Accountant
Glean · Other
- Finance, Accounting & Control
- Bangalore, India
- Own the monthly commission accounting workflow from plan and payout inputs through accruals, capitalization, amortization, expense recognition, actuals, and reconciliation.
- Evaluate which commission costs should be expensed versus capitalized and maintain support for the accounting conclusion.
- Prepare and review commission accruals, commission payable entries, reversals, deferred commission entries, and amortization schedules.
- Reconcile commission payable, deferred commission, commission expense, payroll, contractor bills, and cash-related activity across entities and periods.
- Investigate variances between estimates, accruals, approved payouts, payroll actuals, and final settlement amounts.
- Partner with Sales Operations, Payroll, Accounting Operations, and Finance Systems to resolve plan, eligibility, hierarchy, mapping, and data-quality exceptions.
- Maintain clear documentation of the commission computation, accounting treatment, journal-entry flow, review controls, and open items.
- Support the monthly and quarterly cost of revenue close, including completeness, cut-off, classification, allocations, reconciliations, and flux analysis.
- Prepare allocation workpapers for cloud, LLM, hosting, support, on-call, and other relevant costs using documented drivers; investigate material movements and data gaps.
- Provide backup coverage for revenue accounting and contract reviews during peak periods and planned absences.
- Review commercial arrangements and support ASC 606 conclusions relating to contract modifications, material rights, variable consideration, standalone selling price, and deferred revenue.
- Prepare concise accounting analyses and translate conclusions into journal entries, revenue schedules, reconciliations, and controls.
- Prepare audit-ready schedules, reconciliations, workpapers, and explanations for internal and external audit requests.
- Support walkthroughs, PBC requests, sampling, issue resolution, and remediation tracking.
- Design and execute reviewer controls over commission, revenue, and cost of revenue processes, including completeness, accuracy, cut-off, approval, and evidence-retention controls.
- Maintain SOPs, process narratives, control descriptions, and recurring close checklists.
- Escalate accounting judgments, control exceptions, data limitations, and close risks early and clearly.
- Partner with Finance Systems and process owners to improve NetSuite, spreadsheets, data integrations, reconciliations, and reporting workflows.
- Identify and support practical automation and AI opportunities while maintaining data validation, human review, controls, and auditability.
- Work closely with Sales Operations, Revenue, Payroll, FP&A, Tax, Legal, and other stakeholders to resolve data issues, exceptions, and close dependencies.
- Communicate accounting requirements clearly and drive timely follow-up on inputs, approvals, and open items.
- Chartered Accountant, CPA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.
- 1–3 years of experience in accounting, audit, financial reporting, or a related finance role, with exposure to month-end close and reconciliations.
- Working knowledge of US GAAP; exposure to ASC 606, commission accounting, revenue, or cost of revenue is an advantage but not required.
- Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills; experience with NetSuite or another ERP and interest in automation or AI are preferred.
- Clear communication, attention to detail, ownership, learning agility, and ability to work effectively across teams.
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This role is hybrid (4 days a week in our Bangalore office)
Compensation & Benefits:
Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.
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