Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Technical accounting leadership roles are unusually central in SaaS, where revenue recognition, usage based pricing, cloud infrastructure arrangements, and frequent product packaging changes create ongoing policy questions. This Director, Technical Accounting position stands out because it is explicitly positioned as a stakeholder on acquisitions and strategic investments, alongside ownership of accounting policy and new pronouncement implementation, a combination commonly seen in mature, publicly accountable SaaS businesses.
For a long term SaaS finance career, the value is in building repeatable judgment around complex transactions and translating that into governance. The remit touches ASC 606, SEC reporting support, SOX minded controls, and auditor alignment, all areas that recur across enterprise SaaS companies and become more consequential as product lines, geographies, and deal structures expand.
This role is best suited to an accounting leader who prefers structured problem solving and documentation, and who can operate as a connector between technical research and operational execution. It will likely fit someone comfortable advising on non routine transactions, setting standards others follow, and communicating technical conclusions to non finance stakeholders without overcomplicating the message.
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
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.
We’re growing and looking for a skilled Director, Technical Accounting to join our team. Reporting to the Senior Director, Assistant Controller, this key position will be responsible for the Company’s accounting policies, addressing technical accounting matters that arise from business transactions and implementing new accounting pronouncements.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Serve as key stakeholder related to acquisitions and strategic investments regarding accounting due diligence, accounting treatment, reporting and disclosures
Identify, research and document the Company's technical accounting issues; work proactively with external auditors to drive timely closure of technical accounting matters
Prepare or review technical accounting memos on complex transactions, including, but not limited to, acquisitions, strategic investments, foreign currency matters and hedging
Draft, update or review the Company’s accounting policies
Assess and implement new or changes to U.S. GAAP and be able to articulate changes and impact to executives and non-Finance audience in plain English
Develop and maintain effective internal controls over the technical accounting function
Provide training to internal Finance and Accounting group on technical accounting matters
Assist in the operationalizing any changes associated with new transactions/new GAAP within Finance
Assist in the preparation of all SEC filings and quarterly earnings release
Assist in managing auditor PBC requests
Ad hoc projects, analysis and reporting as required by management
REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERTISE:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with CPA license required
Minimum 10 years of related experience with a combination of Big 4 public accounting industry experience
Strong technical accounting background with a thorough knowledge of U.S. GAAP (especially ASC 805, 32X, 815, 830 and 606), SOX 404 and SEC reporting standards, as well as experience with technical research
Self-starter with proactive approach to problem identification and remediation solutions
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and a great team player.
Superior attention to detail
The expectation is that this person works in the Dublin and/or Menlo Park, CA office at least 3 days a week.
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
