Senior Analyst, Revenue Recognition

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Finance

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The Senior Analyst, Revenue Recognition, will partner with Sales, Legal, Sales Operations, and Pricing teams, and play a trusted advisor role for customer contract negotiations, and perform contract review for revenue recognition compliance.  

The ideal candidate must enjoy working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment across many different functions within the business and the finance organization. A successful applicant must possess strong documentation and analytical skills, coupled with the proclivity to spot trends, troubleshoot, and communicate findings to management.  

Responsibilities:
 o    Work with Sales, Sales Operations, Pricing, and Legal during contract negotiations and provide suggestions and guidance in order to ensure proper revenue recognition
o    Review revenue contracts for compliance with US GAAP and determine the appropriate accounting treatment (ASC 606)
o    Maintain documentation for all review and compliance work completed
o    Work with the Revenue Recognition team and respective business partners to develop and maintain SOX Compliance
o    Engage with external auditors and understand
o    Assist with ad hoc special projects, including revenue analyses and reporting
o    Deliver the highest standard of departmental, cross-departmental and cross-region customer service

Experience/Skills Required:
 •   Degree or equivalent relevant experience required. Experience will be evaluated based on theValues & Behaviors for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer roles, work experience, etc.)
•    Understanding of monthly accounting close process
•    Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences as well as high-level executives
•    Project management skills including  planning, task assignment, status tracking, and reporting
•    Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, with a heavy  emphasis on Excel and Powerpoint (or Google versions)
•    Strong work ethic with an attention to detail required

Experience/Skills Desired:
 •    CPA preferred
•    Salesforce and Zuora RevPro skills highly desirable
•    Public accounting experience (Big 4 preferred) and/or high growth SaaS/Software background
•    Team player who is able to work with virtual, global, and cross-functional teams while championing the diversity of team, though, and opinion
•    Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced,  fast-growing company where adaptability is imperative
•    Interpersonal skills; ability to articulate verbally and written; ability to think quickly and present to an audience
•    Strong ability to multi-task; able to prioritize and manage competing goals and responsibilities

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For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $101,900 to $140,200.