Senior Revenue Accountant
AlphaSense · Remote · New York, United States · 1mo ago
About AlphaSense:
The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.
The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!
About the Team:
The Revenue Accounting team plays a critical role in ensuring the integrity of AlphaSense's financial operations while enabling the business to scale. We partner closely with Sales, Deal Desk, Billing, Revenue Operations, Legal, Product, FP&A, and external auditors to support new products, evolving pricing models, and scalable Order-to-Cash processes.
Our team is focused on continuous improvement, automation, and building best-in-class processes that support AlphaSense's long-term growth as we continue our journey toward becoming a public company.
About the Role:
Reporting to the Manager, Revenue Accounting, this role will be responsible for supporting the revenue accounting function through technical accounting, contract review, month-end close, and cross-functional process improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in ASC 606, enjoys solving complex business problems, and is excited to partner across the organization to build scalable processes supporting a rapidly growing SaaS business.
Who You Are:
- 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience with a mix of public accounting and industry experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of ASC 606 and SaaS revenue recognition.
- Experience reviewing customer contracts, order forms, amendments, and renewals to determine appropriate revenue recognition treatment.
- Experience supporting subscription and usage-based (consumption) pricing models within a SaaS environment strongly preferred.
- Experience working with NetSuite and Salesforce (SFDC); experience with Salesforce CPQ, billing platforms, or revenue automation tools is a plus.
- Experience partnering on system implementations or process improvements involving financial systems is preferred.
- Ability to partner effectively with Sales, Deal Desk, Billing, Revenue Operations, Legal, FP&A, and external auditors.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate complex transactions, identify risks, and recommend practical solutions.
- Demonstrates curiosity, sound judgment, and a continuous improvement mindset.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfortable analyzing large datasets using Excel and other reporting tools.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
- Big Four or regional public accounting experience preferred.
What You’ll Do:
- Review customer contracts, order forms, amendments, renewals, and pricing structures to ensure revenue recognition complies with ASC 606.
- Evaluate non-standard contract terms and partner with Deal Desk, Sales, and Legal to determine appropriate accounting treatment.
- Analyze revenue implications of subscription, usage-based, and consumption-based pricing arrangements.
- Prepare and review revenue compliance checklists for customer transactions.
- Support monthly revenue close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, flux analysis, and management reporting.
- Perform detailed analyses of revenue, deferred revenue, and related balance sheet and income statement accounts.
- Partner with Billing, Revenue Operations, Order Processing, Customer Success, and Deal Desk to ensure customer data flows accurately throughout the Order-to-Cash process.
- Support new product launches, pricing initiatives, and system enhancements by evaluating revenue accounting implications and partnering cross-functionally throughout implementation.
- Identify opportunities to improve revenue processes, strengthen internal controls, and leverage automation to increase scalability.
- Support enhancements to NetSuite, Salesforce, CPQ, and other revenue systems to improve operational efficiency and data integrity.
- Prepare audit support and assist with external audit requests, ensuring documentation is complete and audit-ready.
- Support SOX readiness and public-company initiatives by maintaining strong documentation, controls, and accounting processes.
- Participate in special projects related to new business models, system implementations, acquisitions, and strategic finance initiatives.
For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.
You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.
AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.
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