---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-016036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BILL"
cik: "0001786352"
company_name: "BILL Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T16:17:31.647990+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bill.com appoints Germaine Cota as SVP Finance & Accounting, principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Germaine Cota, 41, appointed as principal accounting officer effective Jan 24, 2022.
- Base salary $340,000, annual bonus up to 35% of base, signing bonus $50,000.
- RSU award of $4M in common stock, vesting 1/4 on first anniversary then quarterly over 3 years.
- Previously CAO and Treasurer at 8x8, Inc., and held roles at Mercari, LinkedIn, and EY.
- Cota is a CPA in California, B.S. in Accounting from Santa Clara University.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-016036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BILL
- cik: 0001786352
- company_name: BILL Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1786352/000119312522016036/0001193125-22-016036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1786352/000119312522016036/d278513d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-016036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Germaine Cota was appointed as Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting at BILL Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting
  source text: On January 24, 2022, Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Germaine Cota, age 41, has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Finance & Accounting, and will serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer for purposes of the Company’s filings with the SEC, effective January 24, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1786352/000119312522016036/0001193125-22-016036-index.htm

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