OpenAI
Technical Accounting Lead, Ads Revenue
$216K–$240K
San Francisco +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- 10+ years of progressive revenue accounting experience.
About the job
Lead technical accounting and operational execution for Ads revenue, establishing policies, governance, and scalable processes that support product launches and growth.
What you'll do
- Assess Ads products and commercial arrangements for revenue accounting and maintain related policies and guidance.
- Translate accounting decisions into launch, billing, close, reconciliation, control, and reporting requirements; oversee operating processes for incentives and makegoods.
- Partner across Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Tax, Sales, and auditors; prepare technical memos and audit-ready support.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of progressive revenue accounting experience, including direct ownership of complex ASC 606 judgments and operational execution.
- Demonstrated leadership setting direction, prioritizing risks, and influencing senior cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong command of variable consideration, principal-versus-agent, contract modifications, incentives and credits, collectibility, estimates, and revenue presentation.
- Track record building scalable accounting processes, governance, close mechanisms, reconciliations, and controls.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting global launches, multiple currencies, international entities, intercompany matters, or localized billing.
- Experience applying AI or automation in Finance with review and control standards.
Pay
$216K – $240K USD base salary
Tools
ASC 606
AI focus
Use data, AI, and automation to improve accounting research, monitoring, policy maintenance, issue tracking, documentation, and repeatable Finance workflows with appropriate review controls.
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