanel and ensure proper revenue recognition, Collection Team - records all customer payments and ensures we get paid on time, Payroll - prepares payrolls for all employees world wide. The team is split between the Bay Area and Barcelona.

About the Role

We are looking for a reliable Accounting Manager to support the Controller in the day to day responsibilities of the Accounting and Collection Team’s along with leading large project initiatives. An effective accounting manager has good knowledge of accounting principle and is organized with a great eye for detail. The accounting manager must be reliable and able to lead and carry out projects autonomously and collaboratively. They strive to contribute to keep the accounting and financial processes of the company up to standard and ensure accurate financial reporting and control. You will report to the Controller.

Responsibilities:

The Accounting Manager is primarily responsible for all General Ledger Accounting except Revenue and AR, advanced technical accounting expertise, overseeing the financial statement audits and managing larger finance operations projects.

More specifically:

  • Direct and manage timely and accurate execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close
  • Managing and overseeing the daily operations of the accounting (including AP) and collection teams, the entire procure to pay process as well as cash receipts.
  • Identify and lead key finance initiatives related to strategy, process change and efficiencies; guide and assist other departments by clearly communicating current accounting and policies and procedures as well as composing and disseminating new procedures and policies as necessitated by best practices and changes laws, requirements or policies.
  • Assist in preparing and consolidating financial statements along with managing the preparation and review of required schedules for auditors, including fieldwork, submission of documents and ad hoc questions.
  • Ensuring all accounting practices are in compliance with legal guidelines and established accounting principles
  • Develop, maintain and ensure policy, procedures and internal controls are updated in accordance to US GAAP
  • Assisting in review of tax documentation for state, local, federal and international matters
  • Support the Controller and Assistant Controller as needed in ad hoc projects or cross team reviewing.

We're Looking For Someone Who Has

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field
  • 5+ years in Finance or Accounting based role, with experience managing a team.
  • CPA designation and familiarity with US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)
  • Analytical and organizational skills
  • Attention to detail

Bonus Points For

  • Experience with Netsuite and Blackline, Equity Accounting
  • Background in project management, managing large teams international team, reached manager level at an audit firm

Compensation

The amount listed below is the total target cash compensation (TTCC) and includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. In addition to the cash compensation provided, this position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits including medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage. You can view our benefits offerings here.Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford, a global compensation database. The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTCC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations. To stay on top of market conditions, we refresh our salary ranges twice a year so these ranges may change in the future. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, job-related skills, qualifications, and other factors. If you have questions about the specific range, your recruiter can share this information.

Mixpanel Compensation Range$153,000—$187,000 USD

Benefits and Perks

  • Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
  • Mental Wellness Benefit
  • Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
  • Enhanced Parental Leave
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

*please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*

Culture Values

  • Be Open: When knowledge becomes open, we can come together as a team to collaborate around a shared purpose
  • Customer Focus: Our customers’ success is our success
  • Lead Change: Everyone at Mixpanel has the capacity to make an impact on the business
  • Results Oriented: Driving results in a measurable way ensures we stay focused on the highest impact initiatives
  • One Team: We can’t win without each other

Why choose Mixpanel?

We’re a leader in analytics with over 8,000 customers and $277M raised from prominent investors: like Andreessen-Horowitz, Sequoia, YC, and, most recently, Bain Capital. Mixpanel’s pioneering event-based data analytics platform offers a powerful yet simple solution for companies to understand user behaviors and easily track overarching company success metrics. Our accomplished teams continuously facilitate our expansion by tackling the ever-evolving challenges tied to scaling, reliability, design, and service. Choosing to work at Mixpanel means you’ll be helping the world’s most innovative companies learn from their data so they can make better decisions.

Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. At Mixpanel, we are focused on things that really matter—our people, our customers, our partners—out of a recognition that those relationships are the most valuable assets we have. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance or other similar laws that may be applicable, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We’ve immersed ourselves in our Culture and Values as our guiding principles for the impact we want to have and the future we are building.