Revenue Accounting Manager POST NUMBER: 307547
Revenue Accounting Manager
Location: New York, NY (Onsite)
Salary: $120,000-160,000 plus equity
About the Company:
We are partnering with a high-growth enterprise AI platform transforming global finance for top-tier investment banks, private equity firms, and institutional asset managers.
About the Role:
As the company's dedicated Revenue Accounting Owner, you will own the end-to-end revenue lifecycle from contract signature through cash collection. In this role, you will lead contract-level ASC 606 technical analysis, manage the monthly revenue close, oversee deferred revenue schedules, and serve as the primary audit lead for the revenue cycle.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Revenue Recognition & Contract Review
- ASC 606 Analysis: Review customer contracts, amendments, and upsells; document performance obligations, transaction prices, variable consideration, and SSP allocation positions in audit-ready technical memos.
- Audit Defense: Lead the revenue-cycle audit process, managing PBC schedules, walkthroughs, disclosures, and technical position defense with external auditors.
- Policy Building: Design, document, and scale robust technical revenue policies and order-to-cash controls as the organization expands globally.
Revenue Close & Financial Operations
- Monthly Revenue Close: Own revenue, deferred revenue, and contract asset schedules, flux analyses, and reconciliations between the billing subledger and General Ledger (GL), including ARR-to-recognized revenue bridges.
- Commissions Accounting: Manage commission capitalization and amortization schedules in compliance with ASC 340-40.
- Order-to-Cash Oversight: Maintain data integrity from CRM opportunity to invoice generation; partner with Sales and Revenue Operations to streamline billing workflows.
- AR Governance: Manage the outsourced Accounts Receivable (AR) specialist team, ensuring invoicing accuracy, collections escalations, credit memo processing, and customer dispute resolutions.
Required Qualifications:
- Active CPA license is required.
- 6 years of progressive accounting experience, including 3 years of hands-on SaaS/software revenue recognition inside an operating company
- Deep, applied expertise in ASC 606 across complex commercial arrangements (multi-element, usage-based, enterprise license agreements, contract modifications, variable consideration).
- Proven experience with revenue subledgers or billing platforms integrated with CRMs (e.g., Salesforce), with a strong command of order-to-cash data flows and multi-currency/international billing.
- Exceptional memo-writing skills with a proven track record of successfully defending technical accounting positions to Big 4 audit teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Foundation in Big 4 public accounting followed by high-growth SaaS industry experience.
- Experience with consumption or usage-based pricing models.
- Advanced data analytics skills for managing large revenue datasets.
- Prior experience supporting a first-time external audit, IPO readiness, or SOX implementation.
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