GLG Looking for Staff Accountant, Revenue at New York, NY  Full Time

We are currently looking for a Staff Revenue Accountant to join our team. We are seeking a dynamic and self-motivated individual with excellent accounting knowledge as well as strong analytical and communication skills. This role will focus primarily on facilitating the month-end close process for the revenue cycle, including account reconciliations and analyses for the related balance sheet accounts. In addition, the Staff Revenue Accountant will also support the Accounting department by contributing to the accurate and timely reporting of financial results to our internal and external stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity to join our global organization with significant growth potential, for a qualified individual who shares our values of learning and curiosity, responsibility, fresh perspectives, and integrity.

The Finance team is responsible for all of GLG’s financial and accounting operations. Our team handles all financial planning, sales operations, accounting, expense management, and business management consultation to all of the individual business units and departments.

Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Review and approve project-based and survey revenue activity, with a focus on accuracy and proper cutoff for revenue recognition.
• Review and approve time-based contracts for proper and timely revenue recognition.
• Process non-standard transactional-based revenue activity.
• Partner with business stakeholders on inquiries regarding revenue entries.
• Prepare analyses and journal entries to facilitate the month-end close
• Provide detailed account analysis and reconciliation for various balance sheet accounts, including deferred revenue and other revenue-related accounts.
• Prepare supporting documentation as requested by audit firms
• Opportunity for increased responsibilities depending on candidate’s experience and skillset, and as efficiencies are gained with existing processes.

An ideal candidate will have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• At least one year of relevant revenue recognition accounting experience
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, specifically for revenue recognition topics.
• Must be highly organized and detail oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks at one time; this role is very hands on and requires someone who will “roll up their sleeves”
• Must have excellent communications skills and the ability to develop effective working relationships across the company’s operations
• Strong Excel skills required
• Experience with Great Plains, Salesforce.com, and fluency in SQL a plus

About GLG / Gerson Lehrman Group

GLG is the world’s knowledge marketplace. Our clients rely on GLG’s global team to connect with powerful insight across fields from our network of 900,000+ experts (and the hundreds of new experts we recruit every day).

We serve thousands of the world’s best businesses, from Fortune 500 corporations to leading technology companies to professional services firms and financial institutions. We connect our clients to the world’s largest and most varied source of first-hand expertise, including executives, scientists, academics, former public-sector leaders, and the foremost subject matter specialists.

GLG’s industry-leading compliance framework allows clients to learn in a structured, auditable, and transparent way, consistent with their own internal compliance obligations and the highest professional ethical standards. Our compliance standards are a major competitive differentiator and key component of the company’s culture.

What We Offer

The base salary range for this role is $39,400 to $81,000. This role may also be eligible for incentive compensation.

• Benefits for this role include:
• Flexible paid time off. No pre-determined limits on vacation time, plus 10 company holidays.
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your first day of employment
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans with an employer match (subject to annual limits & vesting)
• Access to free Learning & Development resources including LinkedIn Learning and Harvard ManageMentor
• Tuition reimbursement program for eligible courses including language skills courses
• Flexible / Hybrid working arrangements typically requiring 8 days per month in-office
• Paid parental leave, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
• Formal nationally recognized Rewards and Recognition and service recognition programs
• Free wellbeing support with the Calm app, Maven and EAP, and free long-term therapy & counselling assistance through Pathways.
• Discounted pet, auto, and home insurance

GLG is committed to fair andequitable compensation practices.Actual compensation is basedon several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depthof experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locationsdue to differences in the cost of labor.