Senior Accountant - Revenue

Stanton House is recruiting for an Interim Senior Accountant (Revenue) to join a SaaS Business on a 3 Month Contract (possible extension). This day rate contract offers £400 per day (IR35 to be determined). This role is mainly remote but requires two days per month in their offices in East England.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee month, quarter, and year-end close processes for revenue and accounts receivable, ensuring compliance with IFRS 15.
• Act as the expert on revenue recognition for internal projects.
• Work with the commercial finance team to review contracts and determine correct revenue treatment.
• Coordinate with contract teams to standardise document flow and integrate contracts into SAP.
• Handle accounting aspects of contracts, including accruals, deferrals, and revenue recognition.
• Collaborate with finance and non-finance teams to ensure data integrity in reporting and billing systems and calculate intercompany recharges.
• Develop and maintain revenue recognition policies and procedures and share technical knowledge.
• Assist in drafting and updating revenue accounting policy papers.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to enhance billing, revenue, and receivables controls.
• Work with the assistant accountant to ensure accurate billing, cash receipt allocation, and maximise cash collections. Review and update expected credit loss provision annually.
• Support external auditors and internal teams during audits, especially for revenue, AR and ECL queries.

To be suitable for this role you must have the following:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA preferred) with two years PQE.
• Expertise in revenue reporting under IFRS 15 for a SaaS business.
• Technical revenue knowledge for a global, multicurrency software company.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in handling audit queries.
• Proficient in Excel (Pivot tables, SUMIFS, VLOOKUPS).
• Familiarity with systems like SAP ByD, Tableau, and Salesforce (preferred).

If you feel you meet the above criteria and are available immediately or on short notice, please do apply. Unfortunately, given the number of applications, we may be unable to respond to all unsuccessful applications.