86K–107K USD / year
Staff Accountant
OtherRemote — United States
Published on 2026-11-12
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About this role
Support Tailscale’s accounting operations, with a focus on order-to-cash, billing, accounts receivable, and monthly close. Own day-to-day processes and help build scalable, well-controlled financial operations for a growing SaaS business.
About the company
Tailscale builds a zero-config mesh VPN on WireGuard so teams can securely connect devices, servers, and cloud resources without traditional VPN complexity.
What you'll do
- Support order-to-cash from deal approval through invoicing, collections, and accounting, coordinating with cross-functional partners on contract terms.
- Handle recurring billing, including renewals, usage-based charges, and customer adjustments.
- Support monthly and quarterly close, journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations.
- Monitor accounts receivable, assist with collections, and resolve billing or payment disputes.
- Support revenue accounting and documentation under ASC 606.
- Review and process employee expense reimbursements.
- Identify and implement improvements to billing, collections, expense, and close processes.
What we're looking for
- 3+ years of progressive accounting experience; SaaS or technology experience preferred.
- Experience supporting close processes, reconciliations, journal entries, and accruals.
- Experience with order-to-cash, customer contracts, invoicing, accounts receivable, collections, and billing.
- Working knowledge of ASC 606 and how commercial terms affect billing and revenue recognition.
- Cross-functional experience with teams such as Sales, Deal Desk, Customer Success, or Legal.
- Experience with ERP, CRM, billing, and expense management systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with NetSuite, Salesforce, Stripe, DealHub, or Ramp.
- CPA certification or progress toward it.
Benefits
- Equity incentive plan.
- Remote-first work and a corporate coworking program.
- Employer retirement matching up to 0.75% of eligible compensation.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Paid parental leave: 20 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- $1,500 annual professional development budget.
- $500 home office setup allowance and monthly internet reimbursement.
- Health, vision, and dental coverage with no waiting period.