Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.
Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake.
Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.
We’re hiring a Senior Manager to lead revenue accounting, billing, and collections during a critical phase of systems transformation and scale. This role owns ASC 606 compliance, manages the full quote-to-cash accounting lifecycle, and will lead a team of two. You’ll report to the Controller and serve as the technical and operational leader for all revenue-related matters. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on ensuring accurate revenue recognition, efficient billing practices, and strong controls around the quote-to-cash cycle.
If you’ve scaled revenue accounting operations in a SaaS environment and enjoy building rigor where processes are evolving, this is a high-impact opportunity.
What you’ll do: Own revenue recognition and technical accounting- Lead all aspects of ASC 606 compliance, including contract review, multi-element arrangements, and variable consideration
- Partner with Sales Ops, Deal Desk, Legal, and FP&A to ensure alignment across the full quote to cash cycle
- Oversee accounting for AR, deferred revenue, revenue, and contract assets
- Ensure audit readiness through strong documentation, reconciliations, and internal controls
Lead billing and collections operations
- Oversee invoicing, collections, and cash application processes
- Serve as the escalation point for complex billing and revenue matters
- Improve accuracy, timeliness, and automationacross the order-to-cash cycle
- Lead and mentor a team of two (Senior Revenue Accountant and Billing and Collections Specialist)
- Provide stable, consistent leadership and clear process ownership
- Establish accountability, documentation standards, and operational discipline
- Own system design and automation for billing and collections, including evaluating, implementing, and optimizing ERP/CRM integrations (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce, etc.)
- Transition manual workflows into automated, scalable processes
- Design and formalize revenue policies and controls
- Build infrastructure to support increasing deal complexity and international expansion
- Own revenue-related close activities
- Deliver timely, accurate reporting on revenue, deferred revenue, and related metrics
- Partner closely with FP&A on forecasting and recognition alignment
- Active CPA license (required)
- 7+ years of progressive revenue accounting experience with deep ASC 606 expertise
- Proven leadership experience managing revenue or billing teams
- Strong NetSuite experience, including Advanced Revenue Management
- Hands-on ERP/CRM experience (e.g., Salesforce)
- Experience supporting audits and building revenue documentation
- Demonstrated ability to scale processes in a high-growth SaaS or subscription environment
- Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex revenue concepts
Preferred:
- Public accounting background (Big 4 or similar)
- Experience with subscription or usage-based billing models
- Exposure to international revenue considerations
We need a builder and operator.
Someone who can step into an evolving environment, bring structure and technical depth, and lead revenue through its next phase of maturity. You should be equally comfortable reviewing complex contracts, coaching your Senior Revenue Accountant, partnering with Sales on deal structure, and rolling up your sleeves in NetSuite.
This is a role for someone who enjoys turning manual processes into scalable systems, strengthening controls without slowing the business down, and creating long-term operational rigor.
If you’re looking for a high-visibility revenue leadership role where you can shape systems, mentor a team, and build durable infrastructure — we’d love to talk.
We live and breathe our company values:
- We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.
- We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.
- We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.
- We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.
A few of the benefits we offer:
- Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
- 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
- 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
If your experience is close but doesn't fulfill all requirements, please apply. We're building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring "Chainguardians" with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as fully paid for employees and dependents, including medical, dental, and vision. This reduces out-of-pocket costs and materially elevates total compensation.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave policies and family-planning support (adoption, IVF, egg freezing, surrogacy) are presented as generous and flexible. This breadth supports different family needs and enhances perceived rewards beyond base pay.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options are granted at hire and promotion with a long exercise window, improving flexibility and usability. This design can make equity more accessible and valuable over time.
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Chainguard is the secure foundation for building with open source software. The company's portfolio of secure, minimal container images helps organizations embrace a new culture of software development where starting left with security, not shifting left, is the reality. Chainguard was founded by the industry's leading experts on software supply chain security, open source, software, and cloud-native development. We aren't a traditional security vendor. It's container images provide secure-by-default infrastructure that introduces zero friction to developer workflows. That's why developers love and CISOS trust Chainguard. Its customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and leading technology and security companies, including Anduril, Canva, Domino Data Lab, Checkmarx, HPE, GitLab, Snowflake, and Wiz. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia, and Spark Capital.
Why Work With Us
Security is our mission, but having fun is our mantra. Since our founding, we've increased +1M memes, sung 900+ hours of Kubernetes-themed karaoke, and created 774+ whacky Slack emojis. Beyond this, Chainguard's innovation and leadership in open source and software supply chain security has been recognized by industry leaders.
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