Overview
The Financial Contracting Analyst is responsible for ensuring technical accounting compliance, maintaining financial and operational internal controls, simplifying processes, and driving operational excellence to deliver accurate financial reporting and analysis. This role focuses on the accurate, timely, and compliant conversion of customer billing activity into revenue recorded in the general ledger. It serves as a key liaison between Contracts, Billing, Sales, Services, and Finance teams, applying ASC 606 revenue recognition principles to translate invoices, usage, performance milestones, and contractual terms into proper revenue accounting.
This position involves hands-on revenue accounting execution, billing-to-revenue reconciliation, and ownership of the close process, while collaborating cross-functionally to resolve issues, improve processes, and support audit readiness in a software/SaaS environment. The role reports to the Director of Digital Commercial Operations within the Science and Technology Organization, supporting contract entry, billing, and revenue recognition for global software and subscription transactions.
Responsibilities
Revenue Recognition & General Ledger Accounting
- Apply ASC 606 and accounting policies to ensure accurate revenue recognition across SaaS subscriptions, licenses, professional services, and usage-based arrangements.
- Convert billed invoices, usage data, and contractual milestones into revenue, deferred revenue, unbilled accounts receivable, and contract liability entries.
- Prepare and post manual and system-generated journal entries related to revenue accounting.
- Maintain and review revenue schedules to ensure correct timing, classification, and attribution across products, regions, and legal entities.
Billing-to-Revenue Reconciliation
- Perform monthly reconciliations between billing and revenue subledgers and the general ledger, identifying and resolving variances.
- Validate alignment between contract terms, pricing, quantities, service periods, invoices, and revenue schedules.
- Investigate discrepancies between billing, deferred revenue, and recognized revenue in partnership with Order Management, Sales, and Commercial teams.
- Support accurate setup and maintenance of revenue recognition models and contract data within financial systems (e.g., NetSuite ARM, Oracle, or similar).
Month-End Close & Reporting
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities related to revenue accounting.
- Prepare revenue roll-forward schedules, deferred revenue movement analyses, and unbilled receivable reconciliations.
- Ensure timely completion of revenue recognition, deferred revenue, and unbilled accounts receivable deliverables according to close calendars.
- Maintain clear, well-organized supporting documentation for journal entries, account reconciliations, and general ledger balance explanations.
Contract Review & Revenue Evaluation
- Review customer commercial arrangements, amendments, and pricing structures to assess appropriate revenue accounting treatment.
- Assist in identifying performance obligations, revenue allocation methodologies, and recognition requirements under ASC 606.
- Collaborate with Legal, Sales, and Deal Desk teams to clarify contract terms and revenue recognition implications or order value adjustments.
Controls, Audit & Compliance
- Execute revenue accounting activities in compliance with SOX controls and internal policies.
- Support internal and external audits by providing reconciliations, documentation, and explanations related to revenue balances and activity.
- Identify issues, risks, or control gaps and escalate with proposed mitigation actions.
Process Improvement & Cross-Functional Support
- Identify opportunities to improve billing-to-revenue workflows, reduce manual effort, accelerate close activities, and improve data quality.
- Partner with Financial Systems IT teams on system requirements, enhancements, testing, reporting needs, and process changes.
- Develop and maintain standard work, reconciliation templates, and process documentation.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Minimum 4 years of experience in revenue accounting, order-to-cash, commercial operations management, or related accounting roles, preferably in a software/SaaS environment.
- Strong working knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition principles, SOX, and GAAP.
- Experience with ERP and revenue systems such as NetSuite ARM, Advanced Billing, Oracle, or similar.
- Advanced Excel skills capable of handling large data sets and complex reconciliations.
- Familiarity with CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce) is a plus.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a close-driven environment.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual salary range: $105,600.00 - $158,400.00 (U.S. based positions only).
- Compensation decisions depend on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
- Eligibility for performance-based incentive compensation, including cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives.
- Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k) plan with employee and company contributions, life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.
- No visa sponsorship is provided for this position.
Location
- United States (U.S. based positions only).
- Employment contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen as applicable.
- No relocation assistance provided.
Additional Information
- Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
- Only candidates legally authorized to work in the United States will be considered.
- Some customers may have COVID-19 vaccination mandates that could apply to employees.