Senior Director, Global Revenue Accounting, Order to Cash

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee global revenue accounting as well as the comprehensive order-to-cash function for both domestic and international entities.

• Manage global revenue accounting policies and ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, ASC 606, and relevant IFRS 15 regulations.

• Direct intricate contract reviews and document accounting conclusions regarding performance obligations, variable consideration, bundled arrangements, pricing, contract modifications, and measures of progress.

• Take responsibility for the monthly and quarterly revenue close process, including reconciliations, variance analysis, unbilled receivables, contract assets, deferred revenue, and contract liabilities.

• Enhance the speed, accuracy, and effectiveness of the close cycle.

• Establish governance over revenue estimates, contractual allowances, implicit price concessions, reimbursement assumptions, and denial trends.

• Maintain SOX controls related to revenue and O2C, ensuring documentation, execution, interface completeness, accuracy, and necessary remediation.

• Lead revenue support during quarterly reviews and annual audits; prepare and review technical accounting position papers and revenue disclosures.

• Act as the global O2C process owner for billing, invoicing, cash application, accounts receivable aging, collections, and reserves.

• Collaborate with payer relations, market access, laboratory operations, compliance, Commercial, Legal, Operations, and FP&A teams.

• Set operating metrics and improvement objectives for receivables, collections, billing accuracy, invoice cycle time, cash application, revenue leakage, denials, appeals, and recoveries.

• Provide leadership with analyses of volumes, payer and customer mix, reimbursement trends, revenue estimates, forecasting, and cash conversion assumptions.

• Serve as the primary business owner for Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and related revenue and O2C platforms.

• Define business requirements and priorities in collaboration with IT and implementation teams.

• Ensure accurate automated data feeds between LIMS, billing engines, commercial systems, and financial subledgers.

• Establish interface reconciliations, handle exceptions, and maintain ownership of contract, customer, and pricing data.

• Drive automation, process standardization, and integration of acquired businesses.

• Build, lead, and develop a global revenue accounting and O2C team, including managers and distributed teams.

• Foster accountability, technical development, succession planning, and consistent operating practices.

• Communicate complex accounting and operational issues to executive leadership and auditors.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.

• Active CPA license or an internationally recognized equivalent, such as Chartered Accountant or ACCA.

• Proven expertise in U.S. GAAP.

• Over 10 years of progressive accounting experience.

• Significant leadership experience in revenue accounting and complex O2C operations.

• Minimum of five years in people management roles.

• Experience in public-company accounting, including revenue close processes, SOX controls, audit support, and revenue-related financial reporting.

• Extensive practical knowledge of ASC 606 and U.S. GAAP.

• Background in healthcare or diagnostics revenue accounting.

• Experience with project-based or long-term service contracts, contract modifications, variable consideration, and revenue recognition over time.

• Leadership experience in revenue and O2C processes within a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.

• Proven track record of improving close speed, collection performance, billing accuracy, revenue estimate accuracy, or control effectiveness.

• Experience leading revenue or O2C system implementations and process transformations.

• Strong analytical abilities and skill in assessing high-volume financial and operational data.

• Excellent executive presence and communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Capability to influence stakeholders in commercial, legal, laboratory operations, payer relations, and finance.

• Background screening, including criminal history, is required.

• Physical ability to lift routine office supplies and utilize office equipment.

• Capability to sit for extended periods.

• Preferred: Experience with a Big 4 or national public accounting firm, ideally serving SEC registrants.

• Preferred: Direct experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP in a multi-entity setting.

• Preferred: Practical experience with CRO or clinical trial contracts and technology-enabled revenue models.

• Preferred: Experience in integrating acquisitions, managing offshore resources, and utilizing advanced Excel and business intelligence tools.

• Ability to critically assess and responsibly utilize AI-enabled tools in line with company policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Hybrid work model featuring designated in-person collaboration days and work-from-home days for eligible onsite employees.

• Flexible work-life balance through scheduled in-office and dedicated work-from-home days.

• Reasonable accommodations available for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health issues, or sincerely held religious beliefs.