Senior Accountant, Revenue & Partner Operations

Sanas • Palo Alto, CA

19d

About The Position

Sanas is looking for a Senior Accountant to own a critical slice of our revenue and partner accounting operations. This role sits at the intersection of accounting, sales operations, and partner management covering revenue recognition, invoicing, partner commission calculations, reconciliations, payments, and contract review. You'll also own Deal desk operations, working directly with sales reps to process order forms and support deal execution.
This is a hands-on, high-visibility role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment, is comfortable owning ambiguous processes, and has strong systems fluency across modern finance tech stacks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally with exposure to revenue accounting, billing, or commissions in a SaaS or subscription business.
• Strong working knowledge of revenue recognition principles (ASC 606) and contract review
• Solid systems skills; experience with Campfire, Salesforce (SFDC), and Maxio strongly preferred.
• Comfortable partnering directly with sales teams and working cross-functionally in a deal-desk capacity.
• High attention to detail with strong reconciliation and analytical skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a high-growth, fast-paced startup environment.

Nice To Haves

• CPA preferred, not required.

Responsibilities

• Own Deal desk workflows processing and tracking order forms, coordinating with sales reps on deal paperwork, and ensuring clean handoff into billing and revenue systems.
• Serve as the finance point of contact for sales reps on order form questions, deal structuring implications, and deal desk turnaround.
• Review revenue contracts, order forms, and partner agreements for accurate accounting treatment and billing terms prior to booking.
• Calculate and validate partner/channel commissions each period, ensuring alignment with signed agreements and deal terms.
• Support monthly revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606, including review of customer contracts and revenue-impacting terms.
• Manage the end-to-end customer invoicing cycle generation, accuracy review, and timely delivery.
• Perform monthly account and sub-ledger reconciliations (revenue, AR, commissions, deferred revenue) and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare schedules and documentation, and respond to auditor requests related to revenue, commissions, and contracts for quarterly reviews and annual audits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed