About the job
The Red Hat Americas Accounting team is looking for a North America Revenue Accounting Manager to join us in Raleigh, NC. In this role, you will lead a team responsible for revenue accounting for contracts with Red Hat's royalty customers in accordance with U.S. GAAP. You will report directly to the senior director of americas accounting and work cross-functionally with the Accounting, Finance, Sales and Sales Operations, Products and Technologies (PnT), Legal, and Order Management teams. As the North America Revenue Accounting Manager, you'll need to have excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills. You will strive to improve team performance and collaborate across Red Hat. You'll also need to be able to analyze data and effectively present findings and business insight to your stakeholders, including senior management.
What you will do

• Actively lead a team in the delivery of royalty revenue accounting services
• Hire, retain, coach and develop highly capable associates
• Assess performance and provide feedback to associates; administer compensation programs
• Comply with Red Hat's accounting and operational practices and conform to U.S. GAAP
• Oversee operations of a team responsible for the monthly accounting cycle, including journals, reconciliations, and reporting and disclosures
• Oversee the royalty revenue accounting process, including managing partner profiles and relationships, reading and interpreting contracts, providing guidance on the booking of orders, and resolving ad hoc royalty issues
• Team up with the Business Controls team and the Revenue Accounting process owner to identify risk and design SOX and operational controls to mitigate it
• Ensure the effective implementation of controls through timely monitoring
• Collaborate with Legal, Sales, and Sales Operations teams in structuring and reviewing revenue contracts and provide sound technical accounting guidance
• Engage with internal and external audit teams to support the quarterly review and annual audit activities

What you will bring

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting or finance; Certified Public Accountant (CPA) qualification is a plus
• Recent experience related to the new Revenue Recognition Guidance (ASC 606)
• Ability to manage multiple priorities by identifying and engaging appropriate resources to deliver under given time constraints and deadlines
• Stakeholder customer management skills, both internally and externally
• Solid analytical abilities with advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience with Salesforce.com (SFDC), Oracle, or RevStream
• Demonstrated experience working in a cross-functional team
• Result-oriented and comfortable working on your own in a high-paced environment
• Ability to take direction and work without direct supervision to complete tasks in a timely and accurate manner

About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver reliable and high-performing Linux, hybrid cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Red Hat helps customers integrate new and existing IT applications, develop cloud-native applications, standardize on our industry-leading operating system, and automate, secure, and manage complex environments. Award-winning support, training, and consulting services make Red Hat a trusted adviser to the Fortune 500. As a strategic partner to cloud providers, system integrators, application vendors, customers, and open source communities, Red Hat can help organizations prepare for the digital future.
Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible Spending Account - healthcare and dependent care
• Health Savings Account - high deductible medical plan
• Retirement 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid parental leave plans for all new parents
• Leave benefits including disability, paid family medical leave, and paid military leave
• Additional benefits including employee stock purchase plan, family planning reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, transportation expense account, employee assistance program, and more!

Note: These benefits are only applicable to full time, permanent associates at Red Hat located in the United States.