Staff Revenue Accountant

Staff Revenue Accountant

As a Staff Revenue Accountant, you will play a key role in accounting compliance and revenue recognition accounting in accordance with ASC 606. You will ensure customer orders are recorded in a manner that facilitates proper revenue recognition. You also will process returns and credit memos, update the related revenue records and maintain accurate records of customer data. You will participate in monthly close with monthly account reconciliations and flux analysis. While processing orders and revenue, you will be responsible for maintaining effective communication with other individuals and departments, as necessary. What You'll Do

• Responsible for reviewing and interpreting customer contracts, order forms and SOWs to identify pertinent contract terms and issues and ensure sales orders and the related revenue recognition are aligned with the Company's policies and ASC 606.
• Work closely with the Commercial, Legal, and Services, or others to obtain necessary documentation and information.
• Ensure orders are processed in NetSuite in a timely, efficient, and accurate manner with strong focus on month-end and quarter-end deadlines for booking, invoicing, and revenue recognition.
• Work closely with Services team and Senior Revenue Accountants to review hours and project milestones to ensure accurate recognition of Services revenue.
• Perform month-end closing activities including journal entries, account reconciliations and flux analyses.
• Process customer terminations and related credit memos. Validate customer account balances for revenue, deferred revenue and unbilled.
• Utilize problem solving and detailed data analysis skills to field, prioritize, and coordinate internal and external incoming requests for information concerning revenue recognition, sales orders, and invoices.
• Assist with the provision of information to external auditors for the annual financial audit.
• Proactively communicate issues back to team and manager.
• Train cross functionally to provide backup support as needed.
• Perform ad-hoc projects as assigned.

What We Look For

• 2-5 years of experience in accounting, sales operations, or order management in a sales-driven software organization; SaaS experience highly desirable.
• Proven ability to organize/manage multiple projects, multi-task and effectively prioritize conflicting assignments with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and proven success in a detail-oriented environment. Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems.
• Advanced Excel proficiency such as pivot tables, VLOOKUPS, and other complex formulas
• Strong team player and self-starter with the ability to work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills required, with the ability to explain advanced concepts to audiences of varying levels as well as the ability to work well with a collaborative team.
• Knowledge of US GAAP with the ability to recognize and accurately record revenue in accordance with US GAAP and ASC 606.
• Experience with reviewing and entering orders for complex software contracts.
• Previous experience with NetSuite highly preferred; CPQ and Avalara experience desirable.

Education - Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance; other related business degrees acceptable.