Special Projects Accounting Lead – Cloud Controllership

Special Projects Accounting Lead – Cloud Controllership

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent practical experience.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA).
• 7 years of experience in accounting or a related function, or 5 years with an advanced degree in accounting, business, or finance.
• Experience with U.S. GAAP accounting principles ASC 842 (Lease Accounting) or ASC 606 (Revenue Accounting) in a public accounting or multi-national company setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead in review and approval of new Cloud product initiatives, ensuring appropriate revenue recognition in accordance with ASC606.
• Manage customer agreement review, documentation and recognition in accordance with Revenue Recognition and Lease Accounting standards (ASC 606 and ASC 842).
• Provide accounting insights to Sales, Product, Pricing and Finance teams to influence optimal agreements, SKU creation, and accurate and timely forecasting.
• Lead initiatives to drive consistent scalable accounting processes, implement and maintain controls and procedures and lead efforts to improve process design, leveraging automation where possible.
• Create and implement scalable and repeatable processes to ensure accurate and timely business recognition for service offerings.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or MSA.
• Experience managing project planning, status reporting, timeline estimation, issue tracking, meeting facilitation, and project documentation.
• Experience with spreadsheet technology.
• Ability to propose next steps and roadblock solutions and anticipate questions and challenges, manage time, and follow work plans.
• Ability to work with cross-functional and international teams, with excellent collaboration, attention to detail, and organizational skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to communicate with senior management.