Senior Revenue Accountant

Summary

Join Zilliant as our Senior Revenue Accountant and play a key role in our monthly revenue close process, customer invoicing and collections, sales tax assessments, and sales commission accounting. You will establish detailed processes for maintaining various aspects of our revenue and collections cycle, be integral to our month-end close, and serve as a trusted source for explaining invoices, collections, and commissions. This role requires interpreting customer contracts, assisting with setting up new contracts in NetSuite, invoicing customers, navigating third-party procurement platforms, interacting with customer procurement groups, ensuring accurate sales tax assessment, calculating commissions, managing our sales commission tracking platform, supporting audits, resolving discrepancies, implementing process improvements, and working with diverse stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses strong customer service skills, experience in a fast-paced SaaS organization, and advanced Excel skills. Zilliant offers a full benefits package, generous PTO, comprehensive parental leave, and remote or hybrid work options.

Requirements

• Up to date knowledge of US GAAP as it relates to revenue recognition (ASC 606)
• Strong customer service skills – both externally and internally
• Experience working for a fast-paced SaaS organization
• Advanced Excel skills required
• Strong technical and analytical skills
• 4-6+ years relevant experience
• BA/BS in Accounting

Responsibilities

• Interpret customer contracts and how they should be implemented in our various systems
• Assist the Revenue Manager with setting up new customer contracts as Sales Orders and Revenue Arrangements in NetSuite
• Invoice all customers on a timely basis based upon their customer subscription contracts
• Invoice professional services monthly working with the Revenue Manager and the Director of Services with taking the hours from excel workbooks and creating the invoices in NetSuite
• Navigate various 3rd party procurement and AP platforms used by some customers for invoice submissions and payments
• Interact with a diverse group of customer procurement and AP groups, requiring a professional, friendly, and effective method of solving issues to ensure timely payments from customers
• Ensure sales tax, as applicable, is properly assessed on invoices and ensure the Avalara tax system correctly captures that tax and reports the correct amounts to various states
• Work with the Revenue Manager and Sales Operations to calculate commissions, and provide communication around payment to sales and payroll
• Manage our new 3rd party Sales Commission tracking platform, which we are in the process of deploying
• Support audit activities and be the main point of contact for all customer invoicing and sales commissions cycle testing and explanations
• Research and resolve any discrepancies identified in monthly revenue commission expense numbers and explain variances
• Identify and implement process improvements within current processes and systems
• Work with a diverse group of stakeholders, including the Accounting Team, the FP&A team, and the Sales Team
• Special projects as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• NetSuite experience
• Commission tracking systems
• Avalara experience
• CPA with audit experience, Big 4/regional experience

Benefits

• Full benefits package including medical, dental, and 401k plans with a company match
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy to ensure a solid work/life balance
• Comprehensive parental leave to provide time to bond with new family members
• Remote or Hybrid work schedule, depending on team and personal preferences