OpenAI

Ads Revenue Accounting Lead

OpenAI

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San FranciscoCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $216,000 - $240,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Own end-to-end accounting and controllership for Ads, including revenue recognition, contra-revenue, rev-share, incentives, and related accruals, in accordance with ASC 606.
  • Lead month-end and quarter-end close for Ads, ensuring accurate, complete, and timely reporting supported by robust reconciliations and flux analysis.
  • Serve as the primary accounting partner for Ads monetization, supporting new product launches, pricing changes, and monetization experiments from design through steady-state operations.
  • Translate complex commercial and contractual terms into operational accounting workflows, partnering with Technical Revenue Accounting to ensure policy alignment and scalable execution.
  • Design, implement, and maintain SOX-compliant controls across Ads revenue measurement, recognition, and reporting.
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering to define, validate, and audit Ads measurement logic (e.g., impressions, clicks, usage, rev-share), ensuring underlying data pipelines are reliable, reconcilable, and scalable.
  • Support and influence system implementations and enhancements, including Oracle Fusion, data warehouses, and Ads or billing integrations, with a focus on accounting integrity and auditability.
  • Act as the accounting DRI for Ads in cross-functional forums, providing clear guidance, proactively flagging risks, and driving timely, well-reasoned decisions.
  • Lead and support internal and external audits related to Ads, including documentation, walkthroughs, issue resolution, and remediation of findings.
  • Contribute to broader revenue accounting initiatives, including automation, tooling, and process improvements that improve speed, quality, and scalability.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including revenue accounting in a public company or late-stage private company.
  • A CPA (or equivalent) with a strong command of ASC 606.
  • Experience owning or supporting advertising revenue models, marketplace economics, and revenue-share arrangements, including complex measurement and data dependencies.
  • Deep understanding of the order-to-cash lifecycle, including upstream data dependencies and downstream reporting.
  • Comfort working with large datasets, partnering with data and engineering teams, and validating complex, high-volume calculations.
  • Experience with Oracle Fusion ERP and system implementations or transformations.
  • Strong judgment, clear communication, and the ability to operate independently in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
  • Passion for technology, AI, and building systems and processes that scale responsibly.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
revenue recognitioncontra-revenuerev-shareincentivesaccrualsSOX-compliant controlsorder-to-cash lifecyclelarge datasetshigh-volume calculationsautomation
Soft Skills
strong judgmentclear communicationindependent operationproactive risk managementdecision-makingcollaborationinfluenceproblem-solvingadaptabilitypassion for technology
Certifications
CPAASC 606