Zūm
Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting & Invoicing
Hybrid Remote/ Redwood City, CA · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$158k-$208kDetected 81 days ago
ComplianceSalesAccountingProcess ImprovementERPContract ManagementAR/VRLeadershipMentoringInternal AuditAccounts PayableNetSuite
About the role
- About Zūm: Zūm is revolutionizing mass mobility with its Connected Mobility Experience ( Zūm CMX ™) system that connects and coordinates people, vehicles, and operations in real time.
- Today, more than 4,500 schools rely on Zūm CMX.
- Zūm is backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, GIC, TPG, and Softbank.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Contract Governance: Lead the "Contract Inventory" process to ensure completeness and accuracy of all active agreements. Partner with legal and sales to review proposed contract terms and perform detailed review of contracts under ASC 606
- Order to Cash Process Optimization: Partner with Product and Operations to conduct detailed contract set up, ensuring billing parameters are accurately mapped to revenue recognition models and GL Account Mapping within the ERP, which is critical for a smooth billing and collection process, optimized revenue reporting, and ASC 606 compliance.
- Operational Control Design: Design and maintain a business-level tracking system for complex revenue triggers, such as liquidated damages, snow days, fuel surcharges, and dry runs, moving from a reactive to a proactive tracking model.
- Technical Revenue Oversight: Ensure all revenue recognized meets criteria consistent with ASC 606 and manage the preparation and/or review of audit-ready position papers for standard and non-standard contracts.
- Data Integrity: Lead initiatives to improve data quality and support scalable processes, including historical cleanup and formalization of key contract term summaries, detailed review of AR aging reports, and uplifting account reconciliations.
- Audit & Internal Controls: Serve as the lead for year-end audit deliverables and maintain SOX-compliant documentation for credit memo approvals and revenue processes.
- Dispute Resolution & Investigation: Lead and facilitate investigations into customer billing discrepancies by analyzing internal data and operational adjustments, facilitating analyses with Yard Managers and Product teams to resolve root causes.
- Cross-Functional Optimization: Align with key partners to optimize workflows for billing and revenue recognition
- Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop a high-performing team, fostering a culture of ownership and high integrity.
- Cash Management and Collections: Manage the collection and dispute resolution process and ensure receivables are collected timely.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Revenue Accounting and Invoicing
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
- Proven expertise in applying ASC 606 guidelines
- Experience acting as a bridge between Finance, Sales Operations, and Product teams to streamline the order-to-revenue workflow
- Experience standing up and validating new products and services to ensure accurate revenue recognition from inception
- Strong working knowledge of SOX controls and month-end system reconciliations
- Experience managing and mentoring a team
- Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth, or pre-IPO environment
- The ideal candidate will combine elite technical accounting skills with a process-improvement mindset, acting as a key bridge between Finance, Sales, Product, and Operations to scale our revenue infrastructure.
Compensation
- $158,000-$208,000
- The targeted pay range for this role in US CA is: $158,000-$208,000
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Holidays, Wellness, Vacation, and more.
Company info
- Zūm is revolutionizing mass mobility with its Connected Mobility Experience ( Zūm CMX ™) system that connects and coordinates people, vehicles, and operations in real time.
- In the $50 billion student mobility market - the largest segment of the mass mobility industry - Zūm CMX is transforming a daily source of anxiety and disruption into a reliable, transparent, and efficient mobility experience for students and families.
- Recognized globally for its innovative approach and operational execution, Zūm has been named to Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies, CNBC Disruptor 50 and Changemakers, the World Economic Forum, and the Financial Times' Fastest Growing Companies lists.
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