Revenue Accounting Analyst

We have an outstanding opportunity to join a hugely successful global business in a revenue focused accounting capacity. This represents a rare chance to join their stable finance team, all of which is based here in the UK, on a hybrid basis.

Responsibilities:

Prepare and post month end revenue journals for review

Compare actual revenue to forecast, investigating and explaining variances

Adjust forecasts and prepare structured variance summaries for inclusion in the monthly reporting pack

Maintain accrued and deferred revenue schedules by entity
Reconcile revenue related P&L and balance sheet accounts

Maintain a complex Excel based revenue forecast for the group

Review and update forecasts, incorporating commercial, project and billing information

Interpret contract terms and delivery milestones for revenue forecasting purposes

Translate operational/project updates into financial impact
Create structured, centralised summary data for non-finance stakeholders to review

Provide revenue insight and supporting data for group budgeting process

Prepare journals for revenue-related audit queries, escalating technical matters to the FD as required.

Identify and implement opportunities to streamline, automate or improve revenue models and supporting processes

Experience Required:

Part-qualified accountant with a strong academic background
Strong foundation in financial accounting or management accounts
Sound knowledge of "revenue recognition" or "deferred income"
Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel - index matching, pivot tables and lookups
Aptitude for investigating incomplete data sets
Strong communicator with a desire to business partner