Senior Revenue Accounting Manager
Job Summary
The Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting will focus on scaling and strengthening processes for revenue recognition and deferred commissions. This individual contributor role involves cross-functional collaboration to drive system automation, ensure compliance, and support new product pricing models. You will be responsible for evaluating revenue impacts and building scalable workflows to support timely financial reporting and audit readiness.
Responsibilities
- Identify and automate quote-to-cash and revenue bottlenecks
- Develop standardized revenue accounting policies and playbooks
- Evaluate revenue impact for new products under ASC 606
- Partner with cross-functional teams to improve operational efficiency
- Maintain audit readiness and SOX 404 compliance
Required Skills
- Expertise in ASC 606 and ASC 340
- SaaS/Subscription revenue accounting experience
- Quote-to-cash process automation
- Strong analytical and documentation skills
- Knowledge of SOX 404 controls
Job Details
### Role Overview
As a Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting, you’ll help scale and strengthen the processes behind revenue recognition and deferred commissions accounting. You will lead process improvements, system automation, and team enablement across quote-to-cash workflows, helping the team improve accuracy, support compliance, and prepare for new products, services, and pricing models.
### What You’ll Do
- Identify bottlenecks, manual work, and automation opportunities across quote-to-cash, revenue recognition, deferred commissions, and the financial close process.
- Develop standardized policies, procedures, and playbooks that support consistent execution across revenue and deferred commissions accounting.
- Drive adoption of new workflows and tools by partnering with the broader revenue team.
- Evaluate new products, services, and pricing models for revenue recognition implications under Accounting Standards Codification 606 (ASC 606).
- Collaborate with Product, Deal Desk, Legal, and Financial Planning and Analysis to assess accounting and operational considerations during offering design.
- Partner with external auditors to align on technical accounting conclusions and maintain clear documentation.
- Enhance system integrations, data quality, and reporting across enterprise resource planning, CRM, and commissions systems.
### What You’ll Bring
- Deep expertise in revenue recognition and deferred commissions accounting in a technology, SaaS, subscription, or consumption-based environment.
- Demonstrated ability to apply Accounting Standards Codification 606 and 340.
- Experience improving processes and implementing automation across revenue accounting or quote-to-cash workflows.
- Strong ability to assess new offerings and translate technical accounting guidance into practical recommendations.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills (Finance, IT, Sales Ops, Legal).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-informed approach.
- Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404 controls and audit-ready practices.