Revenue Recognition - Senior Accountant

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Mumbai, Maharashtra
Senior level
Business Intelligence
The Role
The Senior Accountant for Revenue Recognition will support YouGov's Finance Centre by ensuring accurate revenue recognition according to IFRS 15. Responsibilities include approving sales orders, month-end closing entries, balance sheet adjustments, and collaborating with regional finance teams. The role emphasizes detailed financial reporting, compliance with SOX controls, and identifying automation opportunities in the revenue process.
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The Role

Come join our Finance Centre of Excellence (CENX) in Mumbai. The Finance Team already has an established CENX at Mumbai

Reporting to the Finance Revenue Manager Mumbai city, this role will support the YouGov group in accurately recognizing the revenue correctly.

The role requires a good understanding of order to cash processes such as invoicing, collections, account receivables, order management, sales order review, order processing and order fulfilment. It also requires knowledge on how to report on revenue under IFRS 15.

 What will I be delivering?

  • Using the IFRS 15 checklist, approve sales orders for US, UK, Europe, Canada and LATAM
  • Identify multi element deals, calculation of fair valuation and submitting the fair value impact on reporting dates.
  • Month end Revenue closing entries and adjustment entries.
  • Balance sheet adjustments between contract assets, liabilities and deferred revenue offset adjustments.
  • Ensure the SOX controls in revenue process are followed.
  • Working on key projects to review contract assets and liabilities balance on periodic basis to ensure reported balance are correct.
  • Identify potential opportunities for system automations in Revenue Process.
  • Building relationships with regional Finance Teams and the Sales Operations team to establish ways of working
  • Prepare monthly revenue dashboard & MIS reporting.
  • Support in various internal & external audits.
  • Support with sales invoices and cash application

What’s in it for me?

  • You’ll be working at the heart of a successful, growing, global company.
  • You’ll play a pivotal role in this new team whilst developing and growing your skills
  • Opportunity to work with stakeholders based at locations across the world

What do I need to bring with me?

Demonstrated knowledge and experience

  • 5 or more years of experience of accounting domain
  • 2 to 3 years’ experience in IFRS 15 or ASC 606
  • Knowledge on revenue accounting is mandatory
  • Experience of using Oracle NetSuite and Power BI preferred
  • Attention to detail to ensure accounting entries are correct
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong service orientation/responsiveness
  • Excellent Excel skills
  • Ability to draft papers and policies to justify accounting decisions
  • Experience of process improvement

Technical skills and qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related disciplines
  • CA or CMA or CPA or ACCA or Diploma in IFRS required.

 Behavioral competencies

  • Team player
  • Ability to deliver results, meet deadlines/SLAs, ability to prioritize and manage time effectively
  • Ability to work under pressure and demonstrate a high degree of tenacity and resilience
  • Keen to learn and develop new skills and knowledge

Shift timing: 6.30 PM to 3.30 AM India time



Company Description and Culture 

 

YouGov is a global online research company, offering insight into what the world thinks.    

 

We speak daily to our panel of over 27 million registered members to understand opinion and behaviors around the world. We have a strong reputation as a source of accurate data and we’re trusted by the world’s biggest brands to get it right, making us the most quoted market research source in the world.  

 

Why join YouGov? 

 

Join our global team to help us achieve our social mission: to make millions of people’s opinions heard for the benefit of our local, national, and international communities. 

Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research, our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks, we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do.  

 

Life at YouGov 

 

We are driven by a set of shared values. We are fast, fearless, and innovative. We work diligently to get it right. We are guided by accuracy, ethics, and proven methodologies. We respect and trust each other, bringing these values into everything that we do. 

We strive to provide YouGovers with best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. We want our employees to have a sense of belonging and uniqueness in a supportive workplace, so they can bring their full selves to work.  

 

Equal Opportunity Employer 

 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, HIV status, political affiliation, socioeconomic background, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law or in line with our responsibilities as a fair and ethic employer. All employment decisions are made based on occupational qualifications, merit, and business need. 

 

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To find out how we collect and use your personal data when you apply for a role at YouGov, please read our privacy notice at https://jobs.yougov.com/privacy

The Company
HQ: Toronto, Ontario
3,758 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2000

What We Do

YouGov is an international online research data and analytics technology group. Our mission is to offer unparalleled insight into what the world thinks.

With operations in the UK, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia Pacific, we have one of the world's largest research networks.

At the core of our platform is an ever-growing source of connected consumer intelligence that has developed daily over our 20 years of operation. We call it living data. All of our products and services draw upon this detailed understanding of our 26+ million registered panel members in over 55 markets to deliver accurate, actionable consumer insights.

Our innovative solutions help the world’s most recognised brands, media owners and agencies to explore, plan, activate and track better marketing activities:

Explore
Actionable answers from your audience - from syndicated data and in-depth custom research to quick surveys and polls.

Plan
Unlock the most complete view of your audience, with over a million profiling points.

Activate
Supercharge campaigns with precision targeting and unmissable advertising.

Track
Continuously monitor what the world thinks about brands, campaigns and your competition, with daily updates.

As innovators and pioneers of online market research, we have a strong reputation as a trusted source of accurate data and insights. Testament to this, YouGov data is regularly referenced by the global press, and we are the most quoted market research source in the world (Meltwater 2022).

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