Controller, Revenue & Billing

Controller, Revenue & Billing

The role, in a nutshell :

We are seeking a Controller to lead revenue accounting and billing operations, with ownership of ASC 606 compliance and collections. This role will play a critical part in ensuring accurate revenue recognition, efficient billing practices, and strong controls around the quote-to-cash cycle. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in revenue accounting and enjoys building scalable systems and processes.

What you'll do :

• Lead all aspects of revenue recognition in compliance with ASC 606, including contract review, multi-element arrangements, and variable consideration assessments
• Oversee billing, invoicing, collections, and cash application processes to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and a strong customer experience
• Manage accounting for deferred revenue, contract assets, and capitalized commissions with robust reconciliations and reporting
• Develop and maintain revenue-related accounting policies and internal controls, ensuring consistency across geographies and product lines
• Partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, Deal Desk, Legal, and FP&A to ensure alignment across the full quote to cash cycle
• Own system design and automation for billing and collections, including evaluating, implementing, and optimizing ERP / CRM integrations (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce, etc.)
• Ensure compliance with external audit and regulatory requirements related to revenue recognition, disclosures, and SOX readiness
• Deliver timely, accurate reporting on revenue, cash, deferred revenue, and other key order-to-cash metrics to leadership and cross-functional partners
• Identify and drive process improvements to increase efficiency, scalability, and accuracy across billing and revenue operations

What we're looking for :

Base Salary Range

$170,000 - $190,000 USD

About Us

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.

Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.

Chainguards mission is to be the safe source for open source.

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 dont 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 - Were transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer :

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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