Senior Accountant - Technical Revenue Recognition

About the Role

Zywave, Inc., a fast-growing U.S.-based InsureTech SaaS provider, is seeking a Chartered Accountant or CPA with Big 4 or top-tier CPA firm audit experience to step into a highly visible Senior Accountant role on the Global General Ledger Team. This is a technical revenue recognition role that partners closely with Revenue Operations, Revenue Technology, and Sales & Use Tax teams to ensure complete, accurate, and valid revenue recognition across multiple order management and revenue recognition systems, including Salesforce Billing.

The role leverages U.S. GAAS and audit experience to identify and improve policies, procedures, and manual and system controls over the revenue recognition process. A strong command of large data models is essential — you will manage the import and reconciliation of revenue transactions from Salesforce Billing, QuickBooks, and several other standalone order management and revenue systems into the general ledger. You will work closely with U.S.-based internal business partners and gain meaningful exposure across the global finance organization — an ideal next step for a senior auditor from a Big 4 or top-tier CPA firm looking to move client-side into a growing SaaS company.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical revenue recognition under ASC 606 across multiple order management and billing platforms, including Salesforce Billing, QuickBooks, and several standalone revenue systems.
• Partner with Revenue Operations, Revenue Technology, and Sales & Use Tax teams to ensure complete, accurate, and valid revenue recognition end-to-end.
• Identify, design, and improve policies, procedures, and manual and system controls over the revenue recognition process.
• Master the underlying data model behind Zywave's revenue stack — learn the source systems, source-to-target mappings, transaction-level data flows, and revenue-related journal entry drivers across Salesforce Billing, QuickBooks, and the other standalone order management and revenue systems that feed the general ledger.
• Prepare and review revenue, deferred revenue, and accounts receivable journal entries and reconciliations during month-end close.
• Support U.S. GAAP revenue audit requests and could lead statutory audits for the Indian, Philippines, and United Kingdom subsidiaries.
• Identify and implement process improvements, including automation using AI-powered tools and bots.

Essential Tasks

/ Revenue Accounting: Ensure accurate revenue recognition in compliance with ASC 606, including preparation and review of revenue and deferred revenue journal entries and related reconciliations during month-end close. Collaborate with business leaders to confirm that revenue is recorded correctly and aligns with internal policies. Review internal revenue reporting, reconciliations, and supporting schedules to ensure compliance and data integrity, and drive continuous improvement in the revenue recognition process and supporting documentation.

/ Controls & Audit: Leverage U.S. GAAS and audit experience to assess and improve manual and system controls over revenue. Support U.S. GAAP audit and lead statutory audits for the India, Philippines, and U.K. subsidiaries.

/ Cash Accounting: Oversee weekly and monthly cash reconciliation across multiple bank accounts, customer receipts, and vendor payment platforms. Collaborate with the customer receivables team to investigate and resolve unapplied or unrecorded receipts.

/ Accounts Receivable Accounting: Ensure timely and accurate reconciliation of accounts receivable balances, facilitate write-off of bad debts in the revenue subledger, and prepare credit and bad debt allowances.

Qualifications

• Indian Chartered Accountant (CA) or USA Certified Public Accountant (CPA) — required.
• 3+ years of audit experience at a Big 4 or top-tier CPA firm, ideally with U.S.- based SaaS clients.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAS and U.S. GAAP, with deep, demonstrated experience applying ASC 606.
• Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com), specifically in Accounting & Finance (BAF), or U.S. bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills — this role works daily with U.S.-based stakeholders and must communicate complex technical accounting matters clearly.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process-improvement skills.
• Demonstrated experience working with large, multi-source data models — comfortable analyzing transaction-level data, building reconciliations across systems, and tracing data lineage from source system through to the general ledger. Strong Excel required; SQL or Power Query a plus.

Systems – Preferred, Not Required

• Claude
• Salesforce Billing
• QuickBooks
• Avalara (Sales & Use Tax)
• Sage Intacct
• Microsoft Office and related tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, Power BI)