Accounting Manager - Revenue & Capitalized Costs
Own revenue accounting, internally developed software, and capitalized commission operations for a growing SaaS business. The role requires 5+ years of accounting experience, strong US GAAP expertise, hands-on month-end close execution, and process automation capabilities.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and standardize audit-ready workflows for customer contracts, revenue schedules, internally developed software logs, and commission tracking.
- Partner with Accounting Systems and accounting teams to evaluate, test, and deploy contract-ingestion software and AI-powered workflows.
- Own external audit deliverables, including reviewer-ready documentation, audit evidence, and supporting schedules.
- Ingest customer contracts, review commercial terms, adjust revenue schedules, run monthly revenue subledgers, and post revenue entries during month-end close.
- Manage accounting for renewals, upsells, terminations, and amendments under ASC 606.
- Handle non-standard deals involving material rights, standalone selling price allocations, variable consideration, and custom commercial terms.
- Reconcile revenue, deferred revenue, unbilled accounts receivable, and accounts receivable allowance accounts; manage reserves and period-over-period flux analysis.
- Partner with Accounts Receivable, Billing, Deal Desk, and FP&A on billing issues, contract modifications, GAAP revenue trends, ARR-to-GAAP analysis, and forecasting.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to assess internally developed software milestones against capitalization criteria, maintain amortization schedules, and post general ledger entries.
- Ingest commission data, maintain capitalized commission amortization schedules, and execute monthly general ledger entries.
- Identify opportunities to automate capitalized-cost tracking and accelerate close cycles.
Requirements
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience spanning Big Four/public accounting and high-growth SaaS or technology environments.
- Strong working knowledge of US GAAP, including ASC 606, ASC 350-40, and ASC 340-40.
- Direct experience with contract modifications and month-end revenue close processes.
- Ability to build foundational processes, standardize data, and operate effectively in ambiguity.
- Cross-functional collaboration skills across AR/Billing, Deal Desk, Engineering, Product, Revenue Operations, FP&A, and Technical Accounting.
- Proficiency with NetSuite or a similar enterprise ERP, Excel, and modern finance tools.
- CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
- Willingness to work from the office 4 days per week.
Compensation
- No compensation range provided.
Skills
US GAAP, ASC 606, Asc 350-40, Asc 340-40, Revenue Recognition, NetSuite, Excel, Contract Accounting, Month-End Close, Amortization Schedules, AI Workflows, Automation
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