Principal Accountant
4 weeks ago
Datasite is where deals are made. We provide the data rooms and SaaS technology used in M&A and other high-value transactions, to deliver projects in more than 170 countries. Carrying that success into the future is all about you. Your useful skills, your unusual experience, your unique ideas. Everyone here brings something unexpected. What’s yours? Invest your talents in us, and we’ll return the compliment.
Job Description
The position will support revenue and revenue recognition processes, including supporting and leading process enhancements and system upgrades. A successful candidate will have a solid understanding of the analytics, revenue process, revenue recognition, and revenue accounting experience combined with strong analytical skills. This role will work collaboratively and cross functionally with other team members in sales, accounting, finance, billing, product, and marketing. Qualified candidates will have strong attention to detail and accuracy.
This position is an integral team member of the Finance team and reports to the Director for Accounting & International. Ideal candidates have a passion to improve processes, embrace change, and enjoy the technical aspects of revenue. Performing journal entries, reconciliations, analytics and reporting to management. Success in this role requires strong teamwork and collaborative skills to work and communicate across functional teams such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Sales Operations, Accounts Receivable, Reporting and Financial Systems. An independent self-starter with strong attention to details and the ability to understand transaction workflows are key to success. Experience with foreign currency would be beneficial. Seeking a candidate who enjoys process improvement, is unafraid of change. Recently we went live with financials on a new ERP system (Workday) and new billing system (SalesForce). We are also currently investing in a tool to automate and help streamline the revenue deferral/accrual calculations.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Accountable for the calculations for deferred revenue, accrued revenue, and specific sales credit reserves.
Prepare monthly accrued and deferred revenue journal entries and supporting account reconciliations in accordance with the monthly close schedule.
Prepare monthly sales credit reserve entries (general and reserve) and account reconciliations in accordance with the monthly close schedule.
Act as liaison with Billing, Collections, and Sales for Sales Credit Reserves to enhance efficiency.
Accountable for monthly revenue metrics, roll-forwards and analysis explaining revenue results, globally and across geographical theaters.
Accountable for recognizing revenue per guidance of ASC 606 for new product offerings and current product offerings.
Analyzes and verifies revenue detail during monthly close to ensure materiality of the detail, globally and across geographical theaters.
Analyzes against revenue budgeting and forecasting.
Provide leadership for revenue recognition with minimal supervision, including monthly meetings on results, and collaborating with groups for future state of revenue recognition.
Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations; provide supporting documentation during month end close.
Understand transactional workflow, be knowledgeable about the sources of data, ensure data integrity and collaborate with relevant parties for necessary adjustments.
Provide variance analysis for receivables and deferred revenue.
Prepare audit schedules as requested, including all supporting documentation, and serve as the subject matter expert on all audit-related revenue questions.
Work with Accounting, Sales, Billing and Finance to coordinate and prioritize projects and drive action.
Complete analysis and provide recommendations to management that will help improve processes and procedures within the accounting team.
Communicate regularly with operational business partners to identify issues and areas for operational improvement, share knowledge about financial trends and upcoming changes.
Effectively partner with cross-functional teams, both domestic and international, to support business initiatives, drive process improvements and implement best practices.
Drive accounting solutions for enterprise projects, new product offerings and process simplification and improvements.
Update and maintain process documentation for accounting processes.
Ensure compliance with all company accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
Perform additional process improvements, ad-hoc analysis and other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
4+ years professional accounting experience with an emphasis in Revenue Recognition.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required
CPA preferred with knowledge of hands-on experience with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Advanced excel skills including experience with complex formulas (e.g. v-lookups, sumif, etc.), pivot tables, conditional formatting, etc.
Right Revenue, Workday and SalesForce experience beneficial but not necessary
Strong attention to detail and accuracy
High regard for confidential information and excellent professional judgement
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization to answer questions, resolve issues, and provide information and documentation related to revenue
Provide high quality customer service through highly accurate technical work as well as excellent attention to detail and follow-through
Ability to team with others to drive effective and efficient solutions for revenue recognition
Intermediate PowerPoint, Microsoft Word or Tableau skills helpful
Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to troubleshoot and problem solve
Ability to adapt to change and identify process improvements
Ability to manage and manipulate large amounts of data from multiple sources and systems
Flexible work hours necessary to accommodate critical deadlines and international business needs, especially during month end close
Hybrid remote arrangement acceptable
Remote work an option from a U.S. location but must have high-speed internet access (minimum 25Mbps download and 5Mbps upload speeds)
As a global organization, Datasite knows that diverse perspectives are essential to our success. We’re committed to maintaining a diverse workforce to serve our customers around the world. Datasite is an equal opportunity employer (EEO) and furthers the principles of EEO through Affirmative Action.
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