Kelly W.

About Kelly W.

Certified Public Accountant with 7+ years of experience in revenue accounting, financial reporting, and audit within high-growth technology enviornments. Proven expertise in ASC 606, system automation, and scaling revenue operations amid rapid company expansion. Recognized for precision, cross-functional leadership, and ownership of Datadog’s largest revenue stream representing ~80% of total company revenue. Skilled at partnering across Legal, Engineering, and Customer Success to drive process improvements, strengthen controls, and deliver data-driven insights to senior leadership.

Experience

1. Senior Revenue Accountant

   Datadog

   Jul 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Manage revenue recognition for Datadog’s largest revenue steam (“drawdowns”), scaling from $307.2M to $2,827.2M annually between 2020 and 2025, representing ~80% of total company revenue.• Serve as the primary technical accountant for ASC 606 contract evaluation, assessing performance obligations and documenting conclusions for new and complex arrangements.• Partner with Business Systems Engineering to automate credit request processing across NetSuite and Salesforce, reducing approval time from ~30 days to 14 days and Finance queue cycle time from ~6.9 days to 2.4 days.• Lead migration of customer-facing drawdown reports from Google Sheets to Tableau, cleansing and validating data to automate reporting and enhance accuracy.• Collaborate with Customer Success to review and verify cost adjustments and waiver requests prior to month-end close; ensure revenue accuracy, policy compliance, lead trainings, office hours, and process enablement initiatives.• Analyze monthly customer charge fluctuations ahead of Customer Success verification; validate usage trends and potential waivers, and present summarized findings and revenue impacts to Directors.• Act as key revenue liaison for external audits, coordinating support, preparing documentation, and ensuring timely resolution of auditor requests.• Prepare financial statement disclosures related to deferred revenue and remaining performance obligations (RPO).• Support SOX compliance through control documentation, testing, and process improvements across revenue and billing systems.• Review Master Service Level Agreements for termination-for-convenience and SLA provisions partnering with Legal to assess risk and maintain a centralized repository tracking all customers with such terms.

Education

• Miami University

  Bachelor's degree, Accounting

  2013 — 2018

• Miami University

  Master's degree, Accounting

  2017 — 2018