Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting Systems

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Job Description

As the Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting Systems, you will lead the global revenue accounting function, serving as the bridge between technical accounting, financial operations, and systems innovation. This is a high-impact, permanent leadership role designed for a "builder" who can manage the day-to-day complexities of global revenue close while simultaneously driving a long-term automation and transformation roadmap.

You will own the end-to-end Quote-to-Cash (Q2C) lifecycle, acting as a strategic business partner to Sales, Legal, and IT to ensure that our revenue processes are compliant, scalable, and optimized for rapid growth.

1. Functional Leadership & Team Management

• Manage the Revenue Team: Lead, mentor, and develop the revenue accounting team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement.

• Operational Ownership: Oversee the global month-end close for revenue; ensure accuracy, timeliness, and strict adherence to IFRS 15.

• Business Partnership: Act as the primary finance partner to Sales, RevOps, and Legal. Provide guidance on deal structuring to optimize revenue recognition outcomes.

2. Technical Revenue Accounting

• IFRS 15 Expertise: Lead the assessment of complex, multi-element SaaS contracts, variable consideration, and contract modifications.

• Policy & Governance: Maintain and update global revenue recognition policies and the SOX/internal controls framework.

• Audit Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors regarding all revenue-related matters.

3. Systems Ownership & Implementation

• System Roadmap: Act as the Business Owner for revenue systems (e.g., SAP RAR/URR), defining the vision for how technology supports the accounting function.

• SAP Implementation: Lead the revenue workstream for SAP Universal Revenue Recognition deployment, translating accounting requirements into system design and leading UAT/SIT.

• Q2C Integration: Partner with IT to ensure seamless data flows from CRM and CPQ through to the ERP, ensuring "one source of truth" for revenue data.

4. Transformation & Automation

• Process Engineering: Map current-state processes to identify manual pain points and "dead zones." Design and implement a future-state model that prioritizes automation.

• Scalability: Standardize revenue operations across different product lines and geographies to support global expansion.

• Data Quality: Drive initiatives to improve data integrity within the billing and revenue engines to reduce manual reconciliations.

• Experience: 8–10+ years of progressive experience in SaaS or Technology revenue accounting, with at least 3 years in a leadership/management capacity.

• Technical Mastery: Deep subject matter expertise in IFRS 15 and a proven track record of operationalizing complex accounting standards.

• Systems Fluency: Hands-on experience with ERP/RevRec implementations (specifically SAP RAR/URR or similar enterprise tools). You are comfortable "speaking tech" with developers while maintaining an accounting lens.

• Change Agent: You don’t just follow processes—you improve them. You have a mindset geared toward automation and eliminating manual work.

• Communication: Ability to influence C-suite stakeholders and explain complex accounting concepts to non-financial partners.

• Education: Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent) is highly preferred.

• Excellent multi-tasking and prioritization skills.

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SUSE is a dynamic environment that is evolving rapidly, thus requiring agility, strong entrepreneurship and an open mind. 

This is a compelling opportunity for the right person to join us as we continue to scale and prosper.   

If you’re a big thinker, obsessed by execution and thrive in a dynamic environment in which you can tangibly create a lasting legacy, then please apply now!  

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