Revenue Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Revenue Accountant to support accurate financial reporting and the full receivables process in Livermore, California. This position plays an important role in recording revenue properly, coordinating billing activity, and maintaining strong controls across customer transactions. The role works closely with commercial, operational, and finance partners to ensure revenue and receivables data reflect contract terms, shipment activity, and accounting requirements.

Responsibilities:
• Apply revenue recognition guidance to customer transactions by reviewing contract terms, delivery details, and supporting documentation to determine the appropriate timing and amount of revenue.
• Manage invoicing activities to ensure customer billings are issued correctly and on schedule in alignment with shipment records and commercial agreements.
• Reconcile revenue and receivable balances, including adjustments for returns, discounts, rebates, allowances, chargebacks, and other variable pricing elements.
• Support the monthly close by preparing accruals, performing cut-off reviews, completing account reconciliations, and investigating fluctuations in revenue results.
• Monitor outstanding customer balances, assist with collections follow-up, and help address payment disputes to reduce aging and limit credit exposure.
• Research billing exceptions involving pricing, quantities, freight, tax treatment, or other transaction details and coordinate resolution with internal stakeholders.
• Partner with sales, shipping, logistics, customer service, operations, and finance teams to confirm that order activity, invoicing, and revenue reporting remain aligned.
• Prepare reporting on receivables aging, revenue performance, and cash collection trends while providing documentation needed for internal and external audit requests.
• Contribute to internal control compliance and support initiatives that improve efficiency through process refinement, automation, and related accounting projects.• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in revenue accounting, accounts receivable, or a closely related accounting function.
• Working knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition principles and their application to customer contracts and shipment-based transactions.
• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial, technology, or other product-centered business environment is preferred.
• Familiarity with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or comparable accounting systems.
• Strong understanding of order-to-cash processes, invoicing, receivables management, and customer account activity.
• Advanced Excel skills, including the ability to work with lookups, pivot tables, and large data sets for analysis and reporting.
• CPA certification, or progress toward certification, is considered a plus.