Senior Manager, Accounting & Finance

Mozilla

. Lead Thunderbird’s finance function, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, and finance operations .

Posted 10/20/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $165,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in financial leadership, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, and finance operations, with a strong focus on U.S. GAAP compliance, revenue recognition, and financial data visualization. Proven ability to manage teams, improve financial systems, and provide strategic insights to organizational leaders.

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U.S. GAAP Financial ReportingFinancial Planning And AnalysisPeople Management ExperienceRevenue RecognitionBudgeting And Forecasting

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Hard Skills

AccountingFinancial ReportingTax ManagementCash ManagementFinancial AnalysisInternal ControlsFinancial Data VisualizationReconciliationAudit OversightComplex Accounting Judgments

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationCross-Functional CollaborationProblem-SolvingLeadershipJudgment

Tools & Technologies

Payment PlatformsFinancial SystemsExpense Management ToolsTreasury Management SystemsFinancial Reporting Software

Industry Keywords

SaaS Revenue ModelsDigital Product RevenueEnterprise PartnershipsIndirect TaxVAT/GST Compliance

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Thunderbird’s finance function, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, and finance operations
Manage and develop Thunderbird’s finance team, including the Senior Staff Accountant and Senior FP&A Analyst
Oversee monthly and annual close, financial reporting, reconciliations, accounting policies, and internal controls
Oversee accounting and revenue recognition across donations, subscriptions, enterprise arrangements, partnerships, and other revenue streams
Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, longer-range financial planning, and scenario analysis
Develop management reporting and visualizations highlighting trends, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions
Oversee tax, audit, indirect tax, VAT/GST, corporate filings, and external advisers
Evaluate financial, tax, accounting, and operational implications of entering new jurisdictions or establishing additional entities
Establish financial reporting, reconciliation, and control processes for partner-led commercial arrangements with Enterprise Partnerships and Legal
Oversee financial reporting to Thunderbird’s parent organization and affiliated Mozilla organizations
Own financial oversight of payroll across multiple providers with the People team
Document and strengthen finance systems and workflows, including accounting, expense management, payment-platform reconciliation, documentation, and automation
Oversee cash-flow planning, treasury, banking, and investment activities
Advise organizational leaders by translating complex financial information into clear recommendations

Requirements

What you’ll need

15+ years of relevant professional experience, including progressively responsible roles spanning accounting, financial planning and analysis, and finance operations
Significant accounting or controllership experience, including responsibility for U.S. GAAP financial reporting, close processes, internal controls, revenue recognition, and complex accounting judgments
5+ years of people management experience in a finance or accounting environment
Demonstrated ability to improve budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and financial data visualization and translate complex information into clear insights and recommendations for non-finance leaders
Substantive experience with subscription, SaaS, digital-product, enterprise, or comparable technology-based revenue models
Experience supporting partner-led commercial arrangements, including evaluating financial terms and developing or overseeing related reporting, reconciliation, controls, and revenue-recognition processes
Working knowledge of merchant-of-record arrangements, payment platforms, indirect tax, and international VAT/GST requirements
Experience supporting an internationally distributed organization and coordinating financial obligations across multiple jurisdictions
Proven ability to oversee tax, audit, and other external finance requirements and effectively manage outside advisers
Experience providing oversight and review of cash management, treasury, banking, and organizational investment activities
Track record of strengthening financial systems, workflows, documentation, and controls
Strong judgment and comfort moving between people leadership, detailed financial review, hands-on problem-solving, and organization-level decision support
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Applicants must reside in the United States and have permanent work authorization; no visa sponsorship is provided

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fully remote work & schedule flexibility
Company-provided laptop
Annual bonus program
Monthly remote work stipend
Annual professional development stipend
Access to Coursera learning platform
Company all-hands and team gatherings
24 days PTO per year (prorated)
Your birthday
Year-end company shutdown
9 wellbeing days
Public holidays
Other paid leave
Quarterly wellbeing stipend for personal / family activities
401(k) contributions
Health, dental, & vision insurance
Disability insurance
Life insurance
Employee assistance program
Paid parental leave
Paid sick days