Revenue Accounting Manager

Baseten
San Francisco, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Revenue accounting professionals with ASC 606 expertise and hands-on billing operations experience will find this mid-level role at Baseten offers real ownership over a growing function on a lean team in San Francisco or New York.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 3+ years in revenue accounting and a builder mentality will thrive in this individual-contributor role.
    — “Builder mentality with a bias toward execution; comfortable operating on a lean team
  • Professionals experienced in handling usage-based pricing and multi-year contracts are well-suited for this expanding function.
    — “deal structures are getting more complex: usage-based pricing, committed capacity, credits, multi-year enterprise contracts
  • Individuals with direct billing operations ownership and a proactive approach to contract review will be a strong fit.
    — “Experience owning billing operations directly, not just reviewing output from a billing team

Things to consider

  • This role requires in-person work in San Francisco or New York for at least three days per week.
    — “Based in San Francisco or New York, with the ability to work in-person 3+ days per week
  • Candidates must be prepared to manage complex deal structures and support audit deliverables.
    — “Own revenue-related audit deliverables, including technical memos and sample testing support

How to stand out

  • Highlight direct billing ownership and specific experience with ASC 606 in your resume and interview responses.
    — “Own revenue recognition under ASC 606 across all contract types
  • Emphasize your ability to streamline processes and automate error-prone steps in billing workflows.
    — “Identify and automate manual, error-prone steps in the billing-to-cash workflow
  • Showcase your track record in advising on deal structuring with Sales and Legal teams.
    — “Partner directly with Sales, Revenue Operations, and Legal as a proactive advisor on deal structuring
  • Demonstrate familiarity with NetSuite and modern billing platforms in your application materials.
    — “Experience with NetSuite (or comparable ERP) and a modern billing platform
  • Position your experience with tax automation tools across multiple jurisdictions as a key differentiator.
    — “Experience overseeing sales and indirect tax compliance through an automated tax tool across multiple jurisdictions
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid

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What success looks like

  • Completed first year-end audit
  • Tightened contract review processes
  • Improved reporting rigor
Typical background
5+ years of progressive accounting experience3+ years focused specifically on revenue accounting and recognition

Skills & requirements

Required

Revenue RecognitionASC 606Contract ReviewBilling OperationsSales And Indirect TaxClose And Reporting

Preferred

Usage-based PricingCommitted Capacity DealsMulti-year Enterprise Contracts

Stack & domain

ASC 606LeadershipCommunicationFinance

About the role

Original posting from Baseten via Ashby

ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F https://www.baseten.co/blog/announcing-our-series-f/, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

We're looking for a Revenue Accounting Manager to own billing, contract review, and revenue recognition as Baseten scales. This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role for someone who wants full ownership of the revenue cycle at a company where deal structures are getting more complex: usage-based pricing, committed capacity, credits, multi-year enterprise contracts, and new business models coming online.

You'll join Lauren, who built Baseten's quote-to-cash function from the ground up, to take on billing, contract review, and revenue recognition as deal volume and complexity grow. Having completed our first year-end audit, we're now focused on tightening contract review processes, close procedures, and reporting rigor to support the scale ahead. You'll partner closely with Lauren, FP&A, Sales, Legal, and Revenue Operations to make sure every deal is structured, billed, and recognized correctly from day one.

Baseten is building the infrastructure layer for AI-native companies, and we're scaling quickly - in deal volume, contract complexity, and customer size. If you want real ownership over a growing function on a lean team, this role offers real scope.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Revenue Recognition and Technical Accounting

  • Own revenue recognition under ASC 606 across all contract types, including usage-based/consumption arrangements, committed capacity deals, credits, multi-year contracts, and new business models
  • Serve as the go-to person on rev rec treatment for new deal structures, products, and pricing models

Billing Operations

  • Own end-to-end billing: invoice generation, accuracy checks, and dispute resolution
  • Identify and automate manual, error-prone steps in the billing-to-cash workflow
  • Assist with strengthening our collections efforts and overall process

Contract Review and Deal Support

  • Build and maintain a standardized contract review process for Sales and Legal, flagging non-standard terms that affect recognition before deals close
  • Partner directly with Sales, Revenue Operations, and Legal as a proactive advisor on deal structuring

Sales and Indirect Tax

  • Own the sales and indirect tax process, including reviewing and maintaining our tax automation tool (nexus tracking, exemption certificates, filings), and building the governance around it as we scale into new jurisdictions

Close and Reporting

  • Own the revenue-related monthly close: deferred revenue rollforward, unbilled AR, credit memos, and revenue reserves
  • Partner with FP&A to reconcile billed vs. recognized revenue and support ARR reporting and forecasting
  • Own revenue-related audit deliverables, including technical memos and sample testing support

REQUIREMENTS

  • 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years focused specifically on revenue accounting and recognition
  • Deep working knowledge of ASC 606, including variable consideration, multiple performance obligations, and usage-based revenue models
  • Hands-on experience reviewing and abstracting commercial contracts for accounting treatment
  • Experience owning billing operations directly, not just reviewing output from a billing team
  • Public company or audit-ready private company experience (Big 4 or industry, with audit exposure)
  • Builder mentality with a bias toward execution; comfortable operating on a lean team relative to company scale
  • Experience with NetSuite (or comparable ERP) and a modern billing platform
  • Based in San Francisco or New York, with the ability to work in-person 3+ days per week

BONUS

  • Experience at a high-growth, venture-backed infrastructure or cloud company with usage-based or hybrid pricing
  • Experience with committed-use/capacity contracts
  • Experience overseeing sales and indirect tax compliance through an automated tax tool across multiple jurisdictions
  • CPA
  • Exposure to SOX controls in a revenue cycle context

BENEFITS

  • Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
  • Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
  • Company-facilitated 401(k)
  • Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).

Source: Baseten careers (Ashby)

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