Technical Revenue Accounting Manager

Technical Revenue Accounting Manager

Overview

Lead critical revenue accounting, technical accounting, audit coordination, and financial reporting initiatives as an interim Technical Revenue Accounting Manager. This individual contributor role functions broadly as a revenue controller, with significant ownership of revenue recognition, COGS and inventory accounting, financial statement preparation, internal controls, international subsidiary reporting, and accounting systems transformation.

You will partner closely with the Controller and cross-functional teams to support accurate month-end close, resolve complex accounting matters, prepare audit materials, and help advance accounting processes during a period of organizational and systems change. The ideal candidate is an experienced technical accounting professional who can work independently, navigate ambiguity, and make sound judgments across complex transactions and evolving business needs.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Strong experience in technical accounting and revenue accounting
• Expertise in revenue recognition, including related COGS, inventory, deferred revenue, and accounts receivable accounting
• Required experience with NetSuite
• Experience analyzing non-standard and complex contracts and determining appropriate accounting treatment
• Ability to research and resolve revenue-related accounting issues
• Experience overseeing revenue recognition analysis and reporting during the month-end close process
• Ability to review revenue-related account reconciliations and key analyses across domestic and international operations
• Experience investigating revenue fluctuations, identifying transactional drivers, and partnering with billing operations to resolve root causes
• Experience collaborating with sales, finance, legal, FP&A, and other cross-functional teams
• Experience preparing, reviewing, and finalizing financial statements
• Experience supporting annual audits, including coordinating accurate, timely, and comprehensive audit requests
• Strong understanding of internal controls, control risk matrices, and accounting documentation
• Ability to draft, update, and organize technical accounting memoranda
• Experience supporting international subsidiary reporting and accounting integration
• Strong analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently as a team of one and manage multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to handle ambiguity and make sound decisions in an evolving environment

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience in an environmental commodities, energy trading, or similar trading-related business
• Experience with long and short positions, commodity purchases and sales, and related revenue, COGS, and inventory accounting
• Experience supporting the transition of international subsidiaries from pass-through entities to stand-alone trading entities
• Experience participating in ERP integrations or accounting systems implementations
• Experience providing accounting guidance during systems design, development, testing, and rollout
• Experience developing or formalizing accounting policies and procedures
• Experience working with energy trading and risk management or similar transaction and settlement systems
• Experience supporting the design or implementation of automated registry, trading, or financial reporting systems

Preferred Education and Experience

• Preferred educational background was not specified.
• Relevant experience in technical accounting, revenue accounting, financial reporting, audit coordination, and accounting systems is preferred.
• Experience supporting complex, multi-entity accounting environments is beneficial.

Other Requirements

• Interim contract engagement anticipated to last approximately 5–6 months, with potential for extension based on business needs.
• Target start is ASAP, ideally before 11/20/2026, to support transition and continuity.
• Fully remote candidates will be considered; availability to work onsite on Thursdays is preferred.
• Candidates working remotely should be aligned with Pacific Time business hours; work within their local business hours is acceptable.
• The role reports to the Controller and operates as an individual contributor.
• The position will support audit and financial statement deadlines, including preparation and review of 2026 financial statements and coordination of audit deliverables.
• No additional certifications were specified.