About Mixpanel
Mixpanel is an event analytics platform for builders who need answers from their data at their fingertips—no SQL required. When everyone in the organization can see and learn from the impact of their work on product, marketing, and company revenue metrics, they are poised to make better decisions.Over 9,000 paid customers, including companies like Netflix, Pinterest, Sweetgreen, Samsara, and Uber, use Mixpanel to understand their customers and measure progress. Our commitment is to provide the most comprehensive and reliable analytics platform accessible and trusted by all.
About the Operational Finance Team
The Operational Finance Team is responsible for various tasks that are instrumental in keeping the business running on a day-to-day basis. There are four teams within the Operational Finance Function each serving a specific purpose to the company: Accounting and Accounts Payable - Accurately records all vendor-related transactions and keeps our vendors paid, Billing Team - provisions all customers access to Mixpanel and ensures proper revenue recognition, Collection Team - records all customer payments and ensures we get paid on time, Payroll - prepares payrolls for all employees worldwide.
The team is split between the Bay Area and Barcelona.
About the Role
We are looking for a reliable Accounting Manager to support the Assistant Corporate Controller in the day-to-day responsibilities of the Billing and Collection Teams along with helping manage key billing systems and drive continuous improvement in billing and collections operations. The Accounting Manager will ensure the timely and accurate execution of the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, while maintaining compliance with all relevant accounting standards and regulations, including ASC 606.
This position requires strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, and the ability to mentor a team. You will report to the Assistant Corporate Controller.
Responsibilities
The Accounting Manager is primarily responsible for Revenue and Collections.More specifically:
- Ensure accurate revenue recognition, review sales transactions, manage the customer invoice lifecycle, and proactively manage customer accounts.
- Direct and manage timely and accurate execution of monthly, quarterly, and annual Billing and Collections close including flux analysis.
- Develop and execute plans to collect overdue payments, establish payment plans, negotiate settlements, and assist collections analysts in handling customer inquiries and disputes.
- Assist in preparing reports along with managing the preparation and review of required schedules for auditors, including fieldwork, submission of documents and ad hoc questions.
- Adhere to all finance policies, understand and are able to navigate ASC 606, and support audit requests and schedules.
- Maintain expert-level knowledge of NetSuite and Internal Billing System, and utilize SFDC, Anrok, Yaypay, Zendesk, and Stripe.
- Identify and implement improvements in billing and collection processes, focusing on scalability and automation.
- Assist in managing and training the billing and collections team contributing to their development and growth by helping set goals for performance and deadlines that comply with the teams plans and vision.
- Support the Corporate Controller and Assistant Corporate Controller as needed in ad hoc projects or cross team reviewing.
We're Looking For Someone Who Has
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field
- 5+ years in an accounting based role, with a focus on managing billing and collections operations and processes.
- Detail-oriented and data-driven, with the ability to analyze complex billing scenarios and drive continuous process improvement.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset.
- Ability to work independently and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
- Experience with ASC 606 and revenue recognition is a plus.
Compensation
The amount listed below is the total target cash compensation (TTCC) and includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. In addition to the cash compensation provided, this position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits including medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage. You can view our benefits offerings here.Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford, a global compensation database.
The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTCC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations. To stay on top of market conditions, we refresh our salary ranges twice a year so these ranges may change in the future. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, job-related skills, qualifications, and other factors. If you have questions about the specific range, your recruiter can share this information.Mixpanel Compensation Range$155,500 - $190,000USD
Benefits and Perks
- Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
- Mental Wellness Benefit
- Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Volunteer Time Off
- Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break
*please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*
Culture Values
- Be Open: When knowledge becomes open, we can come together as a team to collaborate around a shared purpose
- Customer Focus: Our customers’ success is our success
- Lead Change: Everyone at Mixpanel has the capacity to make an impact on the business
- Results Oriented: Driving results in a measurable way ensures we stay focused on the highest impact initiatives
- One Team: We can’t win without each other
Why choose Mixpanel?
We’re a leader in analytics with over 9,000 customers and $277M raised from prominent investors: like Andreessen-Horowitz, Sequoia, YC, and, most recently, Bain Capital. Mixpanel’s pioneering event-based data analytics platform offers a powerful yet simple solution for companies to understand user behaviors and easily track overarching company success metrics. Our accomplished teams continuously facilitate our expansion by tackling the ever-evolving challenges tied to scaling, reliability, design, and service.
Choosing to work at Mixpanel means you’ll be helping the world’s most innovative companies learn from their data so they can make better decisions.Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. At Mixpanel, we are focused on things that really matter—our people, our customers, our partners—out of a recognition that those relationships are the most valuable assets we have. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance or other similar laws that may be applicable, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We’ve immersed ourselves in our Culture and Values as our guiding principles for the impact we want to have and the future we are building.
