Senior Technical Accountant

About the role

This role involves taking ownership of Mixpanel's most intricate accounting tasks, including revenue recognition, equity accounting, and consolidated financial reporting. You will act as a subject matter expert, providing accounting guidance to various teams and ensuring accuracy in high-risk financial areas. This position offers the chance to shape the company's technical accounting function as Mixpanel continues to grow. Key facts

Location: USA

Engagement: Full-time

Salary: $136,000 - $184,000 USD (Total Target Cash Compensation, includes base and variable pay)

Team: Accounting What you'll do

• Manage the monthly revenue close process, including flux analysis, deferred revenue review, renewals reconciliation, and system reconciliations.
• Research and document accounting positions for complex, non-routine transactions like contract changes, variable consideration, new products, and warrant entries.
• Prepare and review quarterly stock-based compensation accounting, covering journal entries, disclosures, and variance analysis.
• Produce group financial statements, including consolidation and entity-level reports for lender compliance.
• Develop, maintain, and update the ASC 606 revenue recognition policy memo and related playbook to reflect business and product changes.
• Advise cross-functional teams (Finance, Legal, Sales Operations, Product) on the accounting implications of business decisions, contract structures, and new market offerings.
• Serve as the main contact for external auditors regarding revenue and equity matters, managing PBCs and audit readiness.
• Simplify complex technical accounting concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-accounting stakeholders and leadership.
• Utilize AI tools to enhance technical research, memo drafting, and close process improvements.
• Support SOX-readiness by maintaining controls and documentation for all assigned workstreams.
• Contribute to special projects, system upgrades, and ad hoc analyses as the company expands. Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA certification.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, with significant technical accounting work.
• Background in Big 4 or public accounting audit.
• Extensive knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition, including multi-element arrangements, variable consideration, SSP analysis, and contract modifications.
• Experience with stock-based compensation accounting (ASC 718) and equity administration workflows.
• Practical experience preparing or reviewing consolidated financial statements.
• Demonstrated ability to research and apply FASB ASC guidance, evaluate complex accounting issues, and document well-supported positions clearly.
• Strong Excel skills, capable of managing and reconciling large datasets across multiple systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to explain complex accounting concepts to diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to independently manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Nice to have
• Experience with NetSuite or Carta.
• Familiarity with Blackline or similar close management tools.
• Background in a high-growth, venture-backed SaaS company.
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate technical research or accounting operations. Skills & tools
• ASC 606
• ASC 718
• NetSuite (nice to have)
• Carta (nice to have)
• Blackline (nice to have)
• Microsoft Excel
• AI tools Practical notes

This position is eligible for equity consideration and comprehensive benefits including medical, vision, and dental insurance. Mixpanel offers a generous vacation policy, additional company holidays, enhanced parental leave, and volunteer time off. US benefits also include pre-tax benefits like 401(K) and a wellness benefit. About the company Mixpanel is a digital analytics service company that helps businesses understand how people use their web and mobile applications. The platform tracks user interactions to provide clear insights into product performance. Core capabilities include event tracking, user segmentation, retention analysis, and funnel analysis. Teams use these tools to build custom reports and measure engagement and retention over time. Suhail Doshi and Tim Trefren founded the company in 2009. The headquarters are located in San Francisco, California. Mixpanel graduated from the Y Combinator accelerator program. Early investors included Andreessen Horowitz, Max Levchin, and Keith Rabois. The company reached unicorn status in 2021 with a valuation exceeding one billion dollars. The service is designed for product teams who need to make decisions based on user behavior data. It processes large volumes of events to show where users drop off, which features drive retention, and how different segments behave. Customers range from early-stage startups to large enterprises across multiple industries. The platform supports integration with data warehouses and other business tools to fit into existing workflows. Mixpanel continues to focus on making product analytics accessible so organizations can improve their digital experiences.