Staff Accountant

This is a customer facing role, interacting with Applause’s top-tier Fortune 500 customers.

Essential Functions

Be the go to and internal partner for the sales organization

Review approve sales contracts for accurate terms and entitlements ensuring complete and accurate billing of orders.

Manage and own customer testing access in Applause Platform.

Using NetSuite; Salesforce and Applause Platform to enter customer contract details with accuracy to drive invoicing, revenue recognition, and sales activity reporting

Prepare, and process timely and accurate customer invoices in accordance with contract requirements.

Research billing issues through reference to sales documentation, provide daily support to internal and external customers

Invoice verification and review pricing as well as preparation of required credit memo adjustments

Enter and post daily incoming customer cash receipts into NetSuite

Prepare monthly account reconciliations resolving any variances in a timely manner (fixed assets, AR/Allowance, Deferred revenue, Accruals, etc)

Prepare journal entries on a monthly basis. Post journal entries to the general ledger using NetSuite accounting software

Check financial general ledger entries and financial reports for accuracy

Sales Use Tax – monthly review of Avalara generated sales tax reports with escalation as necessary

Verify the integrity and accuracy of the general ledger by investigating variances, identifying and solving issues, and ensuring that transactions are accounted for in US GAAP

Partner with various business units in order to ensure financial accountability and provide analytics to drive business performance

Support Internal team with revenue recognition and deferred revenue reporting

Assist in the financial statement audit and completion of annual financial statements

Perform other duties as may be requested or required

Qualifications

Minimum of two years accounting experience, preferably in a high-technology fast paced growth company

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business preferred but not necessary

General understanding and knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.

Knowledge of financial reporting systems required. (NetSuite experience preferred)

Pro-active organized with the ability to work independently and meet deadlines

Good decision making and problem solving skills

Good interpersonal skills (strong collaborator with employees and customers)

Strong written and oral communication skills

Familiarity with Microsoft Office with strong proficiency with excel

What Makes Applause a Great Place to Work

Applause is a world leader in digital quality testing. Since 2007, Applause has been the driving force in testing and digital quality innovation. Our expertise continues to help leading brands deliver quality digital products to their customers. Utilizing the skills of 1.5+ million testers in more than 200 countries and territories, Applause helps the world’s leading brands to deliver quality digital products and experiences to their customers on a global scale. With insightful, actionable testing results that can directly inform go/no go release decisions, we enable our customers to release digital products and experiences better, faster and with confidence.

At Applause, living our core values - In it Together, Be Accountable, Create Value for Our Customers, Celebrate Authenticity, and Crush Your Goals - informs our choices as individuals, as teammates and in our everyday interactions with customers. Our values help to keep us on track to deliver the best outcomes, and to be the very best team we can. Embracing a culture of respect, authenticity and inclusion, we value and celebrate diversity. Together as one Applause Nation, we strive to enable professional opportunities for all employees.

Please visit https://www.applause.com/life-at-applause to learn more about the employee experience at Applause Nation!

Applause is a place where everyone belongs and where we believe everyone deserves the exceptional. Since our founding, we have continued to celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment. If you believe you require a reasonable accommodation under any of the legally protected characteristics, please click hereto complete an accommodation request. Please note Applause will only review requests for applications that have been submitted. We will review your qualifications and follow up with you regarding your request if your qualifications meet our current needs.

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