# Senior Revenue Accountant

**Company**: Gusto
**Location**: Denver, CO;San Francisco, CA;New York, NY
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $87,660/yr to $108,114/yr in Denver & most major metro locations, and $106,385/yr to $131,208/yr for San Francisco & New York
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gusto/jobs/7998368?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

As a Senior Revenue Accountant at Gusto, you will be a critical contributor within the Revenue Accounting team, owning the end-to-end revenue recognition process for the Gusto Retirement segment while also lending support to new and emerging revenue products across the business.

You will be responsible for accurate and timely revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606, maintaining and reconciling subledger systems, and partnering cross-functionally with Operations, FP&A, Engineering, and Product teams to ensure financial integrity as we scale.

This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of how modern accounting is done. You will have the chance to build and leverage AI tools and automation to streamline repetitive processes, eliminate manual work, and raise the bar on efficiency across the team.

Key responsibilities:

- Own end-to-end revenue recognition for the Gusto Retirement segment (401K SaaS, IRA, AUM fees, plan administration)

- Prepare monthly journal entries, subledger reconciliations, and supporting schedules for retirement revenue streams

- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close within established timelines

- Apply ASC 606 guidance to complex arrangements including variable consideration, contract modifications, and principal vs. agent assessments

- Build and maintain automated solutions using AI tools, Python/SQL, or Excel scripting to eliminate manual work

- Identify and implement process improvements across the revenue close, reducing cycle time and increasing accuracy

- Partner with auditors during annual audits , lead walkthroughs, provide documentation, respond to inquiries

- Collaborate cross-functionally with Retirement Operations, FP&A, Engineering, and Data teams on revenue data integrity and new product launches

Requirements:

- Bachelor's in Accounting; CPA preferred (active or in progress)

- 5+ years of accounting experience, with at least 3 years focused on revenue accounting

- Strong ASC 606 knowledge applied to SaaS, subscription, or fee-based models

- Proven track record building automation , scripts, tools, or workflows that reduced manual effort

- Advanced Excel; Python or SQL a strong plus

- NetSuite or revenue subledger experience a plus

- Big 4 or public accounting background preferred; fintech or financial services a bonus

- Comfortable with ambiguity, curious about AI, and excited to build processes from scratch

Salary: $87,660/yr to $108,114/yr in Denver & most major metro locations, and $106,385/yr to $131,208/yr for San Francisco & New York

## Skills

### Required
- ASC 606
- revenue accounting
- Excel
- automation
- AI tools
- Python
- SQL

### Nice to have
- NetSuite
- revenue subledger
- Big 4
- public accounting
- fintech
- financial services

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