Senior Revenue Accountant
The Accounting & Finance team at Chainalysis splits their time between fine-tuning the details and evaluating the 30,000 foot view of our business. Our job is to help the company plan for growth by investing in the right resources and audit our expenditures and revenues to ensure we’re being fiscally responsible.
We are looking for a Senior Revenue Accountant. This person will work on revenue accounting and assist with other technical accounting projects where applicable. This person will also help build robust and scalable financial reporting processes and controls from the ground up to ensure we close each quarter and year-end at a public company standard. The ideal candidate will be able to think independently, be able to multi-task, and a proactive worker.
In one year you’ll know you were successful if…
- Perform day-to-day revenue accounting activities ensuring compliance with GAAP, internal policies, and external audits.
- Prepare month-end journal entries, reconciliations and supporting schedules.
- Review complex customer contracts and schedule revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP.
- Analyze and document the revenue treatment of deals to identify non-standard terms with revenue impacts.
- Perform fluctuation analysis on revenue metrics.
- Perform monthly and quarterly close procedures.
- Collaborate with other Finance and cross-functional teams on monthly close matters, including financial statement and footnote preparation.
- Analyze the stand-alone selling price, management judgements, and other assumptions used to assess revenue recognition under ASC 606 and contract acquisition costs under ASC 340.
- Other special projects and duties as assigned including assisting with internal and external audits.
- Assist in performing accounting analyses, draft memorandums, and provide technical accounting guidance on the following areas of US GAAP (not intended to be all inclusive): Business Combinations, Consolidation, Stock-Based Compensation, Foreign Currency, Leases, & Internally Developed Software.
- Read and interpret legal language in contracts, research accounting guidance and summarize in technical memos.
A background like this helps:
- Related revenue accounting experience, preferably within the SaaS/FinTech environment. Big 4 experience is a plus.
- Oral and written communication skills to interact with upper levels of management.
- Understand how to effectively work with other business groups to accomplish goals.
- Data-oriented and unfazed by large datasets.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage time appropriately.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Hands-on, flexible, and a team player able to function in a fast-paced, agile environment.
- Experience researching, applying, and documenting accounting rules.
- Understanding of month end close, GAAP, SOX and audit concepts and requirements required.
- Experience working with Salesforce, FinancialForce and NetSuite is strongly preferred.
- CPA strongly preferred.
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At Chainalysis, we help government agencies, cryptocurrency businesses, and financial institutions track and investigate illicit activity on the blockchain, allowing them to engage confidently with cryptocurrency. We take care of our people with great benefits, professional development opportunities, and fun.
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- To help support a safe work environment, we encourage all employees in EMEA to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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