Intuit India | Senior Revenue Accountant

Responsibilities

• This is an accounting role as a Senior Accountant on the Revenue Recognition team within the Controllership, Assurance, and Operations (CAO) organization.
• The position will be responsible for applying revenue recognition principles through the performance of revenue accounting, while also charged with gaining efficiencies and work product improvements that address financial risk and support business growth.
• Our team is comprised of finance, accounting, supply chain, corporate strategy, and development and tax professionals that support and enhance Intuit's operating efficiencies.
• This position will require strong cross-functional skills, revenue accounting application, and ability to scope and centralize new accounting requirements that come from organic growth within the business.
• Responsible for applying, enforcing, and executing the Company's revenue recognition policy as it relates to the performance of revenue accounting.
• Work closely with business unit partners, accounting leads, and internal/external auditors on accounting matters.
• Perform analysis to support deferrals and other revenue and expense impacting entries.
• Establish controls necessary to ensure that revenue forecasts, deferred revenue balances and revenue accounting execution are compliant with Intuit company policy and GAAP.
• Prepare and maintain reports and analysis for management, as well as prepare schedules requested by internal and external auditors.
• Participate in the month- and quarter-end close process and related responsibilities, including preparing journal entries and maintaining account reconciliations consistent with GAAP and corporate accounting policies and ensuring close timelines are met.
• Streamline systems and reporting tools to ensure efficient and accurate recording and classification of revenue.

Qualifications

• Comfortable working with cross functional teams in order to understand company offerings and implement accounting models that properly recognize revenue and expense according to accounting principles and company policy.
• Able to clearly articulate results and variances and demonstrate an understanding of root cause to management.
• Background in understanding and applying software and SaaS revenue accounting literature and related concepts.
• Ability to manage complexity well and demonstrated experience managing across functions and businesses to accomplish large scale goals in a large, public company environment.
• Strong end-to-end process orientation with demonstrated analytical thinking, organizational skills, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence people indirectly and work with people in multi-functional roles.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, time prioritization, and risk assessment.
• Candidates should have strong technical (GAAP) and financial accounting skills and Public accounting or large public company experience is strongly preferred.
• Software industry and Shared Service Center experience a plus.
• Working knowledge of Oracle, Siebel/BRM, BlackLine, and QlikSense is a plus.
• Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.
• Strong attention to detail, excellent organizational and multitasking skills, strong written and oral communication skills and influencing skills, including the ability to raise issues appropriately to the right level internally and externally to resolve.

Intuit India

Best known for TurboTax and QuickBooks, Intuit is a US financial technology company founded in 1983 by Scott Cook and Tom Proulx. It is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and its shares trade on Nasdaq under the symbol INTU. Its products help consumers and small businesses with tax returns, bookkeeping, credit and marketing: besides its two best-known brands it owns Credit Karma and Mailchimp, and it also offers Intuit Enterprise Suite. The company's Indian arm, Intuit India, works from a campus at Bellandur in Bengaluru, where its teams cover software engineering, product management, design and data.

The Bengaluru office also has a finance function, and recent roles there include senior accountant and senior revenue accountant positions and a lead internal auditor for licensed-entity and regulatory audits. One posting prefers a Chartered Accountant or CPA with at least four years of experience. Another asks for a degree in business or accounting, counts an MS or MBA as a plus, and prefers certifications such as CPA, CIA, CAMS or CISA.

• Industry: Financial software and technology: tax, accounting, credit and marketing products (TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, Mailchimp)
• Headquarters: Mountain View, California, United States (Intuit Inc.)
• In India: Intuit India, with its campus at Bellandur, Bengaluru