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Revenue Accountant

Nextgen Information ServicesDes Peres, MO🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Revenue Accountant role at Nextgen Information Services offers a fantastic opportunity to deepen your expertise in revenue accounting and financial analysis, contributing to critical month-end close activities and process improvements. You'll thrive here if you possess a strong accounting foundation and enjoy investigating financial variances, making this an excellent step for career growth within a reputable company. Embrace the chance to enhance your skills and apply today!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Des Peres, MO, United States
Posted
Yesterday
Financial AnalysisFinancial ReportingGeneral LedgerRevenue RecognitionVariance Analysis

Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst – Revenue Accounting to support revenue accounting, financial analysis, reconciliations, and month-end close activities. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in accounting principles, hands-on experience with revenue accounting and journal entries, and the ability to investigate and explain financial variances.
This role requires someone who can analyze financial and operational data, identify the root causes of revenue fluctuations, and work across multiple data sources to understand their impact on financial results.
Key Responsibilities
  • Support revenue and subsidiary accounting activities.
  • Perform trade revenue accounting and related financial analysis.
  • Support captive lending revenue accounting.
  • Account for and analyze smaller revenue streams.
  • Process and record cash receipts.
  • Prepare and post journal entries.
  • Perform account reconciliations and research discrepancies.
  • Perform daily, weekly, and month-end accounting activities.
  • Conduct variance analysis and prepare financial reporting.
  • Research, investigate, and explain revenue and account variances.
  • Consolidate information from multiple sources to understand revenue impacts.
  • Analyze business activity, market conditions, pricing, and interest-rate changes that may impact revenue.
  • Identify root causes of financial fluctuations and communicate findings to stakeholders.
  • Support month-end close and general accounting processes.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements to streamline and strengthen accounting cycles.
  • Ensure accounting activities are accurate, timely, and properly documented.
Required Accounting Skills
Candidates should have a strong understanding of:
  • Accounting principles and practices
  • Debits and credits
  • Revenue recognition concepts
  • General ledger accounting
  • Revenue accounting
  • Subsidiary accounting
  • Journal entries
  • Account reconciliations
  • Month-end close processes
  • Cash receipts and accounting
  • Financial reporting
Financial Analysis Requirements
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
  • Ability to investigate financial variances and determine root causes.
  • Experience analyzing source data and financial reports.
  • Ability to identify trends and explain changes in financial results.
  • Ability to connect business events, market conditions, pricing, interest rates, and operational changes to revenue fluctuations.
  • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to consolidate and analyze information from multiple data sources.
Technical Skills
Excel
Intermediate Excel skills required, including:
  • Pivot Tables
  • VLOOKUP
  • XLOOKUP
  • Excel formulas
  • Data analysis and manipulation
Power Query & SQL
  • Ability to work with pre-built Power Query processes and SQL queries.
  • Ability to retrieve, review, and analyze data using existing queries.
  • No requirement to create SQL queries or build data models.
Education & Experience
Required:
  • Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of Finance/Accounting experience, OR
  • High School Diploma/GED with 10+ years of Finance/Accounting experience.
Preferred Background
Candidates with experience in the following areas are strongly preferred:
  • Revenue Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • General Ledger Accounting
  • Financial Analysis
  • Revenue Analysis
  • Financial Reporting
  • Corporate Accounting
  • Banking or Financial Services
  • Lending or Trade-related financial environments
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a senior-level accounting/financial professional who combines strong accounting fundamentals with financial analysis skills. They should be comfortable preparing journal entries, performing reconciliations, supporting month-end close, analyzing revenue, and explaining financial variances using data from multiple sources.

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