Director of Revenue Accounting

Grant Thornton; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking a Director of Revenue Accounting to join the team in Boston. The role focuses on establishing and maintaining global revenue accounting policies and procedures, aligned with ASC606 and CECL, and supporting the growth of the Advisory platform.

You will lead cross‑functional close processes, provide guidance to business leaders, collaborate with billing across jurisdictions, and drive continuous improvement in financial reporting and GAAP compliance.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain revenue accounting policies in compliance with ASC606, ASC 326 CECL and related guidance.
• Bridge local GAAP/IFRS to U.S. GAAP: revenue recognition procedures across jurisdictions.
• Partner with billing functions across jurisdictions and systems to enable correct revenue accounting.
• Provide revenue accounting guidance to internal business leaders.
• Prepare month-end schedules, management reports, and supporting analyses.
• Improve collections and cash flows by partnering cross-functionally.
• Build scalable processes, controls, and systems for a growing revenue model.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual close processes, including revenue journal entries, reconciliations and flux analysis.
• Ensure strong GL integrity and GAAP compliance for revenue accounts.
• Prepare technical accounting memos and narratives supporting revenue recognition positions.
• Collaborate with external auditors on revenue accounting matters.

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking a Director of Revenue Accounting to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below.

The primary responsibilities of the Director of Revenue Accounting is the establishment and maintenance of global revenue accounting policies and procedures, including adherence to ASC606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers and Current Expected Credit losses under ASC Topic 326. This is a newly created role resulting from the growth of the Grant Thornton Advisory multinational platform. This successful candidate will play a key leadership role in acquisitions, finance transformation initiatives, and continuous improvement in financial reporting across the Grant Thornton global platform.

What You’ll Do

• Establish and maintain revenue accounting policies in compliance with ASC606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers and ASC 326, Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) as well as other guidance.

• Develop accounting procedures with various international jurisdictions to bridge from local GAAP and/or IFRS to U.S. GAAP relating to revenue recognition.

• Partner with billing functions in various jurisdictions and through various accounting systems to enable appropriate overall revenue accounting.

• Provide revenue accounting guidance to internal business leaders.

• Prepare month-end schedules, management reporting packages, and supporting analyses.

• Drive improvements in collections and cash flows by partnering cross-functionally.

• Build and enhance scalable processes, controls, and systems to support a growing and evolving revenue model.

• Support and lead monthly, quarterly and annual financial statement close processes, including preparation and review of revenue-related journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analysis.

• Ensure strong GL integrity and GAAP compliance across revenue-related accounts.

• Prepare technical accounting memos, narratives, and documentation to support revenue recognition positions.

• Partner with external auditors