Senior Revenue Recognition Analyst

Summary

Join Western Digital, a leader in data storage technology, and contribute to our mission of unlocking data's potential. As a Revenue Accountant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring accurate revenue recognition, collaborating with various teams, and maintaining compliance. Your responsibilities include reviewing sales contracts, performing technical research, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will also perform monthly and quarterly close tasks, maintain revenue recognition policies, and support audits. This position requires extensive experience in revenue accounting, a strong understanding of ASC 606, and proficiency in relevant software. Western Digital offers a comprehensive 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, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents