Senior Revenue Accountant

Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.

Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

Position Summary

As a Senior Revenue Accountant at Harness, you will be responsible for managing end-to-end revenue accounting processes, including contract review, revenue recognition, and month-end close. You'll collaborate closely with Sales, Legal, Deal Desk, and FP&A to ensure revenue accuracy, support internal controls, and help us scale our systems and processes. This is a high-impact role in a fast-growing SaaS environment.

About The Role

• Own and execute monthly and quarterly revenue close procedures, including preparation of journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Review and analyze customer contracts to ensure compliance with ASC 606 and company policy.
• Monitor un-billed accounts receivable and deferred revenue balances, investigate and resolve any unusual items
• Perform revenue allocations, contract modifications, and prospective modification analyses as needed.
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Legal, and Deal Desk to operationalize and optimize quote-to-cash processes.
• Help implement and improve financial systems (e.g., NetSuite, Salesforce, Stripe, CPQ, billing tools) to automate revenue processes and improve efficiency.
• Maintain and enhance revenue accounting documentation and policies.
• Assist with external audits, including preparation of audit schedules and responding to audit requests.
• Support revenue forecasting and analysis in partnership with FP&A.
• Drive process improvement initiatives around revenue automation and system integration.
• Ensuring compliance with all state and local sales tax regulations, including accurate and timely filing of all sales tax returns, maintenance of tax exemption certificates, and performing regular reconciliations.
• Stay up to date on evolving GAAP and revenue recognition standards.
  
  

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
• 4–6 years of relevant accounting experience, including public accounting and/or in-house revenue accounting at a SaaS company.
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP and ASC 606 revenue recognition standards.
• Experience with ERP and financial systems (NetSuite, Salesforce, CPQ tools); experience with revenue automation tools (e.g., Zuora, RevPro, Chargebee Stripe) is a plus.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment.
• Proactive, adaptable, and thrives in a high-growth, high-change environment.
  
  

Work Location

• Hybrid from our San Francisco office.
  
  

What you will have at Harness

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Flexible work schedule
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team building events
• Monthly internet reimbursement
  
  

The anticipated base salary range for this position is between $105,000 and $125,000 annually. Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. The compensation package for this position may also include equity, and benefits. More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.harness.io/company/careers.

Pay transparency

$105,000—$125,000 USD

Harness In The News

• Harness Grabs a $150m Line of Credit
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• Forbes - 2024 America's Best Startup Employers
• SF Business Times - 2024 Fastest Growing Private Companies Awards
• Fast Co - 2024 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators
  
  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers

We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers.

Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.

If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at security@harness.io. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.