Manager, Revenue Accounting

Datadog is hiring a Manager, Revenue Accounting in New York. This is full-time work at Datadog's location. The salary range published with the job is $118,000 to $157,000 a year.

Here is the role as Datadog describes it.

About Datadog:

Datadog is the world-class monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. We’re dedicated to creating, developing, and supporting our product and customers, allowing for seamless collaboration and problem-solving among Dev, Ops and Security teams globally. Built by engineers, for engineers, our SaaS product is used by organizations of all sizes across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation, cloud migration, and infrastructure monitoring of our customers’ entire technology stack. Given the resilience of cloud technologies and importance placed today in digital operations and agility, Datadog continues to innovate and is well positioned for the long term.

The Team

Datadog's Finance team collaborates with teams across the organization, providing commercial, operational, and analytical support to ensure that Datadog's business continues to grow as rapidly and efficiently as possible.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Manager, Revenue Accounting to join our growing Finance team at Datadog. This role owns the revenue close and technical revenue accounting for a high-growth, usage-based business, manages and develops a team of revenue accountants, and partners cross-functionally to scale our order-to-cash and billing processes as the Company grows.

You Will

Own the monthly revenue close, including review and approval of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules prepared by the team.

Manage, coach, and develop a team of revenue accountants - set priorities, review work product, and build bench strength as the team scales.

Own technical revenue conclusions under ASC 606, including review of memos for complex and non-standard arrangements, variable consideration, and RPO disclosures.

Own the design, documentation, and operation of SOX controls across revenue and order-to-cash, and drive remediation where gaps are identified.

Partner with Deal Desk, Legal, Sales Systems, Order Operations, and Customer Success on non-standard deal structures ahead of signature, and on escalated customer billing matters.

Lead process and systems improvements across the order-to-cash cycle, partnering with Financial Systems on NetSuite and Salesforce enhancements and billing automation.

Own the revenue workstream for the annual audit and quarterly reviews, including walkthroughs, PBCs, and technical discussions with our auditors.

Prepare and review key internal revenue metrics, flux analysis, and commentary for finance leadership.

Lead ad-hoc projects and analyses as they arise.

Requirements

7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years directly managing and developing people; public company and/or Big 4 experience preferred;

BS/BA degree in Accounting

Deep working knowledge of ASC 606, including application to usage-based and multi-element SaaS arrangements

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present conclusions to senior leadership

Proven ability to influence and drive outcomes across cross-functional teams

Hands-on, comfortable with ambiguity, and motivated to improve existing processes

Bonus Points

CPA

Usage-based or consumption billing experience at scale

Experience owning SOX controls in a revenue environment

Experience working with NetSuite and/or Salesforce

Experience with Snowflake, SQL, or Tableau

*Datadog is an affirmative action employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Datadog is the essential monitoring and security platform for cloud applications. Our SaaS platform integrates and automates infrastructure monitoring, application performance monitoring and log management to provide unified, real-time observability of our customers’ entire technology stack. Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and across a wide range of industries to enable digital transformation and cloud migration, drive collaboration among development, operations, security and business teams, accelerate time to market for applications, reduce time to problem resolution, secure applications and infrastructure, understand user behavior and track key business metrics.

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Datadog offers a competitive salary and equity package, and may include variable compensation. Actual compensation is based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. In addition, Datadog offers a wide range of best in class, comprehensive and inclusive employee benefits for this role including healthcare, dental, parental planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and a discounted employee stock purchase plan.

The reasonably estimated yearly salary for this role at Datadog is: $118,000 to $157,000 USD

About Datadog:

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era, providing businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale. It brings applications, infrastructure, data, models, and security into one place, using AI to detect and resolve issues before they impact customers. Trusted globally by Fortune 500 companies and high-growth AI leaders, Datadog enables businesses to move faster with clarity and confidence. Learn more about #DatadogLife on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Datadog Learning Center.

Equal Opportunity at Datadog

Datadog is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and other characteristics protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Here are our Candidate Legal Notices for your reference.

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Common questions

How much does this Manager, Revenue Accounting job pay?

Datadog advertises $118,000 to $157,000 a year for this role.

Is the Manager, Revenue Accounting position remote?

No, it is an on-site job in New York.

What does Datadog look for in candidates?

The posting mentions at least 7 years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree or equivalent and skills such as SQL, Snowflake, Tableau and Salesforce. Read the full description above for the complete list.

How do I apply?

Use the apply button on this page. It takes you to Datadog's own application form, so your CV goes directly to their hiring team.

Is this job still open?

Datadog published the role on October 2, 2026. We check the employer's job board every day and take this page down when the role closes, so if you can read it, the job was still listed at our last check.

Source: Datadog careers page (careers.datadoghq.com). Applications go straight to the employer. We check the listing daily and remove it once it closes.