Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Finance transformation roles are increasingly central in SaaS, where subscription revenue, usage based pricing, and multi entity operations put pressure on close, reporting, and controllership workflows. This position sits in a CFO and CAO context at a large cloud software business, with an explicit mandate to connect accounting guidance to system and process design across record to report and adjacent cycles.
For a SaaS career, the durable value is learning how operational finance scales when product, data, and compliance requirements evolve in parallel. Work that spans roadmap ownership, requirements definition, UAT, and SOX aligned production changes builds a practical toolkit for running finance change programs in software companies, including partnering with IT and influencing stakeholders outside finance. The mention of AI initiatives and post acquisition integration also signals exposure to modern data driven process redesign patterns that are becoming common across mature SaaS organizations.
This role tends to fit professionals who enjoy translating policy into executable workflows and who are comfortable managing cross functional delivery rather than only owning a single accounting domain. It also suits someone who prefers structured problem solving, risk management, and measurable outcomes, with enough seniority to lead initiatives and enough curiosity to navigate new systems and data considerations.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level.
We are seeking a skilled, quick-learning accounting professional with finance & accounting experience to develop and deliver accounting and technologies solutions in the CFO & CAO organization, primarily focusing on record-to-report and adjacent areas.
We are looking for a flexible leader who can proactively manage risk, anticipate potential issues and implement appropriate mitigations for this fast-growing, highly dynamic company, especially leaders who understands the role of data in supporting AI initiatives during process re-engineering.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Bring a deep understanding of accounting guidance and operational experience to identify areas for optimization within the record-to-report and adjacent business cycles
Develop detailed project plans, gather business requirements, track performance against objectives and ensure project requirements are delivered on time
Ownership of the relevant business process/system improvement roadmap and ensure that it aligns with the CFO & CAO vision
Execute on new projects, solutions and deliverables for the rapidly changing finance operations environment, including, but not limited to, Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives, business process improvements, shared services implementation, post-acquisitions integration, finance automation, transformations, and compliance
Oversee the development of business requirement documents (BRDs) and the execution of user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure solutions are moving into production in a SOX compliant manner.
Work closely with cross functional teams to develop their plans to support planned enhancements and run cross functional project alignment and reporting
QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting or FinTech related disciplines; CPA preferred
Minimum 8+ years of experience in a public accounting, consulting firm providing consulting, accounting services, or relevant financial operations experience
1-2 years of project management best practices related experience, PMP Certification a plus
1-2 years of business intelligence support experience a plus
Expertise, knowledge and aptitude for developing and delivering finance and technology services solutions, including system selection, implementation management or application optimization experience
Successful track record delivering diverse / complex finance related solutions
Leadership experience to align project goals with organization and sponsor goals
Provide mentoring and motivate diverse teams while fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
Proactively manage risk, anticipate potential issues and implement appropriate mitigations
Collaborate with business and system partners (e.g., IT teams, external partners) to define customization needs to drive successful transformation initiatives
Ability to provide effective communication to partners and project team
Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially the ability to break down complex structures and processes into digestible and relevant business requirements/steps across organizations
Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
How do you want to make your impact?
For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com
