Senior Technical Revenue Accountant

Overview

This role supports complex revenue recognition matters across product and service offerings, with a strong emphasis on technical accounting and ASC 606 assessments. The Senior Technical Revenue Accountant partners across Deal Desk, Sales, Legal, Finance, Order Management, and other teams to evaluate contract terms and determine appropriate revenue accounting treatment, ensuring accurate revenue recognition while maintaining compliance with company policy.

Responsibilities

Technical Revenue

• Review complex customer contracts, amendments, and non-standard transactions to determine appropriate revenue recognition treatment under ASC 606 and company policy.
• Research technical accounting guidance and prepare clear, well-supported accounting assessments and memoranda for complex or judgmental transactions.
• Evaluate new and evolving products, pricing models, and commercial arrangements to determine revenue recognition implications.
• Apply independent judgment to analyze complex or novel transactions, develop well-supported accounting conclusions, and escalate significant or highly judgmental matters as appropriate.
• Support the development, documentation, and consistent application of revenue recognition policies and accounting positions.

Deal Desk, Sales, and Customer Success Management Support

• Partner closely with Deal Desk, Sales, Legal, Finance, Order Management, and other cross-functional teams to provide revenue recognition guidance throughout the contracting process.
• Review proposed deal structures, contract terms, and non-standard provisions prior to execution; identify potential accounting implications and recommend solutions that balance business objectives with revenue recognition requirements.
• Serve as a technical revenue resource to business partners, communicating complex accounting concepts and explaining revenue implications of proposed arrangements.
• Support timely resolution of complex and urgent deal-related questions in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.

Policy, Projects & Compliance

• Assist with the development and delivery of ASC 606 policies, guidance, tools, and training for Revenue and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Participate in strategic and ad hoc initiatives, including new product launches, new pricing and consumption models, acquisitions, process improvements, and other evolving business needs.
• Prepare and maintain appropriate documentation supporting significant revenue accounting conclusions, internal controls, and external audit requirements.
• Partner with Revenue Operations and other teams on system or process changes when technical revenue accounting requirements or conclusions need to be incorporated into implementation.
• Translate technical accounting conclusions into practical guidance and process documentation to support consistent application of company policy.
• Support external audit requests and quarterly reviews by preparing documentation and explaining accounting conclusions underlying complex transactions.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of related Revenue Recognition (ASC 606) experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• CPA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification (or progress toward qualification) preferred.
• Experience with ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools.
• Ability to interact effectively with sales and product teams, functional peer groups and subordinates, and to gain cooperation from others—particularly across departments—as well as with outside auditors and outside legal counsel.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of multiple concurrent, diversified tasks while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to stay energized with shifting priorities and to identify and escalate issues in a timely manner.
• Confidence and proven record to communicate technical information clearly, both orally and in writing.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Strong analytical problem-solving skills with practical, common sense solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with contract lifecycle management (CLM), Salesforce, revenue recognition systems (e.g., RevPro), or ERP systems (e.g., Workday).
• Experience in revenue accounting within a software, SaaS, or technology environment.
• Big 4 experience.
• Advanced in Excel.

Compensation & Benefits

• Benefits include paid volunteer time, August Free Fridays, well-being resources, and regionally tailored programs for employees and their families.

Location

• Flexible-first culture with global team of nearly 7,000 employees and flexible ways of working.

Additional Information

• Equal opportunity employer.
• Recruiters will never ask for sensitive personal or financial information during the application phase.