Company Overview
Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow’s challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.
Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are seeking a detail-oriented, technically strong Revenue Manager to join our Finance team. You will own end-to-end revenue recognition under ASC 606 / US GAAP, lead month-end close, and ensure accurate, timely revenue reporting. Partnering closely with Sales, Legal, FP&A, Billing, and external auditors, you will bring rigorous technical accounting judgment and a process-improvement mindset to a fast-paced close environment.
What You Do:
- Revenue accounting & reconciliations: journal entries across revenue, deferred revenue, unbilled receivables, and contract assets/liabilities, with balance-sheet reconciliations resolved within the close calendar.
- Technical accounting memos & position papers: documented conclusions on variable consideration, principal versus agent, contract modifications, and financing components.
- Revenue schedules & ASC 606 disclosures: disaggregation of revenue, remaining performance obligations (RPO), and contract balances for management, Board, and annual financial reporting.
- Flux & variance analysis: month-over-month, quarter-over-quarter, and budget-versus-actual commentary for leadership.
- End-to-end billing: accurate, timely invoicing across subscription, usage-based, milestone, and time-and-materials models, reconciled to the revenue schedule.
- Audit & SOX support: PBC schedules, walkthroughs, and SOX 404 control evidence delivered on schedule.
TECHNICAL SCOPE
- ASC 606 five-step model applied across SaaS subscriptions, licenses, professional services, usage-based, and multi-element arrangements.
- Contract analysis: identifying performance obligations, determining standalone selling price (SSP), allocating transaction price, and establishing recognition timing, with ongoing SSP maintenance.
- Complex judgments: variable consideration (expected-value and most-likely-amount methods with constraint analysis), rights of return, material rights, significant financing components, and non-cash consideration.
- ASC 340-40 contract costs: capitalization and amortization of sales commissions and costs to fulfill, including amortization-period and impairment assessments.
- Contract combinations & modifications: assessing separate-contract, prospective, and cumulative catch-up treatment.
- Principal versus agent: gross-versus-net conclusions for reseller and partner revenue streams.
- Order-to-cash & indirect tax: sales tax, VAT/GST, and withholding considerations coordinated with Tax, alongside billing-to-revenue reconciliation, true-ups, and dispute resolution.
- Systems: ERP platforms (NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, or Workday), revenue automation tools (Salesforce CPQ or equivalent), and advanced Excel.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Technical accounting judgment — interpreting ASC 606 / US GAAP and defending positions on complex arrangements.
- Attention to detail — a strong ownership mindset and accountability for accuracy.
- Analytical thinking — a problem-solving orientation comfortable with ambiguity and tight close deadlines.
- Communication — drafting clear technical accounting memos and policy documentation.
- Stakeholder partnering — influencing Deal Desk, Sales, and Legal, and collaborating across Finance and the wider business.
- Integrity & continuous improvement — sound professional judgment, with a drive to enhance processes and automation.
What You'll need:
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA, CA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification strongly preferred.
- Experience: 5–9 years of progressive revenue accounting experience, ideally a mix of public accounting (Big 4 preferred) and industry (SaaS / Technology / Services).
- Technical Accounting: Deep, demonstrable expertise in ASC 606 revenue recognition and US GAAP.
- Close Ownership: Hands-on experience leading or owning month-end close cycles, journal entries, reconciliations, and management reporting deliverables.
- Contract Acumen: Strong understanding of complex contract structures and ability to translate contractual terms into accounting outcomes.
- Systems: Proficiency with ERP systems (NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, or Workday) and revenue automation tools (Salesforce CPQ, or similar).
- Tools: Advanced Excel skills (pivots, complex formulas, large data sets
- Audit & SOX: Experience supporting external audits and working under SOX 404 control environments.
- Communication: Strong written communication — ability to draft technical accounting memos and policy documents.
KEY COMPETENCIES
- High attention to detail with a strong ownership mindset and accountability for accuracy.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet tight close deadlines.
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset, comfortable working through ambiguity.
- Collaborative team player able to partner across Finance and the broader business.
- Continuous improvement orientation — proactively identifies and implements process enhancements.
- Integrity and sound professional judgment in applying accounting principles.
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Recruiting Security
Emails from genuine Arcesium recruiters who are employees of the company will always come from the @arcesium.com domain. In some cases, you may also be contacted by independent search firms engaged to recruit on our behalf; emails from their employees should always come from their firm's applicable domain. We'll never ask for your banking information or any payment as part of the recruiting process. If something seems off or you're contacted by an unexpected third party, please reach out to us at careers@arcesium.com (US/UK), careers-india@arcesium.com (India) or careers-europe@arcesium.com (Portugal/Sweden).
Arcesium is an equal opportunity employer.
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