Manager, Revenue Accounting

Anaplan • Miami, FL

23h

About The Position

Join Anaplan’s revenue accounting team as Manager, Revenue Accounting. The role serves as a subject matter expert on ASC 606 technical accounting and manages the subscription revenue process, ensuring revenue recognition compliance, reviewing complex customer contracts, and supporting the month-end financial close.

The manager partners with Deal Desk, Sales Operations, and Legal on non-standard enterprise deals, identifying technical accounting considerations and advising on contract terms that protect revenue and billings. The position focuses on technical accounting governance and subscription revenue process management, including authoring audit-ready technical memos for new revenue streams and products, overseeing complex revenue recognition and billing schedules, maintaining standalone selling price (SSP) allocation models, and evaluating contract modifications and emerging hybrid or usage-based pricing models. The manager is also the primary technical liaison for the external audit team.

Requirements

• 6 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3 years dedicated to technical revenue accounting under ASC 606 in SaaS or enterprise technology environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Deep command of the ASC 606 five-step framework, identifying distinct performance obligations, transaction price allocation using SSP, and contract modification accounting.
• Hands-on experience managing monthly revenue close, including deferred revenue rollforwards, contract asset and liability reconciliations, and review of complex revenue subledger schedules.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze multi-element enterprise contracts, identify non-standard clauses, assess revenue recognition impacts, and communicate those impacts to Commercial Operations.
• Working knowledge of enterprise ERP and revenue management systems, Salesforce CPQ, and financial modeling in Excel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical accounting standards and risks clearly to finance leadership, legal counsel, and commercial teams.

Nice To Haves

• Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.
• Big 4 experience.
• National public accounting experience.
• Anaplan familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Oversee monthly revenue close deliverables, including complex revenue schedules, contract assets, deferred revenue rollforwards, customer contract liability reconciliations, bad debt reconciliation, and related journal entries.
• Lead the preparation, review, and reconciliation of period-end revenue reporting packages, including billings, deferred revenue, and revenue backlog.
• Author formal ASC 606 technical accounting position papers for complex multi-element arrangements, non-standard terms, and emerging product offerings.
• Partner with Deal Desk, Sales, and Legal during active negotiations, providing technical accounting guidance on deal structuring and non-standard terms such as custom SLAs, acceptance provisions, and termination rights.
• Process subscription contracts and contract modifications in accordance with revenue guidance and internal bookings policy.
• Perform annual SSP analyses across software subscription tiers, professional services, and usage components, and maintain documented transaction price allocation methodologies.
• Serve as the primary contact for external auditors on revenue accounting matters, manage technical PBC requests, lead audit walkthroughs, and defend accounting positions.
• Design, maintain, and execute SOX internal controls over the OTC process, including contract review, multi-element revenue allocations, and close reconciliations.
• Evaluate accounting treatment for evolving commercial models, including minimum commitments, usage-based fees, and prepaid drawdowns, and establish appropriate recognition timing and variable consideration estimates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager