Director of Revenue Accounting, AlphaSense
$187-228k
Market intelligence and search platform
Posted today
Market intelligence and search platform
1001+ employees
Posted today
$187-228k
1001+ employees
Company mission
AlphaSense's mission is to organize the world’s business information and leverage technology to enable companies to make smarter, faster, and more confident decisions.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA required
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public accounting (Big 4 preferred) and SaaS/technology industry roles
- Deep knowledge of ASC 606 and SaaS revenue recognition practices, including contract modifications, usage-based pricing, and standalone selling price allocation
- Demonstrated experience with internal controls over revenue recognition (SOX 404)
- Experience with ERP and revenue automation systems (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce, CPQ, Celigo)
- Proven leadership and team-building capabilities in high-growth environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience interacting with auditors, executives, and cross-functional teams
- IPO readiness or public company experience preferred
- Familiarity with international revenue operations and FX impacts preferred
- Strong project management skills, especially in system implementations or business process transformation preferred
- Experience with board-level reporting preferred
What the job involves
- The Director of Revenue Accounting will lead our global revenue accounting operations and ensure compliance with ASC 606
- This individual will be a key leader in the controllership organization and will partner cross-functionally with Legal, Sales, FP&A, Billing, and Systems teams
- This role is critical to ensuring accuracy in revenue recognition, building scalable processes, and supporting IPO-readiness
- Own all aspects of global revenue accounting, including contract review, technical accounting conclusions, and monthly revenue close processes
- Serve as the company’s internal subject matter expert on ASC 606 and related SEC guidance
- Lead the design and execution of scalable, SOX-compliant revenue processes and systems (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce, CPQ, RevPro/Zuora/Celigo)
- Establish controls and procedures for completeness and accuracy of revenue recognition, deferred revenue, contract assets, and other related areas
- Collaborate with Legal and Sales Operations on deal desk support and contract structuring
- Oversee the accounting for non-standard contracts, usage-based pricing, variable consideration, and multi-element arrangements
- Support quarterly and annual financial statement audits, including technical memos and disclosures
- Partner with FP&A and Investor Relations to ensure accurate forecasting and presentation of revenue KPIs and trends
- Mentor and develop a high-performing revenue accounting team and oversee hiring plans as needed
- Support system implementations or enhancements involving order-to-cash and revenue processes
- Contribute to IPO readiness efforts, including audit preparedness, SOX documentation, and S-1 disclosures
Our take
Manual research can be a serious pain : financial analysts spend hours every week searching through PDFs one keyword at a time, just to find a single usable insight. To remedy this, AlphaSense has built a smart search engine that slashes research time for analysts, using thousands of sources and a semantic indexing layer that can effectively query finance-specific language.
As a disruptor and market leader in this field AlphaSense has few direct competitors, being most closely compared to Wolfram Alpha or LexisNexis. It helps that its tools are undoubtedly effective and valued by knowledge professionals: the company counts about 85% of the S&P 100 as customers and is trusted by J.P.Morgan, Microsoft, Credit Suisse and Google, among other major enterprises.
Having raised a large amount of funding over 2022 and 2023, AlphaSense has moved quickly to double down on its expansion in European markets, opening an office in Berlin to support this. With 2024 seeing investment from Singaporean EDBI, it is now setting its sights on the Asia-Pacific region. As business intelligence will remain key for enterprises as they compete for market share, AlphaSense is well-placed for additional future growth.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jun 2024
$650m
LATE VC
Sep 2023
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Jaakko Kokko
(CEO)Co-founder of Silecs (materials used in the microelectronics industry).
Raj Neervannan
(CTO)Experienced executive. Previously CTO at Mastek and ChoicePoint, and CEO at Framesoft. Has an MBA from Wharton.
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