Sr. Revenue Accountant

Position Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly analytical Sr. Revenue Accountant to join our Finance & Accounting team in a fast-growing life science consulting organization. This role plays a critical part in ensuring accurate revenue recognition, contract review, billing, and accounts receivable management in compliance with ASC 606.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply ASC 606 guidance to evaluate and recognize revenue for consulting, project-based, fixed-fee, T&M, FTE, milestone-based, and multi-element service arrangements.
• Review customer contracts, Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), amendments, and change orders to assess revenue recognition implications, billing terms, variable consideration, and contract modifications.
• Analyze and identify multiple performance obligations within customer contracts and determine appropriate revenue allocation and timing of recognition in accordance with ASC 606.
• Prepare and review customer invoices to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with contractual terms and approved pricing structures.
• Manage accounts receivable and cash collection activities, including monitoring aging reports, following up on past-due balances, resolving customer disputes, and supporting collection escalation efforts.
• Perform monthly revenue and AR reconciliations, deferred revenue analysis, variance analysis, and support month-end and quarter-end close activities.
• Maintain revenue and AR accounting records within NetSuite, ensuring proper system setup, revenue mapping, and data integrity.
• Support external audits by preparing revenue recognition documentation, reconciliations, contract support, and responding to audit inquiries.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Operations, Project Management, and Finance teams to resolve contract, billing, invoicing, revenue recognition, and collection-related issues.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve revenue accounting processes, internal controls, billing workflows, reporting capabilities, and system automation.
• Assist with ad-hoc accounting projects, ERP/system implementations, process improvement initiatives, and financial reporting requests as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 4–7 years of experience in revenue accounting, contract accounting, invoicing, and accounts receivable. Big 4 or public accounting/audit experience preferred.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Strong working knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition guidance and application to service-based arrangements. Advanced Excel skills required, including data analysis and reconciliations. Hands-on experience with NetSuite or similar ERP systems preferred. Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail. Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.

Prioritized Qualifications

• Experience within professional services, consulting, life sciences, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical industries.
• CPA or CPA-track preferred.
• Familiarity with project-based ERP and PSA systems such as Kantata is a plus.

Essential Functions

• Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of the requirements that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job, including moderate noise level, an indoor temperate environment, and light levels that are bright and conducive to minimal eye strain, typical for an office environment.

Total Rewards Program

We define total rewards as compensation, benefits, remote work/flexibility, development, recognition, and our culture with programs that support each of our reward pillars. This includes a market competitive base salary and annual incentive plan, robust benefit offerings, and ongoing recognition and career development opportunities. Employees also enjoy our generous flexible paid time off program, company-paid holidays, flexible working hours, and fully remote work options for most positions and the ability to work “almost anywhere.” However, if a physical work location is more for you, we have office locations in Greater Boston; San Diego, CA; Boulder, CO; and India.

Legal Statement

Syner-G is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All employment decisions, including the recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment (if necessary) are made without regard to the employee’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Syner-G is an E-Verify employer.