Senior Manager - Technical and Revenue Accounting

Since 2011, General Assembly has transformed tens of thousands of careers through pioneering, experiential education in today’s most in-demand skills. As featured in The Economist, Wired, and The New York Times, GA offers training in web development, data, design, business, and more, both online and at campuses around the world. Our global professional community boasts 40,000 alumni — and counting.  In addition to fostering career growth for individuals, GA helps employers cultivate top tech talent and spur innovation by transforming their teams through strategic learning. More than 21,000 employees at elite companies worldwide have honed their digital fluency with our corporate training programs.  Our clients include everyone from many of the Fortune 500 companies, to government agencies, to small- and medium-sized businesses. GA has also been recognized as one of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, and Fast Company has dubbed us leaders in World-Changing Ideas as well as the #1 Most Innovative Company in Education

Role Description

As Senior Manager of Technical and Revenue Accounting, you will hold responsibility for operational and technical accounting aspects of GA’s revenue streams.  You pursue all tasks with energy, motivation and determination, never giving up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks. In this role, you will use rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions, probe all fruitful sources for answers, try to identify hidden problems, look beyond the obvious and don't stop at the first answers. On a daily basis you will spend time and the time of others on what’s important, quickly zeroing in on the critical few and putting the trivial many aside.  You can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal, eliminate roadblocks and create focus. You use time effectively and efficiently and concentrate efforts on the more important priorities.  Your goal is to know how businesses work by having the necessary knowledge in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting the  business.

Responsibilities 

• Owning the revenue cycle, including review of contracts to determine appropriate revenue recognition in accordance with current and emerging accounting guidance.
• Collaborating with Product, Engineering, and other functions across the organization to streamline revenue data.
• Managing Revenue Accounting team, including overseeing the credit, billing and collection function.
• Responsible for the monthly revenue close, ensuring timely reporting in multiple divisions across various foreign entities.   .
• Developing a thorough understanding of GA’s services and revenue streams and document relevant revenue policies.
• Establishing strong working relationship and partnership with Legal, Engineering, Sales, and Operations.
• Leading continuous review of processes and controls around revenue streams and identify improvements.
• Proactively research technical revenue issues and provide guidance on revenue questions related to new or non-standard contract terms, service offerings, and marketing programs.
• Ensuring customer arrangements booked in the billing and other systems reflect revenue recognition requirements.
• Model revenue for new contracts per GAAP vs. revenue and cash flow per contract.
• Providing necessary revenue recognition inputs to the FP&A team so that the revenue forecast reflects any required GAAP adjustments.
• Working with Sales and Legal teams to provide guidance on deal structure while maintaining adherence to revenue recognition policy and booking requirements. 
• Reviewing non-standard contracts upon request for pricing, discounts, BESP/VSOE requirements, payment and commercial terms, and overall economics to determine the proper revenue recognition. Must provide timely feedback to the sales team on pricing and deal structure proposals.
• Reviewing language in customer contracts to best capture the commercial and financial terms approved
• Serving as the main point of contact for revenue inquiries during financial statement audits.

Remote in the following U.S. states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Washington DC, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Vermont, Virginia