Revenue Accounting Senior Manager

EMPOWERMENT; Dublin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

EMPOWERMENT is seeking a high-calibre Revenue Accounting Senior Manager to own revenue recognition, reporting and analysis for a portfolio of client projects. You will lead a small team, manage monthly closes, and partner with Project Finance, Operations and Commercial Finance to ensure robust inputs and clear analysis while applying ASC 606.

You will interact with senior stakeholders across the business, drive process improvements, and contribute to accurate revenue reporting and governance in

Qualifications

• Experience in revenue accounting and financial reporting for a portfolio of projects.
• Proven ability to lead month-end/quarter-end close in a global environment.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Own revenue recognition for an assigned portfolio ensuring accuracy and timeliness under ASC 606.
• Lead monthly and quarterly revenue close including journals and reconciliations.
• Prepare revenue reporting, variance analysis and commentary for senior stakeholders.
• Support governance, SOX compliance and audit with well-organised working papers.
• Mentor and develop a small team and drive process improvements.

Skills

Revenue accounting

Financial analysis

Audit experience

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related field

Accounting qualification (ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA/ CPA)

Tools

ERP systems

Accounting software

Job description

Our client are seeking a high calibre Revenue Accounting Senior Manager to join a diverse and dynamic team. This is an exciting time to join the company and work closely with senior and influential stakeholders.

As a Revenue Senior Manager, you will own revenue recognition, reporting and analysis for an assigned portfolio of client projects, working within the Revenue organisation and reporting to the Director, Finance - Revenue Delivery.

This is a broad, high-visibility role in a complex global organisation. You will lead a team, own the monthly and quarterly revenue close for your portfolio, and partner closely with Project Finance, Finance Business Partnering, Operations and Commercial Finance to ensure revenue outcomes are supported by robust operational inputs and clear analysis. Revenue is recognised in accordance with U.S. GAAP and ASC 606 within an established public company control framework, and the role contributes to the continued evolution of how revenue is reported, analysed and explained across the business.

What You Will Be Doing:

Revenue Recognition and Close

• Own the revenue recognition process for an assigned portfolio of client projects, ensuring revenue is recognised accurately, on time and in line with U.S. GAAP and ASC 606.
• Manage the monthly and quarterly revenue close for the portfolio, including preparation and review of journals, reconciliations and supporting documentation to agreed timetables and quality standards.
• Review contract terms, change orders and project milestones to determine the appropriate revenue treatment, referring more complex or judgemental matters to the Director, Finance - Revenue Delivery.
• Maintain accurate revenue, unbilled and deferred revenue positions, with clear explanations of movements period on period.
• Prepare and review revenue-related balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring balances are current, well supported and appropriately explained.

Reporting, Analysis and Forecast Support

• Prepare portfolio revenue reporting and management information, including actuals versus forecast analysis, key movements and variance commentary.
• Provide clear commentary that connects operational developments through activity to reported revenue outcomes.
• Support the forecasting cycle by reviewing revenue forecast inputs for reasonableness and testing assumptions with the relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to backlog reporting for the portfolio, ensuring inputs are complete, consistent and well explained.
• Support the use of standard KPIs, dashboards and reporting templates so that revenue reporting is consistent, repeatable and efficient.

Governance, Compliance and Audit

• Perform the revenue control activities within your area of responsibility to the required standard, on time and with appropriate supporting evidence.
• Apply Group revenue accounting policies, procedures and reporting requirements consistently across the portfolio.
• Deliver the documentation and explanations required for internal and external audit, quarterly reviews and SOX compliance, acting as a knowledgeable point of contact for your portfolio.
• Maintain clear, well-organised working papers so that revenue positions are readily supportable and easy to review.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Project Finance, Finance Business Partnering, Operations, Commercial Finance and Corporate Finance to ensure revenue outcomes are underpinned by robust operational inputs.
• Work closely with project teams to monitor financial performance, including revenue, FTE requirements and unbilled position, and follow through on items requiring attention.
• Support effective handoffs between Project Finance, Finance Business Partnering and Revenue, with clear ownership of inputs, assumptions and accounting conclusions.
• Provide practical revenue accounting guidance to finance and non-finance stakeholders, translating technical requirements into clear actions.

People Leadership and Continuous Improvement

• Lead, coach and develop a small team, setting clear objectives and priorities and operating primarily at a review, supervisory and escalation level.
• Mentor and develop direct reports, and the wider team through those direct reports, building technical capability and knowledge sharing.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate revenue processes, and drive financial efficiencies across revenue management activities.
• Champion consistent ways of working while recognising the practical needs of the assigned portfolio.

You will ideally have:

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CPA or equivalent, with circa 5 years+ PQE.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or a related field.
• Proven experience in revenue accounting, financial reporting, financial analysis or audit, ideally within complex global environment.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and ASC 606 is beneficial, with confidence applying revenue recognition principles to contract and project-based activity.
• Experience of month-end and quarter-end close in a listed or SOX-compliant environment.
• Experience preparing management reporting, variance analysis and commentary for senior finance stakeholders.
• People management experience, or experience leading, reviewing and developing the work of others.
• Excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Experience with financial management systems and tools, with strong proficiency in Excel and accounting software; exposure to large-scale ERP and consolidation systems is an advantage.
• Effective communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments and manage financial teams.
• Comfortable working to tight reporting deadlines in a fast-paced, matrixed global organisation, and confident engaging with stakeholders at all levels.

Contact

Shane Power FCA Managing Director EMPOWERMENT Financial Recruitment

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanepowerfca/

[e-mail]

Discretion assured.

Please note whilst every effort will be made to reply to interested and suitable applicants, this will not be possible for candidates who are not eligible to work in Ireland or who do not have the relevant experience.