Senior Services Revenue Accountant

The role

The Senior Services Revenue Accountant will manage services contract revenue and ensure financial integrity. This role involves reviewing customer contracts, managing revenue frameworks, and supporting external audits.

What you will do

• Review fully executed customer contracts for appropriate ASC 606 accounting treatment.
• Ensure contracts are properly entered in the accounting system.
• Provide real-time accounting guidance to Legal, Customer Success, and Sales to optimize contract structures.
• Execute and maintain the percentage-of-completion (POC) tracking framework.
• Forecast and calculate monthly fixed-price project milestones and billings.
• Partner with CS Operations and leadership to guarantee timely monthly data inputs.
• Take ownership of key reconciliations and reporting workflows during monthly and quarterly revenue close cycles.
• Support external auditors during annual audits and quarterly reviews.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual accounting workflows.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in project revenue accounting or corporate accounting.
• Deep foundational knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition principles.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for complex financial modeling and data manipulation.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to meet and take full responsibility for recurring monthly deadlines.

Nice to have

• CPA certification
• Master of Science in Accounting
• Demonstrated experience utilizing the POC method for fixed-price contracts.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) financial systems such as NetSuite or SuiteProjects.
• Prior background within public accounting.
• Experience with enterprise platforms

Benefits

• 401(k) plan with company match
• Flexible time off
• Paid parental leave
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Wellness programs
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings account contributions
• Employee referral bonus program
• Learning and development resources
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

About the company

Appian provides AI automation for the most important business processes at the world’s largest organizations. The company has been automating processes for more than 25 years.