[Hiring] Revenue Accounting Manager @BILL

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Revenue Accounting Manager to join our revenue accounting team. This role is critical in ensuring accurate and compliant financial reporting related to our revenue streams. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accounting principles, specifically ASC 606, experience with revenue accounting and accounts receivable, and a proven track record of managing complex reconciliations and processes.

This position requires extensive cross-functional partnership with teams across the organization, including:

• Sales Operations
• Sales
• Business Development
• Deal Desk
• Customer Success
• Legal
• FP&A
• Data/Analytics
• Revenue Operations
• Product
• Engineering
• Finance System
• Treasury
• Operations

Responsibilities

• Contract Customer Billing:
  • Own end-to-end billing for a portfolio of contract and strategic partners, ensuring timely, accurate, and complete invoices in accordance with commercial terms and BILL policies.
  • Review customer contracts, order forms, amendments, and pricing schedules to determine appropriate billing cadence, milestones, and one-time vs recurring fees.
  • Partner with Sales Ops, Business Development, engineering, finance system, and Legal to ensure contract structures and billing mechanics align with revenue recognition and AR requirements.
  • Partner with Sales Ops, Customer Success, and deal desk teams to address customer requests.
• Collections & Receivables Management:
  • Manage A/R aging, lead collection efforts on past-due balances, and reduce DSO and write-offs while maintaining a strong customer experience.
  • Collaborate with Customer Success and Sales to resolve short-pays, disputes, and unapplied cash, including recommending payment plans or settlements within policy.
  • Manage allowance and bad debt assessments for higher-risk accounts, ensuring supporting documentation is complete and audit-ready.
• Accounts Receivable & Revenue Reconciliations:
  • Review monthly and quarterly reconciliations for AR, unbilled revenue, deferred revenue, contract assets/liabilities, and other revenue-related accounts, resolving variances independently as a senior revenue accountant level.
  • Build and maintain roll-forward schedules and supporting analyses that connect operational drivers (volumes, rates, tiers) to GAAP balances and period-over-period movements.
  • Design and improve reconciliation processes and controls to support SOX compliance, scalability, and automation.
  • Propose process improvements to reduce time spent on complex manual processes.
• Revenue Reporting & Cross-Functional Analytics:
  • Partner with FP&A, Data/Analytics, Revenue Operations, and Product to design, modify, and maintain revenue and billing reports that support forecasting, performance metrics, and investor/management reporting.
  • Investigate discrepancies in reported counts, rates, or amounts (e.g., usage, volume tiers, revenue share), and resolve issues with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Provide revenue and AR insights (trends by product, partner, segment, and cohort) and act as a thought partner to stakeholders, translating complex accounting into clear, decision-ready narratives.
  • Partner with Finance transformation team to design and perform UATs for new products or existing products reporting enhancements.
• Close & Compliance:
  • Independently own recurring month-end and quarter-end close tasks for assigned revenue and AR areas, including preparation and review of complex journal entries, reconciliations, and analyses.
  • Propose and prepare one-time/non-recurring journal entries for complex issues (e.g., contract amendments, corrections, new products, manual true-ups) with minimal guidance.
  • Ensure processes and workpapers are fully SOX-compliant, operate controls as designed, and identify control or process gaps with proposed remediation plans.
  • Support internal and external audits, including providing reconciliations, documentation, and process walkthroughs for revenue and AR areas.
  • Support monthly and quarterly financial statements reporting flux analysis and ad hoc analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance. CPA or equivalent is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in accounting.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, especially related to ASC 606.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to interact with senior management and cross-functional teams.
• Track record of building out new processes.
• Experience with NetSuite is a plus.
• Proficient with Excel and experience with data analytical tools such as Tableau or Alteryx is a plus.
• Must be a self-starter and deadline-driven to work in a fast-paced environment within tight deadlines.
• Ability to think outside the box, work independently with general supervision, be a team player, and contribute beyond the defined role to meet business needs as circumstances require.

Requirements

• Visa Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Benefits

• 100% paid employee health, dental, and vision plans (choose HMO, PPO, or HDHP).
• HSA & FSA accounts.
• Life Insurance, Long & Short-term disability coverage.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• 11+ Observed holidays and wellness days and flexible time off.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program with employee discounts.
• Wellness & Fitness initiatives.
• Employee recognition and referral programs.
• And much more.