Senior Revenue Accounting Manager APAC

Databricks Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS technology company in Singapore seeks an experienced Revenue Accounting professional to enhance processes related to contract review and sales support. This role necessitates a deep understanding of SaaS revenue recognition and direct collaboration with Sales and Legal teams to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP. Ideal candidates should have a strong finance or accounting background, experience in public accounting, and familiarity with Salesforce. The role offers high visibility and significant impact within APAC operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Finance or Accounting.
• Experience in public accounting and corporate revenue accounting roles.
• Knowledge of revenue recognition guidance for SaaS arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Advise Sales on complex accounting issues during contract negotiations.
• Review customer contracts to ensure compliance with accounting standards.
• Support external reporting requirements for quarterly and annual audits.

Skills

Experience in public accounting

SaaS knowledge

Customer-centric mindset

Knowledge of ASC 606

Experience with Salesforce

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Salesforce

Subscription billing platforms

Job description

Databricks is looking for an experienced Revenue Accounting professional with in-depth SaaS knowledge and a customer‑centric mindset to improve our contract review and support the sales cycle. This role is the first of its type in APAC and comes with high visibility, reporting to our Global Director of Revenue Assurance. You will support Databricks' growth, while creating scalable and efficient processes in the APAC region. You will partner with Sales, Deal Desk, Legal and Revenue Operations on deal structure to ensure revenue recognition and financial reporting goals are met.

The impact you will have:

• Support the Sales organization by advising on complex accounting and finance compliance issues during contract/deal negotiations in order to ensure deals are structured in accordance with Databricks’ policy and U.S. GAAP (ASC 606) to maximize revenue.
• Partner with Deal Desk, Legal, and IT to identify gaps and develop and improve reporting and processes to minimize manual workarounds and maximize transactional efficiency
• Establish and maintain relationships with key business partners in your region
• Review customer contracts across varied business models, product lines and distribution channels to ensure documentation and accounting for non-standard contracts
• Assess the ongoing state of the local business and compliance requirements to support the operations
• Provide management insights and recommendations for improving scalability and efficiency
• Support the external reporting requirements for the quarterly and annual audits
• Support the continued enhancement of quoting tools
• Support the rollout of new products, services, and go to market models with consideration of our financial reporting objectives and efficient deal processes

What we look for:

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis in Finance or Accounting.
• Experience in both public accounting and corporate revenue accounting roles.
• Knowledge and understanding of current revenue recognition guidance for enterprise software and SaaS arrangements (eg. "ASC 606" or “IFRS 15”).
• Experience in working with Sales to assist with deal negotiations, providing guidance to ensure deal structures and commercial terms result in contracts which meet company policy and objectives
• Deal review and operational accounting experience in a growing SaaS technology business.
• Experience in performing control activities in the quote-to-cash process. For example: review and approval documentation, deal checklists etc.
• Experience with Salesforce and subscription billing platforms is strongly preferred, usage-based SaaS contract experience a strong plus

Compliance

If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.