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Salary: USD 105,000 - 115,000 / annual
Phenom is an AI-powered talent experience platform and HR tech unicorn with 1,500+ employees across 6 countries. This Accounting Manager role leads revenue accounting for the company, owning the application, documentation, and monthly execution of revenue recognition under ASC 606 across subscription software, implementation services, professional services, training, support, and usage-based offerings.
Key responsibilities include:
**Revenue Recognition & Close:** Own the monthly revenue close process including preparation, review, and posting of revenue, deferred revenue, unbilled receivables, commissions, and related journal entries. Ensure timely and accurate revenue recognition under ASC 606 for recurring SaaS subscriptions, implementations, professional services, support, training, usage-based fees, and other contract components. Maintain reconciliations between billing platform, revenue subledger, CRM/CPQ, general ledger, accounts receivable, and cash collections. Establish and monitor close controls, ensuring deadlines, documentation standards, and approval requirements are met.
**ASC 606 Technical Accounting:** Lead contract-level ASC 606 analysis for nonstandard, material, or complex customer arrangements. Evaluate the five-step ASC 606 model including contract identification, distinct performance obligations, transaction price determination, price allocation, and revenue recognition timing. Document accounting conclusions in audit-ready revenue recognition memos. Assess contract modifications, renewals, expansions, downgrades, terminations, and credits. Evaluate principal-versus-agent considerations, material rights, financing components, and breakage.
**HR Software & SaaS Contract Support:** Review customer agreements, order forms, statements of work, and amendments to identify accounting implications. Partner with Deal Desk, Sales Operations, Legal, and Commercial teams to structure contract terms aligned with revenue-recognition policies. Develop clear accounting treatment for HR software arrangements including platform subscriptions, per-employee-per-month pricing, variable usage fees, implementation services, managed services, third-party integrations, and bundled packages. Identify contract terms creating process, system, billing, or accounting risk.
**Financial Reporting, Audit & Compliance:** Support preparation of U.S. GAAP financial statements and revenue-related disclosures. Prepare schedules, walkthroughs, control evidence, and technical documentation for external audit, internal audit, lenders, investors, and due diligence. Ensure compliance with revenue-recognition policies, accounting policies, and internal-control framework. Assist in evaluating and implementing internal controls over revenue recognition, including SOX-ready processes. Monitor developments in U.S. GAAP and ASC 606 practices.
**Process, Systems & Team Leadership:** Serve as finance owner for revenue-related systems including ERP, billing, revenue automation, CRM, CPQ, and contract lifecycle management. Lead revenue-system enhancements, new-product setup, integration testing, and automation initiatives. Build scalable processes that reduce manual work and improve accuracy. Develop revenue dashboards and operating metrics. Mentor and train revenue accountants and senior accountants. Create training materials for Sales, Deal Desk, Billing, Customer Success, and Legal.
**Requirements:**
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline; CPA strongly preferred
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 2+ years in SaaS, subscription software, technology, HR technology, payroll, or comparable recurring-revenue business
- Demonstrated hands-on experience applying ASC 606 / Revenue from Contracts with Customers
- Experience performing revenue-recognition analysis for software subscriptions, multi-element arrangements, implementation services, professional services, renewals, and contract modifications
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, month-end close, account reconciliations, financial reporting, and audit support
- Experience with ERP and revenue-recognition systems; familiarity with NetSuite preferred
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills including reconciliations, analytical review, pivot tables, and large-data-set analysis
- Ability to interpret customer contracts and communicate complex accounting conclusions to finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Strong project-management, organization, judgment, and attention-to-detail skills
- Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, evolving environment with competing deadlines
**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Public-accounting experience in audit, assurance, or transaction advisory, particularly with technology or SaaS clients
- Experience with HR technology, payroll, benefits administration, talent acquisition, workforce management, time and attendance, or HCM offerings
- Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency, or international SaaS operations
- Familiarity with ASC 340-40 regarding capitalization and amortization of incremental costs of obtaining customer contracts
- Experience implementing or optimizing revenue-automation tools and integrated quote-to-cash processes
