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Staff Accountant – Revenue Accounting (ASC 606)
Location: Fairfield County, CT (hybrid work model)
Compensation: Dependent on experience, up to $100k bonus
Reports to: Revenue Accounting Manager
Why This Role
This position offers the opportunity to work deeply in ASC 606 while staying closely connected to how projects are executed across the business. Rather than focusing solely on the monthly close, the role emphasizes understanding contracts, evaluating judgment calls around revenue recognition, and partnering with project, logistics, and commodity teams to ensure financial results reflect operational reality. It’s a strong fit for an accountant who values ownership, wants visibility into how decisions impact margins and reporting, and is looking to grow beyond a purely transactional accounting role.
Position Summary
This is an opportunity for an intellectually curious, self-motivated accountant who wants more than just a close cycle — someone who asks “why” before they ask “how,” and who takes real ownership of their work. The Staff Accountant – Revenue Accounting will sit at the intersection of technical accounting and operational execution, supporting revenue recognition and financial reporting for a portfolio of utility-scale infrastructure projects under ASC 606. You’ll work hand-in-hand with project management, commodity management, and logistics teams — building relationships across the business while driving accuracy in revenue recognition, cost tracking, and project-level gross margin reporting. The ideal candidate comes from Big 4 public accounting or a large corporate environment where ASC 606 has been a meaningful part of their day-to-day — someone who is comfortable with complexity, hungry to grow, and eager to be a valued contributor in a collaborative, fast-moving team.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Fairfield County, CT (hybrid work model)
Compensation: Dependent on experience, up to $100k bonus
Reports to: Revenue Accounting Manager
Why This Role
This position offers the opportunity to work deeply in ASC 606 while staying closely connected to how projects are executed across the business. Rather than focusing solely on the monthly close, the role emphasizes understanding contracts, evaluating judgment calls around revenue recognition, and partnering with project, logistics, and commodity teams to ensure financial results reflect operational reality. It’s a strong fit for an accountant who values ownership, wants visibility into how decisions impact margins and reporting, and is looking to grow beyond a purely transactional accounting role.
Position Summary
This is an opportunity for an intellectually curious, self-motivated accountant who wants more than just a close cycle — someone who asks “why” before they ask “how,” and who takes real ownership of their work. The Staff Accountant – Revenue Accounting will sit at the intersection of technical accounting and operational execution, supporting revenue recognition and financial reporting for a portfolio of utility-scale infrastructure projects under ASC 606. You’ll work hand-in-hand with project management, commodity management, and logistics teams — building relationships across the business while driving accuracy in revenue recognition, cost tracking, and project-level gross margin reporting. The ideal candidate comes from Big 4 public accounting or a large corporate environment where ASC 606 has been a meaningful part of their day-to-day — someone who is comfortable with complexity, hungry to grow, and eager to be a valued contributor in a collaborative, fast-moving team.
Key Responsibilities
- Calculate and record monthly revenue recognition entries
- Prepare and maintain monthly project profitability schedules
- Review customer contracts and identify performance obligations under ASC 606.
- Determine appropriate revenue recognition for each project (delivery based or milestone)
- Work with project management, commodity management, and logistics teams to review cost-to-complete estimates
- Monitor contract modifications and change orders and assess accounting implications
- Ensure compliance with ASC 606 documentation and policies.
- Ensure project management is fulfilling in the system according to project deliveries
- Ensure commodity management is allocating and committing material to sales orders
- For “delivered” projects ensure open Sales Orders and Purchase Orders for the projects are getting closed out
- Own preparation of Income statement detail to ensure all documents are coded to appropriate projects
- Support external audits requests related to revenue.
- Maintain proper documentation supporting internal controls related to order to cash process
- Partner with IT to continuously improve reporting process and reduce time it takes to do monthly close around 606
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 2–5 years of accounting experience; Big 4 or large public accounting firm strongly preferred, or equivalent corporate experience at a large organization with meaningful ASC 606 exposure
- 2-5 years Netsuite ERP experience preferred
- Experience with project-based accounting or long-term contracts
- Strong understanding of US GAAP:
- Familiarity with percentage-of-completion accounting
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookups, revenue schedules, modeling)
- Naturally curious with strong problem-solving instincts — you dig into the details, ask the right questions, and don’t stop until you understand the “why”
- Strong communicator and collaborator — able to translate complex accounting concepts for non-accounting stakeholders
- CPA or progress towards CPA
- Experience in solar, renewable energy, or infrastructure projects
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- High ownership mentality — someone who takes initiative, manages competing priorities with ease, and holds themselves accountable; able to build relationships and communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
Salary : $80,000 - $105,000