Livekit
Revenue Accounting Manager
United States (Remote). Posted a month ago
The role
You will be the technical authority on revenue and own the entire Order to Cash cycle. You will author revenue accounting policies and manage the monthly revenue close.
What you will do
- Author the revenue accounting policy set
- Own the monthly revenue close including recognition and flux analysis
- Own the revenue portion of external audit
- Replace manual revenue entries with an automated billing-to-revenue reconciliation
- Govern order to cash including billing accuracy and dispute resolution
- Own commission capitalization and amortization under ASC 340-40
- Review non-standard deal structures before they are signed
Required qualifications
- Licensed CPA
- Big 4 or comparable technical accounting foundation
- Real industry experience in a high-growth startup environment
- Demonstrable ASC 606 experience with usage-based or consumption revenue
- Ability to write technical memos with facts, guidance, analysis, and conclusion
- Experience assessing GAAP guidance and implementing it in real-world situations
- Owned a monthly revenue close hands-on
- Closed revenue through at least one external audit
- Comfortable being the technical authority without a bench behind you
Nice to have
- Billing system implementation or migration — Metronome, Stripe, Zuora
- Pre-IPO or first-audit experience
- Enough SQL to validate a recognition schedule against raw usage data yourself
Benefits
- Opportunity to build something impactful
- Contribute to open source
- Competitive salary and equity package
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
About the company
LiveKit is building the infrastructure layer for the voice-driven era of computing. The platform powers voice AI applications for companies like OpenAI, xAI, Salesforce, Coursera, and Spotify.