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Lead, Revenue Accounting, Technical

OpenAI · San Francisco · Remote

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About OpenAI

Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Manager of Technical Revenue Enablement to lead Revenue Recognition deal advisory for OpenAI’s general B2B commercial activity.

What they're looking for

  • 10+ years of technical revenue accounting, revenue recognition, or related advisory experience, with deep ASC 606 expertise and experience leading complex workstreams
  • Significant experience partnering with commercial Deal Desk, Legal, Sales or GTM teams on high-volume B2B contracts and non-standard commercial terms
  • Strong command of performance-obligation analysis, variable consideration, consideration payable to a customer, contract modifications, material rights, principal-versus-agent analysis, and gross-versus-net presentation
  • A track record of translating technical accounting requirements into practical contract language, commercial guardrails, and workable alternatives
  • Strong risk-based judgment and the ability to distinguish routine matters, precedent-supported exceptions, novel policy questions, and strategic transactions
  • Experience building or improving deal intake, triage, approval, escalation, service-level, and governance processes
More about this role

OpenAI Finance helps ensure the organization is set up for success in pursuit of its mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

Within Finance, the Technical Revenue team partners with Product, Legal, GTM, Strategic Finance, Revenue Accounting, Finance Systems, and the company’s GTM Deal Desk organization to enable scalable, audit-ready monetization. We advise on commercial and contract design, establish defensible accounting positions under ASC 606, and provide clear conclusions and handoffs for downstream execution by Revenue Accounting Operations.

We’re looking for a Senior Manager of Technical Revenue Enablement to lead Revenue Recognition deal advisory for OpenAI’s general B2B commercial activity.

Reporting to the Head of Technical Revenue, you will serve as the primary Revenue Recognition counterpart to OpenAI’s Deal Desk organization, partnering with Legal, GTM, Product, Pricing, and Strategic Finance throughout the presignature deal lifecycle. You will own intake and triage, advise on non-standard terms, approve arrangements supported by established policy and precedent, and route novel or strategic matters to the appropriate...

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