Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care, kitchen appliance, cookware, and accessory products. The Senior Accountant, Revenue Accounting owns revenue-related accounting and reporting, including gross-to-net accounting, customer program reserves, revenue recognition, reconciliations, and financial close activities. The role partners with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate U.S. GAAP-compliant reporting, maintain controls, support audits, and improve accounting processes.
Responsibilities
• Prepare and record monthly gross-to-net revenue accruals, including but not limited to:
• Customer co-op advertising (COOP) programs and promotional allowances
• Contractual deductions, including returns, Destroy-in-Field (DIF), and defective allowances
• Non-contractual deductions, including shortages and penalties
• Other customer-related incentive and deduction programs
• Analyze actual claims and deductions against recorded accruals and recommend reserve adjustments as needed
• Own gross-to-net reserve methodologies and key assumptions supporting customer programs, deductions, returns, and allowances
• Perform retrospective analyses to evaluate reserve accuracy and recommend updates to methodologies based on historical claims experience and business trends
• Support monthly and quarterly revenue recognition and gross-to-net reporting processes, applying ASC 606 principles to customer arrangements
• Serve as a subject matter expert on ASC 606, review customer contracts, sales agreements, rebates, incentives, and promotional programs to determine appropriate accounting treatment
• Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to assess accounting implications of new commercial initiatives
• Perform trend and variance analysis to identify unusual activity and emerging risks, including timing differences such as the recognition lag applicable to non-contractual deductions
• Prepare and maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned revenue-related accounts
• Research and resolve reconciling items on a timely basis
• Ensure all reconciliations comply with company policies and internal control requirements
• Participate in monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities and meet established reporting deadlines
• Prepare journal entries and supporting documentation for management review
• Partner with Credit and Deductions teams to identify deduction recovery opportunities and implement process improvements
• Monitor deduction aging and identify exposures requiring reserve adjustments
• Analyze deduction trends and identify potential risks impacting reserve adequacy or revenue recognition
• Partner with Credit and Deductions teams to develop recommendations for recovery opportunities and process improvements
• Review deduction activity to ensure proper accounting classification and financial reporting
• Develop monthly reporting packages supporting gross-to-net reserve balances and activity
• Prepare analyses supporting management review of revenue-related reserves and customer programs
• Collaborate with FP&A to forecast gross-to-net reserves, customer deductions, returns, and trade spend obligations
• Identify key drivers affecting reserve performance and communicate risks and opportunities to management
• Analyze customer program performance and provide actionable insights regarding financial exposure and reserve adequacy
• Assist with forecasting and budgeting processes related to revenue deductions and reserve requirements
• Provide ad hoc reporting and analytical support to Accounting, FP&A, and business partners
• Maintain compliance with U.S. GAAP and Company accounting policies
• Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules, analyses, and documentation
• Execute key controls related to revenue accounting and gross-to-net processes
• Assist with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance activities, including documentation and testing support
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, and reporting accuracy
• Participate in ERP, reporting, and system enhancement initiatives, including reputed company-related projects
• Help standardize reconciliation and reserve review processes across the organization
• Lead process improvement initiatives focused on automation, standardization, and enhanced reporting capabilities
Skills
• * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
• * 3–7+ years of progressive accounting experience with focus on revenue accounting
• * Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, including ASC 606 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers)
• * Advanced reputed comp
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