Senior Accountant - Revenue & Billing ATL

Senior Accountant, Revenue & Billing

Reports to: Accounting Manager

Location: Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX, Atlanta, GA, Pittsburgh, PA

Travel: Occasional to other office locations

Salary: Salary is based off various variables including but not limited to benefits, location, experience, skills and other internal structures.

ABOUT LYNX

Lynx Software Technologies provides foundational, open architecture software solutions for customers in the aerospace and defense end markets. Our mission is to better enable our customers to design, develop, deploy, and maintain robust software solutions which promote and enhance national security via the delivery of differentiated IP, unique development tools and infrastructure, and complex software engineering services. Lynx’s MOSA.ic platform enables safe, cyber-secure, high-performance, and high-reliability computing for applications requiring the strictest standards for certification and compliance. Since 1988, customers have trusted Lynx’s IP and expertise to enable mixed criticality systems to be harnessed to deliver deterministic, real-time, and secure performance and intelligent decision-making at the mission critical edge.

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and curious Senior Accountant, Revenue & Billing to join our finance team. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in GovCon, Professional Services and/or software, with experience in billing, contract management, AR analysis, revenue recognition, and process improvements. This role will be a key member of the Lynx finance team and is responsible for the successful execution of the low volume/highly detailed Order Entry/invoicing/revenue/cash collections process. In addition, this role will help identify and implement process improvements to streamline Lynx and its subsidiaries in both the GovCon and commercial space. This role will also be responsible for sales tax reporting and various compliance reports. Working closely with the Controller, Accounting Manager and other functional departments across the organization, the Accountant, Revenue & Billing will play an integral role in helping Lynx grow and scale the operations for organic growth, as well as potential future mergers and acquisitions.

Requirements

The Senior Accountant, Revenue & Billing duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Responsible for overseeing timely invoicing and purchase order processing for multiple entities,

• Able to support the evaluation and optimization for order-to-cash processes across multiple business models and entities

• work cross-functionally to standardize procedures, drive process improvements, and streamline revenue accounting operations for three entities

• Assist Accounting Manager with ensuring revenue recognition for three entities

• Assist with timely reporting of internal revenue and invoicing metrics

• Oversight of Accounts Receivable Process to ensure customer accounts remain current

• Review customer contracts and purchase orders to ensure compliance

• Monitor and review backlog with Professional Services team

• File sales tax returns and research sales tax compliance in various states

• Complete customer certs & recs and maintain customer portals

• Partner with FP&A for weekly revenue reporting and forecasting

• Support year-end audit process and interface with external auditors

• Perform month-end reconciliations

• Assist Accounting Manager with cost allocations and other close-related entries

• Assist Controller and Accounting Manager with other projects as necessary

Qualifications and Requirements:

• 3-7 years of accounting and billing/invoicing experience; experience in a high-growth environment and government contracting is preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business or equivalent

• Attention to detail is required

• Understanding of US GAAP and ASC 606 revenue recognition rules spanning software and services business models

• Government contract accounting experience preferred

• Self-starter with strong problem-solving skills

• Ability to work cross-functionally with other teams in a remote environment

• Experience with the following business applications is highly desirable: NetSuite, Salesforce, Customer portals, such as Exostar

• Intermediate/advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel

• Practical hands-on experience in a fast-paced, rapidly growing, and evolving business environment

• Experience in software industry, professional services businesses or government subcontracts is preferred

Benefits

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching

• Medical, dental & vision insurance

• Flexible Spending Account(s)

• Life & Long-Term Disability Insurance

• Responsible/flexible PTO policy

• Flexibility to work remotely

Lynx Software Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We base our employment decisions entirely on business needs, job requirements, and qualifications—We have zero tolerance for any kind of discrimination, and we are looking for candidates who share those values. Here at Lynx, it is our mission to create and sustain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, no matter what an employee's: Ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical ability, religion, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, national origin, veteran status thus providing a positive work employee experience.

To learn more about Lynx Software Technologies, Inc. please go to www.lynx.com.