Overview
This role is part of the Finance Department and involves close collaboration with teams across GL Accounting, Reporting, FP&A, Commercial Operations, Project Finance Management, Legal, Sales Operations, and Business Development.
To qualify for the role, you must be authorized to work in the US and/or Canada without sponsorship and be comfortable working in the eastern time zone.
Responsibilities
- Own global revenue recognition and reporting for 3 Business Units, including backup support.
- Complete timely and accurate accounting close activities, including:
- Calculating services revenue using the percentage completion method
- Reviewing Term and SaaS license deals to ensure they are properly set up in the accounting system to facilitate accurate revenue recognition
- Completing complex account reconciliations
- Executing monthly controls and assisting with the month-end executive reporting package
- Analyze monthly revenue transactions to evaluate data integrity and ensure revenue is recognized in accordance with ASC606 and US GAAP.
- Review customer contracts to ensure they are set up properly for revenue recognition and billed according to contract terms.
- Recommend and help implement process improvements as needed.
- Provide data for external auditors for year-end and interim audits related to invoicing and revenue recognition.
- Perform multiple tasks and ad hoc projects as assigned.
- Support continuous development of tools to improve efficiency, scalability, and day-to-day internal reporting issue identification and resolution.
- Participate in Finance & Accounting shared projects and collaborate/support efforts in other areas of the business.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience required, with 5–8 years of related work experience.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Proven ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Proven ability to meet tight deadlines, multi-task, adapt quickly to changing priorities, and prioritize workload.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Knowledge of ASC 606, ideally in Project Based Services (plus).
- CRO industry experience (plus).
- Experience with Sage Intacct (plus).
Compensation & Benefits
Not provided in the job description.
Location
Eastern time zone comfort is required. Work authorization must be valid for the US and/or Canada without sponsorship.