bluesight - Senior Accountant

• General Ledger & Month-End Close Operations • Play a critical role in executing a highly efficient, accelerated monthly accounting close across both revenue and general corporate accounting areas. • Prepare and record journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analyses for revenue as well as core balance sheet and income statement line items (e.g., accruals, prepaids, and capitalizable costs). • Collaborate across the finance team to identify opportunities to automate manual accounting tasks to compress the close cycle. • Revenue Accounting & Order-to-Cash • Own the revenue recognition function from end-to-end under ASC 606. Review and document complex sales contracts for revenue recognition implications, partnering closely with the Corporate Controller and Sales Operations. • Manage rigorous billing reconciliation processes, bridging the gap between our CRM (Salesforce), billing systems, and NetSuite to prevent revenue leakage and ensure data integrity. • Drive monthly SaaS metric calculations (ARR/MRR) and ensure they tightly align with recognized revenue and billing forecasts. • Partner with Revenue Operations to build and maintain a forward-looking billings forecast tied to late-stage pipeline and contract terms. • Technical Accounting & Audit Readiness • Lead audit-readiness initiatives, preparing robust audit schedules and workpapers for external auditors. • Serve as a technical point of contact for the external audit team during the annual audit and quarterly reviews. • Review existing processes for audit readiness and simplify revenue recognition policies. • Conduct standalone selling price (SSP) analyses and evaluate prior-period accounting treatments in accordance with US GAAP. • Research and draft technical accounting memoranda on complex transaction structures or new accounting pronouncements as needed. • Process Improvement & Systems • Design, document, and implement accounting workflows to strengthen key internal controls and mitigate reporting risks. • Assist in evaluating financial reporting functions and policies (with an eye toward SEC/IPO readiness standards) in cooperation with leadership • Leverage and experiment with emerging AI tools and automation to drive efficiency across the accounting ecosystem. • Support M&A activity including due diligence requests, quality of earnings analyses, and post-close accounting integration.