Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting

Job Description

Reporting to the Director of Revenue Operations, this individual will manage a team and own the global process for the customer program rebate reserves for Western Digital.

This role will include various harmonization projects and opportunities to enhance our accounting process to be more efficient and effective.

The person in this position will work closely with Revenue Accounting and Reporting teams and business partners from BU Finance, Sales Operations, Claims Settlement and IT teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

• Manage the calculation and review of program reserves and oversight over the month end close process.
• Analyze monthly and quarterly results of earned rebates for accuracy and completeness and be able to effectively communicate the results to the executive leadership team
• Key contact for internal and external auditors, and cross functional teams who may have questions around our reserves process
• Review processes on an ongoing basis and implement improvements
• Collaborate with IT and other stakeholders to modify and implement functionality improvements to system reports and processes
• Lead the harmonization of various processes amongst the legacy systems
• Approver and reviewer of SOX controls and internal and external PBC requests
• Coach and provide guidance to a team of 3-4 senior analysts

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in accounting and revenue roles in high tech or similar industries
• Experience with revenue transactions with distributor and OEM customers within the semiconductor industry a plus
• Advanced Excel skills and analytics aptitude required
• Experience in SAP and Oracle Cloud environments a plus
• Proficient knowledge of US GAAP and revenue recognition fundamentals
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, CPA or MBA preferred

The successful candidate will have a proven ability to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment. This person will utilize excellent written and verbal communication skills to absorb and communicate key data and concepts with cross-functional teams at different levels throughout the company.

The ability to prioritize workload, offer guidance to the team and provide quality work under strict deadlines is a must.

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment.

We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within.

We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process.

Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education;
• qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results;

4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.

The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.

We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.

This range may be modified in the future.

You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance.

Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan.

Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan.

RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical / dental / vision insurance;
• life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program;
• other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity;

tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.

Note : No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.

The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.