Senior Revenue Recognition Analyst

Summary

Join Western Digital, a global technology leader, as a Revenue Accountant. You will play a crucial role in reviewing and assessing sales contracts, ensuring accurate revenue recognition under ASC 606. Responsibilities include performing technical research, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and maintaining revenue recognition policies. You will also contribute to monthly and quarterly revenue close tasks and support internal and external audits. This position requires extensive experience in Big 4 audit and corporate revenue accounting within the technology industry, along with a strong understanding of ASC 606. Western Digital offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Requirements

• 6+ years of combined experience in Big 4 audit and corporate revenue accounting in technology industry
• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or finance
• Strong ASC 606 technical revenue recognition experience required
• Experience in SAP and Oracle Cloud

Responsibilities

• Review and assess sales contracts, PO terms and conditions and non-standard transactions for revenue recognition implication under ASC 606; document revenue recognition analysis and provide guidance to internal revenue team and cross functions
• Perform technical research and analysis for significant revenue arrangements and write technical memos supporting the accounting position
• Collaborate within revenue team and cross-functionally with Legal, Sales, Sales Ops, BU Finance, Product Management and Field Application Engineering to review and analyze issues around revenue recognition and advise revenue treatment
• Perform various monthly and quarterly revenue close tasks, including validating product return reserves, programs, posting of monthly and quarterly revenue journal entries and preparing deferral revenue and refund liability reconciliations
• Assist to establish and maintain revenue recognition policies and procedures to ensure US GAAP compliance and strong internal controls
• Collaborate with other functional business units to perform quarterly revenue analytics
• Design, implement and maintain effective key accounting processes, policies, and internal controls; Evaluate and recommend best practices for close optimization and process improvement opportunities
• Maintain SOX control compliance for revenue related controls
• Coordinate the audit requests in support of internal management and external audit to ensure that all revenue PBC deliverables are properly completed
• Lead or assist with ad-hoc projects as needed and drive projects to successful completion

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA preferred
• Proficient in Business Objects/Business Intelligence preferred
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint skills
• Strong communication (including technical memo writing) and analytical skills

Benefits

• Paid vacation time
• Paid sick leave
• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Life, accident and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• Other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit
• The Applause Program
• Employee stock purchase plan
• The Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan
• Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan
• Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program
• Restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents