Revenue Accountant - Finance

This could be the Opportunity of Your Life!

Want to make a difference? Interested in working with high-end health technology and using your organizational skills in a role that positively impacts millions of lives? 

Our people are passionate about what they do and committed to making life easier for those involved in life-changing clinical research. What we do matters. 

Where do you fit in?

We're on the hunt for a new Revenue Accountant – Finance who will be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely revenue recognition during the monthly close, reading contracts and creating, maintaining and updating contracted customer revenue schedules within the ERP system, monitoring project budget vs. actual performance, generating revenue forecasts, and analysing project performance.

 Want to join the Best Team of Your Life?

We’re looking for people who are excited by the potential to make a difference in the world. You don’t need to have a clinical background to thrive at Signant. You need to be decisive, open to celebrating mistakes, able to communicate transparently and inclusively, and someone your team can count on. Most of all you need to be yourself!

As part of our team, your main responsibilities will be to: 

• Accurately upload and maintain project revenue and payment schedules in the ERP system (NetSuite) for new signed contracts and change in scopes, with analysis and classification of contract details according to all revenue recognition rules within the ERP System to ensure proper revenue recognition in accordance with company policies.
• Perform monthly revenue calculations for all revenue streams within the ERP System and uploads from source files. Create and post general ledger entries and prepare account analysis for revenue related areas
• Maintain and monitor summary revenue reconciliations, including actual vs. budget of projects’ contracted terms.
• Respond timely and serves as point of contact for contract revenue reconciliations and communicates the reconciliation trends and complex issues within Project Delivery Managers and Finance, Contracts and Logistics Departments. Manages email inbox communication.
• Perform month-end duties including but not limited to account reconciliations, inventory reconciliations, roll-forward analyses on deferred revenue and accounts receivable invoicing.
• Prepare inventory and margin analyses and post related inventory reconciliation entries within the ERP System(s).
• Monitor and calculate revenue backlog.
• Review project profitability and performance to determine if change orders are warranted
• Provide information to the Accounts Receivable Team to ensure proper billing and collections as needed
• Assist in enhancing revenue related financial systems, processes, and controls, including assisting with upgrade and data migration to new revenue tool in ERP system
• Prepare special project analyses and assist in additional assignments to address special requests as directed.

You’ll need to bring: 

• BS/BA in Business, Accounting or Finance or equivalent work experience required
• 2 years minimum of progressive accounting experience with technical knowledge of revenue recognition experience; Industry experience of multiple deliverables and milestone revenue is a plus.
• Experience utilizing accounting data within an ERP system, extracting and formatting ERP data exports and managing organized paperless records; NetSuite ERP knowledge is a plus.
• Advanced level proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel and Outlook including the ability to work with large amounts of data, ability to recognize data patterns and anomalies, and perform pivot tables, V/H-lookups, Sum-ifs and other advanced functions.
• Ability to pay close attention to detail with excellent accuracy, completeness and consistency, while adhering to strict deadlines with excellent organization and ability to thoroughly document workpapers.
• Strong communication skills (written and oral) to present information and respond to inquiries from various managers, clients or employees of the organization.
• Demonstrated effective judgement and analytical/problem solving skills to deal effectively and professionally with obstacles that arise with external and internal stakeholders
• Confident and professionally poised with proven ability to work in a fast-paced team environment, meet deadlines and adapt to a change with a seamless effect on the business.
• A positive approach and willingness to learn coupled with the ability to work in a team environment.

We’d be thrilled to hear that you also have:

• Prior experience with revenue recognition accounting and interpreting contract data, and/or experience in the pharmaceutical/life sciences and/or technology industry.
• Experience using NetSuite ERP accounting systems.
• Experience with process mapping, ERP system migrations and implementation and general ledger automation projects

And finally, here are the ways of working that will help you succeed at Signant: 

• You enjoy problem-solving and have a constructive can-do attitude. 
• You’re motivated by working in a fast-growing global company. 
• You’re self-driven, active and want to continuously learn new things. 
• You have great communication skills in English, both spoken and written, and can articulate technical details succinctly. 
• You like to share knowledge to advance organisational learning. 

Does this sound like something you’d like to explore? Then we’d love to hear from you!

We will begin reviewing submissions during the application period and will fill the vacancy as soon as a suitable candidate is identified. 

Please note that Signant does not accept unsolicited resumes from Third Party vendors.

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