Senior Revenue Accountant
Proof
Accounting & Finance, Sales & Business Development
Remote
Posted on Mar 27, 2025
Proof is the world's first identity-assured transaction management platform and we are on a mission to digitize trust for all of life’s most critical transactions. Developed by the same market leaders and experts who brought notarization online with Notarize℠, Proof offers trust in a digital world by verifying identities and securing transactions to protect businesses and their customers. Since 2015, we’ve completed many of the world’s first digital commerce transactions, including the first online real estate closing, online mortgage closing, online auto sale, and online will and we're still just getting started!
We're looking for a motivated Senior Revenue Accountant to join our team. In this role, you'll see to all day-to-day revenue and accounts receivable activities. In addition, you will be involved in the monthly financial close and developing and implementing systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying and reporting financial information.
What you’ll do as the Senior Revenue Accountant at Proof:
- Review and interpret customer contracts and sales agreements to ensure accurate billing and revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606 guidelines.
- Oversee and manage the company’s revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP standards.
- Identify performance obligations, transaction prices, and contract costs in customer agreements.
- Analyze variable consideration (e.g., discounts, rebates, or penalties) and determine its impact on revenue recognition.
- Monitor and track deferred revenue, ensuring proper allocation and revenue recognition over the subscription or contract period.
- Maintain detailed records of revenue recognition schedules, journal entries, and other accounting documentation.
- Prepare comprehensive monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages.
- Serve as a backup for commission calculations.
- Support and manage the preparation and execution of statutory audits.
- Collaborate and coordinate with various cross-functional teams within the company.
- Co-ordinate internally with the finance team on AR analysis to identify overdue payments and to ensure appropriate reserve creation.
- Perform ad hoc analysis and projects as requested.
Month-End Close:
- Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual close procedures for revenue, including preparation of revenue-related journal entries, reconciliations, and reports.
- Ensure that revenue transactions are accurately recorded in the general ledger in accordance with GAAP.
- Prepare and analyze monthly revenue reports and provide explanations for significant variances to management.
- Assist in the preparation of internal and external financial statements related to revenue and deferred revenue balances.
What we’re looking for:
- 5+ years of overall combined accounting and finance experience
- Educational background in Accounting, Finance, Related field, or comparable hands-on work experience
- Strong analytical and reporting skills
- Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
- Excellent accounting software user and administration skills
- Experience working in fast paced, start up environment
- Prior experience in SaaS company preferred
- Proven ability to lead and work cross-functionally in a highly collaborative environment
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to prioritize and build consensus within multidisciplinary teams
- Self-starter mentality, with an eye for detail
- Experience working in a Mac-based environment is a plus.
Required systems experience:
- NetSuite
- Stripe
- Excel
Our Proof Pillars
- Pave the Way: When obstacles arise, we break through barriers with passion and perseverance. We lead with creativity and forward-thinking. We aim to set new standards and shape the future in a repeatable, scalable way so the path to success is easier for our team to follow.
- Own It: We embrace the responsibility that comes with supporting life's most important transactions. When a problem arises we relentlessly pursue the solution with a 'Yes before no' attitude. Because every problem and every transaction is treated like it's our own.
- Act with Integrity: We are in the business of building trust and it is at the core of everything we do. We are honest and transparent with our customers, each other and ourselves. If we make a mistake, we own up to it right away and do what it takes to make it right. Our dedication to security and compliance is key to earning trust, fighting fraud and ultimately, our success.
- Play to Win: We believe excellence is about always striving to be better so when we get it wrong, we iterate, we learn and we grow. We know we can only go so far alone, we're better together and collectively, we win!
Some of our great benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Life insurance, long and short-term disability coverage
- 401k Plan with a 4% match, beginning on your hire date
- Unlimited Sick and Vacation time
- 14 paid company holidays
- 2 company Chillax weeks (Summer & Winter)
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- 4 week sabbatical after 5 years of continuous full time employment
- Health Reimbursement Arrangements for fertility and gender affirmation
- Lunch on Proof through Grubhub credit
- Monthly work from home stipend
- Professional development credit
- Monthly reimbursement for Wellness
- And more!
This job will be posted and accepting applications through April 4th, 2025.
Proof is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.