Staff Accountant

Bandwidth is one of the largest telecom companies in the nation, helping over 500 wholesale customers and thousands of enterprise accounts leverage communications as a tool for innovation. The company was founded in 1999 as a reseller of connectivity solutions, getting into the voice business when it recognized a need for more nimble voice solutions.

Bandwidth is seeking a motivated Revenue Staff Accountant who is responsible for identifying revenue leakage, month end responsibilities, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve revenue-related processes and systems for Bandwidth.

* Perform month-end and quarter-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations. * Responsible for item coding to Revenue GL accounts, SKU creation, and review. * Perform reconciliations between billing systems and NetSuite for monthly cycles. * Work with Contracts, Billing teams, and Legal Department to ensure ongoing maintenance of templates and tools to assist in the management of the contract processes to meet compliance with revenue requirements. * Reconcile and analyze deferred revenue. * Reviews contracts for completeness and accuracy and ensures adherence to department guidelines; aids Billing teams to correct documents and files changes to contracts. * Creates summary and maintains files for each major contract in relation to the revenue contract management process. * Assist Revenue Assurance Manager in developing the contract management process for the implementation of ASC 606. * Assist in developing and preparing required internal reporting for ASC 606 reporting disclosures. * Assist in creating a detailed work plan and schedule that identifies and sequences the project tasks needed to implement ASC 606. * Assist in gathering business requirements documentation for the design and implementation of the new revenue standard. * Support in gathering and documenting samples for annual audit requirements for our external auditors. * Coordinate with team to develop revenue recognition related business requirements for billing system implementation. * Work with team members to elicit requirements using interviews, business process descriptions, use cases and scenarios. * Assist in documenting high-level business requirements into an appropriate level of business rules and detailed user, functional, and non-functional requirements using alternative views such as flows, diagrams, models, and use cases when applicable.

* Bachelor Degree in Accounting or related field * CPA preferred but not required * Big Four Accounting experience a plus * Experience in billing and revenue assurance * Working in a cross-functional role interacting with Finance, Operations, and IT and advocating for systems and technology change * Experience analyzing large data sets and extracting actionable information to improve internal efficiency while maintaining an excellent customer experience * Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment * Acute attention to detail * In-depth knowledge of both the technical and financial aspects of billing and financial reporting systems * Basic accounting knowledge of revenue recognition rules * Strong analytical skills in Excel and/ or advanced analytical * Ability to break down complex problems into manageable objectives and deliverables * Excellent communication skills (verbal, non-verbal & written) * Must be a solution oriented problem solver * Self-motivated and must work well independently