Senior Manager, Accounting & Finance

About this role

Thunderbird is seeking a Senior Manager, Accounting & Finance to lead its finance function as the organisation grows. The role combines accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury and operations, with responsibility for integrating these areas and supporting leadership with financial insight. Reports to the Chief Operating Officer and manages the Senior Staff Accountant and Senior FP&A Analyst in a hands-on leadership capacity. The position requires coordinating with teams across North American time zones and potentially Europe, with preference for candidates in Eastern or Central time zones. Thunderbird is a nonprofit-owned company within the Mozilla family, operating with its own compensation and employment policies.

What you would do

• Lead the finance function across accounting, FP&A, tax, treasury, and finance operations.
• Manage and develop the finance team with clear priorities and accountability.
• Oversee monthly and annual close, financial reporting, reconciliations, policies, and internal controls.
• Oversee accounting and revenue recognition for donations, subscriptions, enterprise arrangements, partnerships and other revenue streams.
• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and scenario analysis.
• Develop management reporting and visualisations highlighting trends, risks and decisions.
• Oversee tax, audits, indirect tax, VAT/GST, and related external work.
• Evaluate financial and operational implications of entering new jurisdictions or forming additional entities.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Partnerships and Legal to establish reporting and controls for partner-led arrangements.
• Oversee financial reporting to parent and affiliated Mozilla organisations.

What they are asking for

• 15+ years of relevant experience spanning accounting, FP&A and finance operations.
• Significant accounting or controllership experience including U.S. GAAP reporting, close, internal controls, revenue recognition and complex judgments.
• 5+ years of people management in a finance or accounting environment.
• Ability to improve budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and data visualisation and translate into insights for non-finance leaders.
• Experience with subscription, SaaS, digital products, enterprise or technology-based revenue models.
• Experience supporting partner-led commercial arrangements and related reporting, reconciliation, controls and revenue recognition processes.
• Working knowledge of merchant-of-record arrangements, payment platforms, indirect tax and international VAT/GST requirements.
• Experience supporting internationally distributed organisations and coordinating across multiple jurisdictions.

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