Assistant Controller, Anomali

$200-220k

Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (Redwood City, CA)

Anomali

Intelligence powered security operations

Open for applications

Anomali

Intelligence powered security operations

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityAnalyticsSaaSCyber Security

Open for applications

$200-220k

Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

3 days a week in office (Redwood City, CA)

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityAnalyticsSaaSCyber Security

Company mission

To deliver innovative and effective technologies and solutions to address cyber security challenges for organizations of all sizes.

Role

Who you are

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting
  • CPA license required with 10+ years of accounting / financial reporting experience; 3+ of those years in public accounting
  • Expertise in US GAAP with an ability to research and interpret technical accounting guidance
  • Global experience preferred
  • SaaS Company Experience required, Cyber-Security Company preferred A proactive approach to problem identification and solution implementation
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to partner cross functionally beyond finance and accounting
  • Superior attention to detail
  • Prior experience working in a fast-paced, high growth environment

What the job involves

  • Lead monthly closing process with strict timelines and managing all aspects of financial reporting including preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, analysis, and disclosures as well as supporting internal management reporting needs
  • Help ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial reports, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements
  • Oversee coordination of annual audit and proactively address non-standard or technical accounting issues with auditors to ensure timely resolution
  • Identify, research, and document the Company's technical accounting matters and provide operational accounting support for complex areas such as equity, leases, foreign transactions
  • Review customer contracts and transactions to ensure proper revenue recognition treatment in accordance with relevant accounting literature and the Company’s revenue recognition policy
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Sales, RevOps, Legal, and Finance, to ensure alignment on revenue recognition policies and practices
  • Prepare revenue recognition assessment for non-standard agreements including, material right, modification, SSP allocation, etc. as well as a summary of the non-standard terms of arrangement along with the revenue recognition implications per ASC 606 guidance for internal management and audit purposes
  • Oversee billing and collections processes and systems to ensure timely and accurate invoicing and collections
  • Oversee the general ledger accounting processes, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close procedures
  • Review and analyze accounting transactions to ensure proper classification and treatment in accordance with accounting standards and company policies
  • Assist in financial analysis activities, including variance analysis, trend analysis, and forecasting
  • Provide insights and recommendations to management based on financial analysis to support decision-making
  • Support the annual budgeting and forecasting processes by gathering relevant financial data and assisting in the preparation of budget models and forecasts
  • Monitor budget performance and report on variances to management
  • Manage corporate governance and compliance activities, including maintaining corporate records, filings, and registrations
  • Assist in tax compliance activities, including the preparation and filing of tax returns, ensuring compliance with federal, state, Sales and local tax laws and regulations
  • Coordinate with external tax advisors and authorities on tax-related matters
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements in accounting and financial reporting processes
  • Implement changes to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and enhance controls
  • Partner cross functionally with Finance, Legal, and other Accounting teams to drive continuous improvements in business analysis, systems, processes and controls
  • Supervise and mentor accounting staff, providing guidance, training, and professional development opportunities
  • Foster a collaborative and supportive work environment within the accounting team

Otta's take

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Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

The demand for cybersecurity services continues to grow as cyberthreats remain a serious problem for digital security, increasing need for enterprise threat intelligence solutions.

Anomali provides automated cybersecurity solutions that use metrics to analyze exactly what a security package does, how it responds and what breaches it can prevent. This allows businesses to receive advice and analytics on their current cyber-security systems, aiming to reduce spending on unnecessary software and support low-budget cyber-security.

Anomali presents itself as a unique cyber-security solution by focusing on collecting and analyzing intelligence based on the success of existing security platforms. This is strengthened by comparing data to other companies and the number of breaches it has prevented. In 2024, Anomali launched its AI-powered Security Operations Platform, saving time for analysts by up to 50% through an AI co-pilot. This exemplifies Anomali's keen eye for forward momentum in product development.

Insights

Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

21% female employees

-7% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Jan 2018

$40m

SERIES D

Apr 2016

$30m

SERIES C

Total funding: $96.3m

Company benefits

  • Medical coverage
  • Prescription drug coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Life insurance (2x annual salary) and AD&D coverage
  • 401K retirement plan
  • 10 Paid Federal Holidays
  • Unlimited Flexible Time Off (FTO) in the United States. Time Off outside of the United States will follow country specific guidelines
  • Volunteer time off (2 days)
  • Company-provided refreshments at HQ
  • Quarterly events with your geographic team

Company HQ

Centennial, Redwood City, CA

Founders

Ahmed, has more than three decades of global technology leadership experience. In prior roles, they have driven strategic expansion and diversification of businesses across markets, industries and customers, steering delivery of leading and differentiated solutions. Ahmed has overseen the successful execution of growth transformation, including at Ariba (NASDAQ: ARBA), where they helped the company emerge from the 2008 recession to become the second most valuable Software-as-a-Service company by 2012

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