Director, Revenue Accounting

Role Overview

The Director, Revenue Accounting will oversee the Revenue, Billing, and Collections teams and will work closely with the Revenue Systems, General Ledger, Deal Desk, Legal, and FP&A teams. This role is responsible for overseeing the billings, collections, commissions accounting, contract review, and revenue accounting processes and will have primary responsibility for the monthly close, key metrics, and management reporting processes for these areas.

What You Will Do

Direct and manage the month-end close process for revenue, accounts receivable, allowances, deferred revenue and commissions, including reviewing journal entries, reconciliations and other analyses, in order to ensure an accurate and timely revenue close.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The successful candidate must be a proven team leader and demonstrate knowledge of revenue and accounting concepts with strong attention to detail.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in Accounting or related field
• CPA or equivalent professional designation
• 10+ years of total experience with 5 or more years of Big-4 public accounting firm experience combined with relevant industry experience, preferably in the SaaS or software industry space
• Strong knowledge of ASC 606, Revenue Recognition, including associated issues and technical interpretations
• Exceptional people management skills, with a strong interest in team development, preferably with prior international team management experience
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of an organization and manage relationships with external parties, including strong communication skills, and the ability to discuss financial statement implications with a non-technical audience
• Strong, detail oriented analytical skills with the ability to recognize problems, gather data, draw valid conclusions and make effective, business oriented recommendations
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines, with a collaborative, solutions oriented approach
• Interest in building and refining processes in a scaling business environment, with a strong interest in continuous improvement
• Strong sense of ownership with a proactive, self-starter mindset
• Experience with Netsuite, SFDC, Zuora or other relevant systems is a plus

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Life insurance
• Short term and long-term disability
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Vacation and sick leave

Tagged as: Contract Management, Data Analysis, Deal Desk, Salesforce, Zuora