Revenue Accounting Manager

Summary

Join Newsela as an Accounting Manager and elevate our revenue recognition processes post-ASC 606 adoption. Develop scalable accounting operations for month-end close activities, owning critical revenue processes and building a foundation for improved quality and internal controls. Collaborate with the Finance team and cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Product, and People teams. Your work will support the company's growth and expansion of its educational content reach. This role offers the opportunity to supervise a team and contribute to high-impact financial reporting and accounting operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business with an emphasis in Accounting
• 5+ years of accounting experience
• 1-2 years of hands-on experience with ASC 606, revenue reviews, Netsuite billing and ARM
• Experience managing others to ensure transactional processing is accurate and complete
• Well-versed in revenue contracts review, documentation of revenue checklists, and providing support for financial statement audits

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end revenue close processes (including AR, deferred revenue, reserves and adjustments)
• Collaborate with internal and external business partners, performing periodic and ad-hoc revenue reporting and analysis, and ensuring operation of key internal controls
• Participate in special projects when revenue recognition expertise is needed, providing both technical and/or operational knowledge
• Interact with external auditors on technical accounting issues and assist in the support of the annual audit
• Prepare technical accounting analysis related to new transactions and new or evolving products
• Work closely with our external auditors on technical accounting matters and bring any accounting analysis to closure in a timely manner
• Respond to technical accounting inquiries from auditors and communicate technical accounting matters and concepts to all levels within the organization
• Assist in the assessment and review of financial controls established over technical accounting areas
• Supervise at least one direct report and potentially more in the future

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Salesforce
• Ability to identify and prioritize issues that impact revenue reporting, investigate, evaluate and come up with alternate solutions, present pros/cons to management for decision and help to execute through to the resolution

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Access to the world’s leading medical experts for healthcare (pets included!). Discounts and resources to stay healthy: mind, body, and soul
• Work From Home: Almost all of our roles are fully remote - tech stipend included!
• Supporting ALL Families: Supplemental programs and time off to take care of your family and yourself
• Time Off: Flexible PTO to recharge, including Sabbatical Leave
• Professional Development: Annual stipends for continued learning and education
• Make A Difference: No matter your role or department, the work you do each day helps share the future of education and improves the lives of students and teachers
• Base compensation: $105,000 - $120,000. Total compensation for this role also includes incentive stock options and benefits. This compensation range may be adjusted based on actual experience