Senior Accountant, Revenue Accounting - Retailer

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At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.

Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.

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Overview

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Accountant, Revenue Accounting to join our growing team. This role will play a pivotal part in preparing and analyzing our revenue recognition processes, ensuring compliance with accounting standards (such as ASC 606), and supporting overall financial reporting activities. The ideal candidate has a strong background in revenue accounting, excellent problem-solving abilities, and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

About the Team

The Revenue Accounting team is at the heart of Instacart’s financial ecosystem. We are a collaborative group of accounting professionals who work closely with key cross-functional teams, including Business Development, Billing Operations, and Strategic Finance, to ensure accurate revenue reporting and streamline accounting practices. Our team values innovation, continuous improvement, and shared knowledge.

About the Job

In this dynamic role, your responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing and summarizing customer contracts for proper revenue recognition in accordance with the Company policy and ASC 606 accounting standards
• Contributing in the monthly accounting close, ensuring accurate and timely recording of revenue transactions and the completeness of retailer revenue reporting
• Providing input to revenue team transformational projects
• Analyzing and taking ownership implement process improvements
• Ensuring appropriate application of internal controls
• Appropriately applying ASC 606 and company revenue recognition policies
• Work towards becoming a subject matter expert on revenue and ASC 606
• Supporting and collaborating with cross functional teams to support close

About you

Minimum Qualifications

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• You have 3-5+ years of related accounting experience
• You have a strong understanding of ASC 606 and SaaS revenue models
• You are proficient with Excel and Google sheets
• You are detail-oriented, self-directed and able to effectively complete tasks with minimal supervision
• You have strong organizational, verbal, and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• CPA/CA designation
• Public company accounting experience is a plus
• Strong analytical Tooling experience (Mode/Power BI/Alteryx)
• Experience with Klarity AI is a plus
• Experience with Oracle Cloud Revenue Management, Zuora, Billing Platform, other type of compatible revenue tool an asset