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Sets team direction, standards and workflow while remaining directly engaged in the highest-judgmental technical matters, the revenue close, review, reporting, controls and audit processes and keeps revenue accounting diligence-ready to support transactions and builds scalable revenue and billing processes as the company grows. Builds scalable revenue and billing processes as the company grows, identifies and implements process improvements pertaining to area of responsibility and works directly with financial accounting, FP&A, licensing, legal, operations, collections services, IT and other departments to uphold company best practices, ensure proper controls are in place and deliver excellent customer service.\n\nFUNCTIONS OF THE JOB\n\nEssential Functions: representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position.\n\nRevenue Recognition & Technical Accounting\nOwns revenue recognition policies and ensures compliance with ASC 606 across all revenue streams, applying judgment appropriate to the company's size and complexity, and reviews and updates related company policies and procedures.\nReviews customer contracts, including non-standard terms, bundled arrangements, variable consideration, and contract modifications and determines the correct accounting treatment.\nWrites clear technical memos documenting key revenue judgments for auditors, investors and future diligence.\n\nRevenue Close, Reporting & Controls\nOversee the monthly revenue close performed by the Manager and staff, personally reviewing and approving the most complex or judgmental entries (deferred revenue, unbilled receivables, contract asset balances), and ensuring successful coordination and completion of the month-end process.\nPrepares revenue schedules and footnote disclosures for annual GAAP audited financial statements.\nDesigns and maintains a practical internal controls framework over the revenue cycle, scaled to the company's stage and ready to mature toward SOX if needed.\nLeads the fiscal year-end audit and manages the revenue portion of the annual external audit, including PBC requests and auditor inquiries, maintaining relations during the audit.\n\nDiligence, Transactions & M&A\nKeeps revenue accounting \"diligence-ready\" to support fundraising, debt financing, a potential sale, or IPO, including quality of earnings (QoE) reviews.\nSupports M&A activity through due diligence and integration of acquired revenue streams.\n\nTeam Leadership & Development\nBuilds and leads the Licensing Accounting team, setting direction and standards while empowering the Manager to own day-to-day execution; remains directly hands-on engaged with the Senior Accountant on complex technical matters, and available for escalation on staff-level, ensuring proper internal control and delivering excellent customer service.\nEnsures the manager provides proper on-boarding, cross training and coaching to staff specific to Licensing Accounting; directly coaches and develops senior accountant and periodically reviews the manager's coaching effectiveness with the staff.\nDevelops the Licensing Accounting Manager's leadership capability, delegating operational ownership of the team's day-to-day work while providing guidance on complex technical or personnel matters.\nSchedules, coordinates and leads broader team meetings and regular 1:1 with manager and senior accountant to ensure successful communication and collaboration; ensures the Manager runs effective staff level meetings and communication.\n\nCross functional partnership\nWorks directly with Licensing, Legal, Operations, Collections Services, IT and other departments to review deal terms before signing, flag revenue impacts early, uphold company best practices, ensure proper controls are in place and deliver excellent customer service.\nEducates non-finance teams on how contract terms affect revenue.\n\nSystems & Process Improvement\nEnsures CRM, ERP and other financial systems function properly (as related to area of responsibility), and lead or support the selection and implementation of new systems, coordinating with Accounting Technology and IT, as needed.\nAccesses and analyzes data to answer business questions and improve processes, leveraging available technology tools.\nBuilds or rebuilds revenue processes, often moving from spreadsheets toward automation as the company scales, researching, recommending and implementing process and procedural improvements by coordinating with management, team members and internal/external customers.\nActs as project manager for Licensing Accounting projects when appropriate\n\nSupervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervises a licensing accounting manager and accountant and indirectly oversees additional team members in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning, directing and ensuring reliability of work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining team members; addressing complaints and resolving problems.\n\nPOSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS\n\nEducation: Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.\n\nExperience: Minimum 8–10+ years' progressive accounting experience, with significant hands-on ASC 606 work. Three (3) or more years' people management experience required. Comfort operating in a fast-paced, less-structured environment.\n\nSkills and Abilities: which may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position.\nExperience with ERP and revenue/billing systems, plus advanced Excel skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office\nExperience with Oracle Financial modules and Salesforce preferred\nFamiliarity with AI-powered tools for data analysis and process improvement preferred\nAbility to write clear technical memos, reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals\nAbility to read, analyze, and interpret professional literature and technical procedures. Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, particularly ASC 606, with the ability to apply technical guidance to non-standard or complex transactions\nEffective communication skills, including presenting to executives and effectively responding to questions from groups of managers, vendors, internal and external customers\nMust be capable of building, fostering and working in a team environment focused on quality and customer service\nExcellent time management, analytical, decision making and organizational skills\nAbility to develop and lead a multi-tiered team, delegating prioritized operational execution to a Manager while maintaining accountability for team output and quality\nAbility to establish good working relationships and interact competently with others at all levels of management\nExperience in a PE-backed or multi-entity company preferred\n\nLicense(s)/Certifications Required: None; CPA license (active or inactive) preferred.\n\nThis job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying the position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.\n\n“Commonly associated” is not intended to mean always or only. 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