Introduction
Are you searching for an opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth of a highly successful global software company?
At Poppulo, we're working on what's next in communications and workplace technology. Our platform helps organizations improve employee communications, customer communications and workplace experiences at enterprise scale.
We're looking for a Senior Accountant – Revenue to join our global Finance team and play an important role in ensuring accurate, timely and scalable revenue accounting across our SaaS business.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Revenue Manager, the Senior Accountant – Revenue will support Poppulo's monthly revenue close and have significant responsibility for revenue recognition, customer contract review, deferred revenue, reconciliations and revenue analysis.
The successful candidate will apply ASC 606 to SaaS customer arrangements, independently analyze routine and moderately complex contracts, and identify matters requiring escalation to the Revenue Manager or Technical Accounting team.
The role will also partner closely with Billing, Accounts Receivable, Sales Operations and other Finance teams and help ensure the integrity of revenue information flowing between ZoneBilling, NetSuite and NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management (ARM).
Key Responsibilities
- Support monthly, quarterly and annual close activities for revenue-related accounts, including revenue recognition entries, revenue and COGS accruals, deferred revenue reconciliations and supporting schedules.
- Review new customer contracts, renewals, amendments and other revenue arrangements to determine appropriate accounting treatment under ASC 606 and Poppulo accounting policies.
- Independently analyze routine and moderately complex arrangements, document accounting conclusions and identify complex or non-standard matters requiring escalation.
- Prepare and analyze revenue and margin reporting, including variance and flux analysis, and investigate unusual trends or discrepancies.
- Maintain complete and accurate support for revenue transactions, reconciliations and accounting conclusions.
- Monitor and reconcile revenue information flowing between ZoneBilling, NetSuite and NetSuite ARM and resolve system or data discrepancies.
- Partner with Billing, Accounts Receivable, Sales Operations, GL Accounting and Technical Accounting to ensure complete and accurate revenue reporting.
- Support internal and external audit requests related to revenue and associated balance-sheet accounts.
- Participate in revenue-system enhancements, integrations, process improvements and automation initiatives.
Required Experience
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including meaningful hands-on experience in revenue accounting or revenue recognition.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline.
- Strong working knowledge of ASC 606 and demonstrated experience applying it to customer contracts.
- Experience reviewing SaaS, software, subscription or similar customer arrangements and determining appropriate revenue recognition treatment.
- Experience with month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, deferred revenue and financial analysis.
- SaaS, software, subscription-based or technology industry experience strongly preferred.
- Strong Excel and analytical skills, including experience reconciling and analyzing large datasets.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within a globally distributed organization.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and consistently meet close deadlines.
Systems Experience
- Experience with ERP and/or automated revenue-recognition systems.
- NetSuite and NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management (ARM) experience strongly preferred, but not required.
- Experience with comparable revenue platforms, such as Zuora Revenue, is relevant.
- Experience working across billing, CRM and accounting-system integrations is preferred.
Nice to Have
- CA, CPA, CMA or equivalent professional accounting qualification, or progress toward qualification; certification is preferred but not required.
- Experience with multi-entity and multi-currency SaaS revenue accounting.
- Experience supporting external/internal audits.
- Experience with complex SaaS arrangements, including multiple performance obligations and contract modifications.
Who We Are
We are a values-driven organisation that encourages our employees to bring their authentic selves to work and empowers everyone to make a tangible impact on our products, clients and culture.
We live the Poppulo values each day:
Bring Your Best Self – We show up authentically, are self-aware and always strive to be better.
See it. Own it. Solve it. – We proactively innovate and solve for our customers and each other, setting high standards for our work.
Together We're Better – We value diverse perspectives, respect the expertise of others and focus on building trust.
Poppulo is an equal opportunity employer.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on revenue accounting or revenue recognition experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related discipline
- Strong working knowledge of ASC 606 and experience applying it to customer contracts
- Experience reviewing SaaS, software, subscription, or similar customer arrangements and determining revenue recognition treatment
- Experience with month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, deferred revenue, and financial analysis
- Strong Excel and analytical skills, including reconciliation and analysis of large datasets
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet close deadlines
- Experience with ERP or automated revenue-recognition systems
- SaaS, software, subscription-based, or technology industry experience
- NetSuite and NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management experience
- Experience with comparable revenue platforms such as Zuora Revenue
- Experience working across billing, CRM, and accounting-system integrations
- CA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification, or progress toward qualification
- Experience with multi-entity and multi-currency SaaS revenue accounting
- Experience supporting external or internal audits
- Experience with complex SaaS arrangements, multiple performance obligations, and contract modifications
What We Do
Poppulo is the global leader in employee communications technology. Our pioneering software and expert advisory services are transforming internal communications, creating more connected, aligned and successful organizations all over the world. We chose our name - which comes from the Latin for people - because people are at the heart of everything we do, and we believe that an engaged workforce aligned behind a common purpose can transform the performance of any organization. That belief gives us our core purpose and mission: to create groundbreaking products and services that make organizations great by releasing the power of their people and putting employee communications at the heart of organizations, where it belongs. We like to call it success from within, and here's to yours! It’s the Poppulo effect.
