Director, Revenue Accounting

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco (CA, WA); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a seasoned Revenue Accounting professional to join our growing Accounting Team. You will drive revenue accounting operations, AR accounting, and financial reporting processes.

You will play a critical role in ensuring accurate revenue recognition, managing complex AR processes including CECL compliance, and enhancing our month-end close operations. The ideal candidate brings deep technical accounting expertise, leadership capabilities, and thrives in

Qualifications

• 10+ years of accounting experience, including public accounting.
• Strong knowledge of ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers and ASC 326.
• Experience with AR accounting and financial reporting.
• Ability to influence across departments and drive change.
• Proven leadership and mentoring of accounting professionals.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily revenue accounting operations with ASC 606 compliance.
• Own month-end close for revenue, deferrals, and AR journal entries.
• Oversee AR accounting functions, aging analyses, and reconciliations.
• Lead quarterly CECL aging analysis and metrics for management reporting.
• Perform month-end close flux analysis and explain variances.
• Collaborate with Finance Ops, Strategy, Billing Support and partners.
• Support revenue system initiatives from design to testing and optimization.
• Serve as SME for revenue and AR accounting across the org.
• Lead external audit coordination and year-end activities.
• Maintain documentation for revenue and AR processes.

Skills

ASC 606 revenue recognition

CECL knowledge

Public accounting experience

Leadership / mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

NetSuite ARM

Oracle ERP

SAP

Workday Financials

SQL

Job description

About the company

the company’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

the company is seeking a seasoned Revenue Accounting professional to join our growing Accounting Team. In this position, you will drive revenue accounting operations, accounts receivable accounting, and financial reporting processes. You will play a critical role in ensuring accurate revenue recognition, managing complex AR processes including CECL compliance, and enhancing our month-end close operations. The ideal candidate brings deep technical accounting expertise, leadership capabilities, and thrives in our fast-paced, innovative environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily revenue accounting operations, including high-volume transaction processing, and ensure accurate revenue recognition in compliance with ASC 606

• Own the month-end revenue close process by reviewing and approving revenue-related account reconciliations and journal entries for revenue, deferred revenue, and unbilled receivables

• Manage comprehensive accounts receivable accounting functions, including AR reconciliations, aging analysis, and accurate recording of customer receivables

• Lead quarterly CECL aging analysis to ensure consistent application of ASC 326 and work with AR & Collections Lead to develop key AR metrics for management reporting

• Perform regular month-end close flux analysis, identifying and explaining significant variances in revenue and accounts receivable balances to ensure financial integrity and provide insights for management decision-making

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance Operations, Finance Strategy, Billing Support, and business partners on strategic processes and programs

• Support revenue accounting system initiatives, including design, implementation, testing, and optimization

• Serve as subject matter expert for revenue and AR accounting questions across the organization

• Lead audit coordination and serve as primary contact for external auditors during year-end audit

• Maintain comprehensive documentation for all revenue and AR processes

You may be a good fit if you have

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance (or equivalent experience)

• 10+ years of accounting experience, with at least 3 years in public accounting

• Strong knowledge of ASC 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers & ASC 326 Credit Impairment

• Experience with accounts receivable accounting and financial reporting

• Experience in collaborating across departments to influence change

• Attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and strong sense of teamwork

• Ability to work independently and prioritize in a fast-paced environment

• Strong sense of ownership and independence, with proven ability to identify issues, propose solutions, and drive initiatives to completion with minimal supervision

• Proven experience in managing and mentoring accounting professionals, with the potential to lead team members (both contractors and FTEs) as our team continues to grow

Strong candidates may also have

• Experience in a growing SaaS technology business, preferably in startup or high-growth environments

• Experience with third-party platform revenue models and related accounting complexities

• Passion for data integrity, comfort with large datasets, and enjoyment of solving complex problems

• Proficiency with mainstream ERP systems and revenue engines such as NetSuite ARM, Oracle, SAP, Workday Financials and comparable systems. NetSuite ARM experience strongly preferred

• Experience with Metronome, Stripe, Anrok, or similar software is a plus

• Database & SQL experience is a plus

• Exceptional business acumen with ability to translate complex financial concepts into actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$230,000—$300,000 USD

LogisticsMinimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experienceRequired field of study:A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experienceMinimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the positionLocation-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.Visa sponsorship:We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At the company we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common w