Senior Accountant

About the role

The Finance team at Datadog partners with stakeholders across the organization to provide commercial, operational, and analytical support. We are looking for a Senior Accountant who can contribute to our fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Own key areas of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial close process, with a primary focus on Sales and Marketing expenses
• Assist in preparing internal reporting packages, ensuring financial reporting is timely, accurate, and compliant with US GAAP
• Perform analytics over financial results to ensure completeness and accuracy of financial statements
• Investigate reporting discrepancies and communicate issues promptly to management
• Serve as a key point of contact for year-end financial statement audits, quarterly reviews, and internal audit and SOX requests
• Proactively recommend and implement process improvements to simplify, standardize and streamline accounting efforts
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, FP&A and other teams to understand and support business processes, ensure proper accounting treatment, and resolve reconciling differences
• Participate in special projects, including system implementations, process enhancements, and ad-hoc financial analyses

Requirements

• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within a public company or Big 4, and hold a BS/BA degree in Accounting
• CPA-certified (or on track to be certified)
• A strong team player with a positive attitude
• Strong technical accounting background with a knowledge of US GAAP, SOX 404, and SEC reporting standards
• A proactive approach to problem identification and remediation solutions, and excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to interact and build relationships across all levels of the organization
• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure, consistently meeting deliverables and deadlines while managing multiple tasks
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Experience with Netsuite, FloQast, and Workiva; familiarity with Smart View is a plus, but not required

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Accounting

Skills

• Strong technical accounting background with a knowledge of US GAAP, SOX 404, and SEC reporting standards
• Proactive approach to problem identification and remediation solutions, and excellent written and oral communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Experience with Netsuite, FloQast, and Workiva; familiarity with Smart View is a plus, but not required

Benefits

• Generous and competitive benefits package
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Product training to develop an in-depth understanding of our product and space
• Best in breed onboarding
• Internal mentor and buddy program cross-departmentally
• Friendly and inclusive workplace culture