Associate Director, Revenue Accounting COE

eFinancialCareers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 78,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global's Corporate Controllers organization seeks a Senior Revenue Accountant to lead the revenue close and ensure ASC 606 compliance. You will manage a 5-8 person team and partner with corporate finance and FP&A to deliver accurate revenue reporting.

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years in accounting/FP&A, strong Excel skills, and experience with complex product revenue, audits, and process improvements. This is a hybrid role requiring 2-3 days in person.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in public accounting, asset management, FP&A, or economic analysis.
• CPA/CA (US) or ACA/ACCA (UK) qualification.
• 5+ years of experience managing a team.
• Strong Excel and data manipulation skills, including large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close for complex revenue accruals and provide analysis.
• Ensure revenue recognition aligns with ASC 606 and US GAAP.
• Design and improve accounting processes for revenue recognition.
• Build and deliver complex revenue accrual models and reports.
• Present findings to senior leadership and manage audits.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Leadership

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field

Tools

Alteryx

Tableau

PowerBI

Oracle

SAP

Salesforce CPQ

QlikView

SmartView

Job description

About the Role

Grade Level (for internal use): 12

The Team: The Business Unit Corporate Controller's team is responsible for financial accounting across S&P Global related to Record to Report, Global Real Estate and centralized accounting support across the income statement. The team values collaboration and the ability to think critically while problem solving. The role reports to the Associate Director, Senior of Revenue Accounting, part of the S&P Global Corporate Controllers organization.

Responsibilities and Impact

• You will provide support to both the corporate finance and business unit FP&A teams.
• You will lead an organization of 5-8 individuals who manage the month-end close in support of complex revenue accruals and contribute value added analysis across the S&P Global finance organization.
• The ideal candidate is adept in ASC 606 and working with business and FP&A teams to ensure appropriate revenue recognition practices in line with US GAAP.
• They must be comfortable reviewing business processes and designing or updating existing accounting processes to ensure appropriate revenue recognition.
• This role requires experience building and implementing accounting processes utilizing run rate models, unbilled/usage reports, and billing analysis.
• The candidate will present findings in group settings to members of the senior leadership team.
• Lead a team that is a key contributor to the month-end close and monthly revenue reporting.
• Train and develop your direct reports.
• Partner with the business teams by understanding various complex products and providing actionable revenue solutions.
• Conduct research and synthesize large quantities of data into actionable analysis for management.
• Provide and present in-depth revenue analysis for various products, customers and their impact on the bottom line.
• Understand and apply best practices related to revenue recognition and strong internal controls.
• Key point of contact for S&P Global's ASC 606 accounting scenarios.
• Manage and deliver on internal/external audit queries timely and accurately.
• Create and update complex revenue accrual models.
• Influence and contribute to decision making across all internal stakeholder levels of seniority.

Compensation/Benefits Information

Compensation/Benefits Information: (This section is only applicable to US candidates)

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $104,435 to $175,604. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual's geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

In addition to base compensation, this role is eligible for an annual incentive plan.

This role is eligible to receive additional S&P Global benefits. For more information on the benefits we provide to our employees, please click here.

What We're Looking For

Basic (Required) Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience related to public accounting, asset management, financial planning and analysis, or economic analysis
• CPA/CA (US) or ACA/ACCA (UK) qualification
• 5+ years of experience managing a team
• Strong Excel and data manipulation skillset (including large data sets)

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Offshore team management experience
• Experience designing, building, and testing workflows in Alteryx to support analysis of large and complex data sets
• Adaptive to new technologies and platforms, passionate about solving business problems, improving efficiency
• Exposure to ACV and ACV/Revenue reconciliations
• Experience analyzing data and creating visualizations and dashboards to support business decision (Tableau / PowerBI / PowerPoint)
• Ability to see projects through to successful completion
• Demonstrated interest in financial markets
• Experience in ERP system e.g. Oracle, SAP, Salesforce CPQ
• Familiarity with database tools e.g. QlikView, SmartView
• Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field
• This is a hybrid role, requiring 2-3 days a week in person attendance.

Right to Work Requirements

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

What's In It For You

Our Mission

Advancing Essential Intelligence.

Our People

We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide-so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all. From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We're committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

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