What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Revenue Accountant position at stratacareers?
How You'll Make an Impact:
As a Senior Revenue Accountant at Strata, you'll own critical revenue and accounts receivable processes for a rapidly growing financial technology company. Reporting to the Accounting Manager, you'll combine technical accounting expertise with analytical rigor to ensure revenue is recognized accurately under ASC 606, reconciliations remain accurate, and our financial close stays efficient as the business scales. Your work directly supports month-end close, audit readiness, and business decision-making across Finance, Sales, and Operations.
Why This Role Matters at Strata:
Strata is in a growth phase, which means our financial close speed, data accuracy, and revenue recognition rigor directly enable M&A strategy, financial reporting, and operational decisions. This role is the backbone of that—you'll see the direct impact of your work within weeks.
Core Responsibilities:
Revenue & Contract Accounting
- Evaluate customer contracts and collaborate with Sales to ensure Salesforce opportunities map accurately to company revenue recognition policy and ASC 606 requirements
- Prepare and maintain contract deferred revenue schedules, as well as commission accounting and performance obligation tracking
- Record revenue-related journal entries and resolve revenue recognition inquiries from internal stakeholders
- Build financial analysis and support materials for revenue audits and accounting reviews
General Ledger & Month-End Close
- Own reconciliations of balance sheet accounts, particularly accounts receivable, contract assets, deferred revenue, and related accruals
- Prepare and maintain recurring journal entries; coordinate month-end close timeline and deliverables
- Prepare revenue related disclosures for financial reporting
- Support year-end close acceleration and audit readiness efforts, including documentation compilation and automation projects
Systems & Data Integrity
- Validate Salesforce-to-NetSuite revenue workflows; escalate system issues and recommend process improvements
- Review revenue arrangements in NetSuite and compare to revenue arrangements to ensure proper revenue recognition within NetSuite
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Enterprise Applications on system automation and integration work
- Support Sales Ops on subscription billing, contract interpretation, and revenue cycle questions
- Work with Growth and Payroll on commission work
- Contribute to special projects and ad hoc analysis as assigned
What We're Looking For:
- Minimum 3 years in public accounting or a corporate accounting environment with demonstrable expertise in ASC 606 revenue recognition or contract accounting
- Solid foundation in GAAP and comfort with balance sheet accounting (AR, deferred revenue, accruals)
- Advanced Excel proficiency and familiarity with AI tools
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite, Salesforce, or similar enterprise systems; comfort learning new tools quickly
- CPA license, preferred
- Track record of spotting inefficiencies and recommending process improvements
- Experience in SaaS revenue recognition (subscriptions, multi-year contracts, usage-based billing)
- Experience working in a SOX environment
Estimated Salary Range: $70,000 - $90,000
Actual salary will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, skill set and level of experience. This salary range is a good faith estimate of base pay. Strata also provides discretionary variable pay programs based on role. In addition, Strata provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits, health and welfare benefits, paid time off, parental leave, life and accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits.
Find out more about Strata benefits here.
How we work:
Our preferred location for open roles is Chicago, IL. We value in‑person connection and regularly host on‑campus events to create meaningful opportunities for our team to build relationships and collaborate
Thinking about applying?
Research shows that women and underrepresented groups tend to apply to jobs only when they check every box on a job posting. If you’re currently reading this and hesitating to click “Apply” for that reason, we encourage you to go for it! A true passion and excitement for making an impact is just as important as work experience.
Should you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please reach out to careers@stratadecision.com.
Here @ Strata…
Our culture is driven by our people solving problems together. We embrace learning, collaboration, and continuous career growth. Together, we lift our customers, our products, our company, and our community.
We believe that each of our team member’s unique perspectives and experiences is what drives innovation and positive change. Our individual differences are what make us a more forward-thinking organization. We foster a culture of inclusion, equity and belonging, regardless of race, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
Our Core Values:
While we celebrate what makes each member of our team unique, our core values are what connect us. They set clear expectations for how we approach our work and how each of us can positively influence the experience of our team and our customers.
- We connect with positive intent.
- We are helpful.
- We own it.
- We get better every day.
- We are humble.
Salary : $70,000 - $90,000