Senior Director, Revenue Accounting

1Password 1Password · Enterprise · United States, Canada · Remote · G&A

This role is for a Senior Director of Revenue Accounting at 1Password, a cybersecurity company that has surpassed $400M in ARR. The company pioneers Unified Access Management and is used by many AI companies. The role requires 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, CPA or equivalent, and a deep understanding of SaaS revenue models and US GAAP. The candidate will architect and scale the revenue accounting function, support increasing deal complexity and global expansion, and interact frequently with Sales, Legal, Financial Operations, and Data teams. A key aspect is leveraging AI tools and agents to improve accounting efficiency. Experience with data visualization tools like Looker is a plus. The role involves building and mentoring a team, ensuring scalable processes and controls, assessing public company readiness, and partnering with various departments on deal structuring and financial strategy.

What you'd actually do

  1. architect and scale a best in class revenue accounting function to support 1Password’s next stage of growth
  2. designing a scalable revenue infrastructure capable of supporting increasing deal complexity, global expansion, and future external reporting requirements
  3. drive alignment across Revenue Accounting, Financial Operations, Sales Operations, and Systems to ensure scalable, efficient, and customer centric execution
  4. Build, mentor, and develop a high performing revenue accounting and accounting operations leadership team, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
  5. Lead the development of a long-term roadmap to modernize revenue systems and reporting capabilities in partnership with Data and Business Systems teams.

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including senior leadership roles within high growth SaaS or technology companies
  • CPA, or equivalent, required
  • An understanding of revenue, related technical accounting concepts in accordance with the U.S. GAAP and complex SaaS revenue models
  • Deep understanding for internal and external financial reporting needs
  • Proven track-record of running efficient monthly close processes, handling internal and external audits, and managing auditor relationships
  • Excellent people leadership skills
  • AI forward thinking with ability to leverage tools and agents to enable a more efficient accounting function without sacrificing accuracy
  • Ability to inspire and recognize the team while working under tight deadlines and managing multiple competing priorities
  • Ability to set standards, multi-task and work with minimal supervision while adhering to essential deadlines
  • Ability to lead problem-solving efforts while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to demonstrate teamwork skills
  • Advanced expertise in accounting systems, ability to understand problems, envision solutions and influence teams towards right systematic or manual solutions
  • Proven experience leading revenue accounting within a high growth SaaS organization at scale, with demonstrated success scaling processes through rapid growth.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and unpredictability

Nice to have

  • Experience with any data visualization tools, such as Looker, is considered a significant asset

What the JD emphasized

  • CPA, or equivalent, required
  • AI forward thinking with ability to leverage tools and agents to enable a more efficient accounting function without sacrificing accuracy