Our client is a fast growing, global telecommunications company. They are looking for an experienced individual that supports their growing business and to be a business partner with Sales Operations, Marketing and FP&A to ensure integrity of expense to budget, question variances and inconsistencies for the business. While also being a liaison with key stakeholders to discuss changes in commission plans, supporting UAT and possible automation opportunities.
Ownership over commission accrual and 606 accounting for both UCaas/CCaas and CPaas Business Units in line with IFRS and US GAAP working closely with the Accounting Policy team.
Responsible for managing the expense close process and issuing final commission flash by working day 2 and advising on variance against prior month as well as forecast.
Business partner with Sales Operations, Marketing and FP&A to ensure integrity of expense to budget, question variances and inconsistencies for the business.
Support the Business by maintaining the administration of the Xactly Incent systems. The monthly commission payment process with various deadlines and currencies.
Manage the annual rollover, development, testing and implementation of new commission plans in Xactly.
Collaborate with various groups including Legal, Revenue Operations, Sales Operations, Treasury, Pricing team and IT/engineering on any expense impacting activities and translate to U.S. Dollars from local currency.
Draft policy memos as necessary to support expense accounting and decision support.
Drive the integration efforts and creation of process and controls from an accounting perspective for new products with the acquisition
Continuously review and challenge Finance processes and activities from a control perspective, bringing forward improvement recommendations.
Work to develop and implement new, more efficient procedures to enhance departmental workflow and maintain high levels of accuracy.
Review customer contracts and provide business support to the Sales teams on customized arrangements and ensure commissions are only paid when appropriate.
Gather and prepare information for internal and external audit, tax and regulatory compliance activities.
Understand compensation plans for multiple sales channels to ensure calculations and payments are accurate and in compliance with the contract.
Responsible for process and controls to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.
Interface with Sales Management, Sales reps, deal desk and Human Resources to analyze and implement changes to ensure the Sales reps/Partners are accurately compensated.
Responsible for User Acceptance Testing.
Monthly Accruals and reconciliations for different sales channels.
Liaise with key stakeholders to discuss changes in commission plans.
Identify automation opportunities.
Qualifications
Bachelors or Masters with practice background in large or medium sized firms
5-7 years of FP&A experience
Experience accounting for activities in international markets
IFRS and US GAAP knowledge preferred
Advanced Excel & Google Suite user, comfortable with setting out commission scenarios and models
Demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers
Strong planning and problem-solving skills
Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
Investigative with a robust nature, and able to challenge the Company management where appropriate