Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

The Basics:

The Director Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting serves as a key leader overseeing the companys technical accounting and financial reporting functions while acting as a critical cross-functional partner across finance tax legal and the broader organization. This position is responsible for ensuring the integrity accuracy and timeliness of U.S. GAAP financial statements and footnote disclosures maintaining corporate accounting policies and interpreting the impact of evolving FASB and SEC pronouncements. By engaging closely with external auditors internal stakeholders and leadership this leader will drive audit readiness support special projects such as IPO readiness and leverage AI tools to continuously improve reporting processes. This leader will lead a high-performing team cultivate strong cross-departmental relationships and champion operational excellence to manage risk and support business growth across the enterprise.

This position follows the Companys hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the office at one of the following locations a minimum of three days per week: Addison TX; Bellevue WA; Durham NC; Emeryville CA; or Reston VA.

What youll do:

• Manage mentor and lead 2 team members covering the Technical Accounting and Financial Reporting functions ensuring accurate and timely execution of all related business and accounting operations.
• Own the end-to-end preparation and execution of the companys U.S. GAAP financial statements and accompanying footnote disclosures
• Stay current on FASB and SEC pronouncements and interpret impact to the company in partnership with internal partners and external auditors and identify research and prepare technical memoranda for complex transactions
• Develop maintain and update corporate accounting policies to ensure global consistency and compliance with US GAAP
• Manage all non-revenue technical accounting requirements for the company including leasing capitalized internal-use software investments EPS and FX risk management programs for the companys multi-currency operations
• Partner with accounting leadership to establish implement and continuously evolve a Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance framework including risk assessment control design documentation testing remediation and optimization as the company scales.
• Serve as a key liaison for external auditors ensuring all deliverables are provided timely and resolving any audit inquiries.
• Manage the quarterly 409A valuation process
• Drive special projects as they arise such as implementing new accounting standards IPO readiness system migrations and process automation.
• Embrace and leverage AI tools to drive process and reporting efficiencies / optimization.

Were looking for someone with:

• BA/BS in Accounting or Finance
• CPA license or equivalent
• 10 years of relevant work experience
• Proficiency in US GAAP and SEC requirements
• Has experience leading a team
• Background in public accounting (e.g. Big 4) combined with in-house experience at a high-growth SaaS or technology company

About Tanium

On a mission. Together.

At Tanium we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration respect and our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.

As a global organization with stakeholders around the world its imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.

Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.

What youll get

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $206000 to $316000. This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors including but not limited to location education skills training and experience.

In addition to an annual base salary team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of medical dental and vision plan family planning benefits health savings account flexible spending account transportation savings account 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match life accident and disability coverage business travel accident insurance employee assistance programs disability insurance and other well-being benefits.

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