Senior Revenue Accountant

LearnUpon is looking for a Senior Revenue Accountant to join our team in Dublin, working 3 days per week from our Dublin office. 

LearnUpon LMS helps organizations train their employees, partners, and customers. Businesses can manage, track, and achieve their unique learning goals — all through a single, powerful solution.

With offices in Dublin (our HQ), Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Belgrade and Sydney, we are a global team with lots of diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences that puts our customers' experience at the heart of everything we do. 

Our culture fosters an open, collaborative and supportive environment where our accomplishments are celebrated and encouraged. We strive to live by our values, act like owners, lead with curiosity and deliver quality for our customers. We’re proud of our success and we’re humble and hungry to achieve more.

Our Finance team is vital to our Company and is responsible for keeping the financial operations of the company running smoothly. As a Senior Revenue Accountant, you will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of revenue recognition, billing, and financial reporting processes. You will be responsible for supporting and improving revenue operations while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. This role is ideal for a self motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced SaaS environment and is eager to contribute to scaling revenue processes.

What will I be doing?

• Oversee month-end reporting of revenue and revenue-related accounts, ensuring revenue and AR are accurate and complete.
• Lead the revenue close process, ensuring compliance with IFRS 15 and other relevant accounting standards.
• Design scalable reconciliations processes to support the company’s growth, ensuring efficiency and accuracy as the business expands.
• Strengthen our internal financial control model. Establish and enhance internal controls around revenue recognition and reporting to mitigate financial risk.
• Provide insights to Leadership on variance analysis findings.
• Collaborate with Leadership on long-term revenue strategy, ensuring financial operations align with business goals.
• Partner with Finance, Sales, Customer Experience (Customer Success) and Legal teams to optimise revenue-related workflows and provide financial insights on deal structures. 
• Review and interpret customer contracts and sales agreements to ensure accurate billing and revenue recognition in accordance with accounting guidelines.
• Develop and maintain revenue accounting policies and procedures to support company growth and ensure compliance.
• Develop expertise in the company’s plans, services, and revenue streams to enhance forecasting and financial planning.
• Evaluate & implement new revenue models in line with our go to market strategy. Assess new revenue streams and determine their accounting treatment.
• Lead and support reporting enhancements by defining reporting requirements, testing solutions and partnering with Business Process Improvement & IT teams to launch.
• Proactively identify inefficiencies in revenue processes and implement solutions to streamline workflows and improve accuracy.
• Act as a mentor and support junior revenue team members by providing training, guidance, and oversight on complex transactions.

What skills do I need?                                                                                 

• Must be qualified chartered accountant with strong understanding of international accounting standards.
• 4+ years of experience in revenue accounting, preferably in a SaaS or technology company.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and is an agile thinker.
• Advanced working knowledge of excel and manipulating data.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles, procedures and software.
• Process driven with ability to drive improvements within the finance team.
• Excellent communication skills with proven ability to lead and work cross-functionally in a highly collaborative environment.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring accurate reporting of revenue and AR balances and implementation of controls as needed to support this.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and adapt to a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Don’t worry if you don’t tick every box in order to apply, we’re always happy to review applications and take all experience into consideration. We do our best to provide feedback where we can!

Not required but considered a big plus

• Saas Revenue Billing experience. 
• Salesforce experience.
• Netsuite experience.

Why work with us?

• Competitive salary and company ESOP.
• Comprehensive private health insurance scheme and Company pension scheme.
• 25 days annual leave + 1 annual company wellness day off. 
• Work in a fun and supportive environment with regular team events.
• Excellent career progression - take LearnUpon where you think it can go.

What is the Hiring Process?

Applicants for the position can expect the following hiring process:

• Qualified applicants will be invited to schedule a 30-minute call.
• Successful candidates will then be invited to a series of practical interviews.
• Finally, candidates will have a short interview with our CFO.
• Successful candidates will be contacted with an offer to join our team.

LearnUpon is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, age disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, membership of the Traveller community, or any other legally protected status.

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