Senior Revenue Accountant — Contract
Overview
Make a meaningful impact as a Senior Revenue Accountant supporting revenue close activities, audit-ready SOX documentation, and initiatives that strengthen the broader order-to-cash cycle. This hands-on contract opportunity is ideal for an analytical, detail-oriented accounting professional who can independently manage complex workbooks, validate data, identify issues, and drive deliverables through completion.
You’ll collaborate across revenue accounting, accounts receivable, collections, financial reporting, and business operations to support accurate, compliant, and efficient financial processes in a fast-paced software environment.
Required Skills
- 5+ years of experience in revenue accounting, accounts receivable, or a related accounting function
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Strong working knowledge of ASC 606 and SOX compliance requirements
- Demonstrated ability to independently prepare and maintain audit-ready SOX control workpapers
- Ability to validate data accuracy and completeness using system reports
- Experience with monthly close activities, journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
- Demonstrated collections experience and strong accounts receivable analytical skills
- Proficiency with NetSuite, Salesforce, and advanced Excel, including:
- Complex formulas
- Data validation
- Large data sets
- Ability to prepare deal and contract summaries for significant transactions
- Experience supporting revenue recognition, financial reporting, and audit-ready documentation
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills
- Ability to clearly communicate status, identify issues early, and articulate conclusions and follow-up actions
- Strong technical accounting, analytical, attention-to-detail, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage accounting workbooks independently from preparation through completion
- Ability to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
- Proactive mindset with strong cross-functional collaboration skills
What You’ll Do
- Independently prepare and maintain accurate, audit-ready SOX control workpapers, validating input data through system reports and driving each workbook through completion
- Execute monthly accounting activities in NetSuite, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and close-related deliverables
- Prepare deal and contract summaries for significant transactions in accordance with ASC 606
- Support collection forecasting and accounts receivable management
- Assist with quarterly accounts receivable and revenue footnotes, ensuring supporting schedules reconcile to the general ledger and are audit-ready
- Prepare supporting schedules for financial reporting activities
- Participate in User Acceptance Testing and post-launch validations for new product and service implementations
- Collaborate cross-functionally to streamline the order-to-cash cycle and resolve complex billing bottlenecks
- Support revenue accounting, order-to-cash, and process improvement initiatives
- Communicate status clearly, flag issues early, and articulate conclusions and required follow-up actions
- Contribute to ad hoc projects and quickly adapt to new workstreams
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience in a public company within the software industry
- Experience supporting revenue recognition for subscription and transaction-based businesses
- Knowledge of revenue system implementations, financial systems integration, or data migrations
- Experience with User Acceptance Testing and post-launch validations
- Experience with rebate accounting, revenue footnotes, and financial reporting support
- Familiarity with collections forecasting and accounts receivable management
- Experience improving order-to-cash processes and resolving complex billing issues
- Experience supporting internal or external audits
- Background supporting SEC reporting
Preferred Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- 5+ years of relevant experience in revenue accounting, accounts receivable, or a related accounting function
- Experience supporting month-end, quarter-end, or year-end close processes
- Experience preparing audit-ready documentation and supporting schedules in a public company environment
- Experience with revenue recognition, financial reporting, and SOX-controlled processes
Other Requirements
- Contract position from 11/09/2026 through 03/17/2027
- Onsite in Palo Alto on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Ability to support process improvement initiatives, order-to-cash projects, UAT activities, and ad hoc revenue accounting assignments
- Ability to adapt quickly to new workstreams and changing priorities
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently in a deadline-driven environment
