Chief Accounting Officer

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SentinelOne is defining the future of cybersecurity through our XDR platform that automatically prevents, detects, and responds to threats in real-time. Singularity XDR ingests data and leverages our patented AI models to deliver autonomous protection. With SentinelOne, organizations gain full transparency into everything happening across the network at machine speed – to defeat every attack, at every stage of the threat lifecycle. 

We are a values-driven team where names are known, results are rewarded, and friendships are formed. Trust, accountability, relentlessness, ingenuity, and OneSentinel define the pillars of our collaborative and unified global culture. We're looking for people that will drive team success and collaboration across SentinelOne. If you’re enthusiastic about innovative approaches to problem-solving, we would love to speak with you about joining our team!

SentinelOne is seeking a Chief Accounting Officer who is a proven professional with experience leading the core operational aspects of our accounting. This includes ensuring the integrity of accounting, financial operations, and financial reporting by providing outstanding leadership, critical thinking with an ability to extend beyond just the world of accounting, and with a proven ability to recruit, build and manage a world class organization. This role will develop talent, balance capabilities, costs and service levels and work effectively cross-functionally in a rapidly changing and growing environment. 

As a key leader, reporting to the CFO, you will collaborate cross functionally with the broader organization and lead our accounting team which includes responsibility for the record to report cycle, close, regulatory compliance, and special initiative management. You will identify & develop leading practice guidance, will drive consistency and efficiencies across the team. Success in this role is dependent on leadership, organization/people development, process improvement, strategic execution, ability to deal with a rapidly changing business environment and communication.

What will you do?

  • Serve as a strategic financial business partner to the CEO, CFO and Executive Management team to help make sound business decisions
  • Serve as primary contact with external auditors to ensure effective execution of audits, quarterly reviews, internal controls and financial reporting activities. 
  • Instill a performance culture resulting in meaningful cross functional business process transformation and automation to increase efficiency and effectiveness, as well as meeting the needs of a high growth business in multiple locations.
  • Lead all areas of accounting, both technical and transactional including financial reporting, technical accounting, revenue accounting, consolidations, international accounting, operational accounting, close and operations, stock administration and equity accounting, and financial systems while maintaining internal controls and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
  • Lead a high-performance, high-potential, and diverse global operational accounting team, serving as a strong positive leader, mentor and advisor who is willing to roll up his/her sleeves to work alongside the team and sharing process and technical expertise to continually evolve the organization’s capabilities in the U.S., Israel, India, EMEA, APAC and future markets.
  • Collaborate across the company to improve controls, enhance processes and advance company performance. 
  • Lead, develop and improve the global close processes for a fast-paced, rapidly growing SaaS company on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
  • Establish and maintain accounting policies and leading practices and procedures to adapt to changes in our business and to ensure U.S. GAAP compliance. Ensure overall corporate controllership policies are aligned globally.
  • Oversee accounting integration & valuation for mergers & acquisitions.
  • Establish, monitor and maintain internal controls over financial reporting. Improve internal controls alongside the VP, Internal Audit, to ensure SOX compliance with all processes within the controllership organization.
  • Work closely with the financial planning & analysis team on reporting efforts and monthly accruals related to budgeting and forecasting.
  • Assess regularly the need to thoughtfully scale the end-to-end business processes, the systems and financial controls in support of our future growth.

Who are we looking for?

  • Bachelor’s degree, with an emphasis in accounting, finance or a related field, MBA a plus
  • CPA required
  • At least 15 years of work experience leading a global accounting function, dealing with complex accounting matters in a public company audit and SOX environment. SaaS company background a plus. Prior Big-4 public accounting/audit experience and tax experience preferred
  • Previous experience as a public company Corporate Controller. Fast-paced, rapidly growing environments preferred. 
  • Ability to interact & engage with all levels of the organization with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement (self and team).
  • Proven success in developing and leading a team of people using a collaborative management style and a willingness to dig into details in a public company environment 
  • Deep technical knowledge and comprehensive expertise with accounting policy, U.S. GAAP accounting, SEC requirements and FASB pronouncements
  • Comprehensive understanding and prior experience with design and implementation of accounting policies and procedures
  • Merger & acquisition and integration accounting experience
  • Be adept at prioritization, responsiveness and understanding a sense of urgency with the ability to balance multiple projects
  • Strong attention to detail, systems development and organizational management
  • Excellent planning, analysis and execution skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills



SentinelOne is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

SentinelOne participates in the E-Verify Program for all U.S. based roles. 

More Information on SentinelOne
SentinelOne operates in the Cybersecurity industry. The company is located in Mountain View, CA and Eugene, OR. SentinelOne was founded in 2013. It has 1050 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Volunteer in local community, Partners with nonprofits, Open door policy, OKR operational model, Team based strategic planning and Open office floor plan. To see all 15 open jobs at SentinelOne, click here.
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