Head of Revenue Accounting

Why Harvey

Harvey is a secure AI platform for professionals in law, tax, and finance that augments productivity and automates complex workflows. Harvey uses algorithms with reasoning-adept LLMs that have been customized and developed by our expert team of lawyers, engineers and research scientists. We’ve found product market fit and are scaling our team very quickly. Some reasons to join Harvey are:

• Exceptional product market fit: We have partnered with the largest law firms and professional service providers in the world, including Paul Weiss, A&O Shearman, Ashurst, O'Melveny & Myers, PwC, KKR, and many others.
• Strategic investors: Raised over $200 million from strategic investors including Sequoia, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and the OpenAI Startup Fund.
• World-class team: Harvey is hiring the best talent from DeepMind, Google Brain, Stripe, FAIR, Tesla Autopilot, Glean, Superhuman, Figma, and more.
• Partnerships: Our engineers and researchers work directly with OpenAI to build the future of generative AI and redefine professional services.
• Performance: $0-30M ARR in the last 18 months.
• Competitive compensation.

Role Overview

Harvey is seeking a Head of Revenue Accounting, reporting to the Controller to build and lead our revenue accounting and accounts receivable teams. You will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of revenue accounting and revenue accounting operations globally. This role requires a deep understanding of revenue recognition principles and operational efficiency in a high growth environment. The ideal candidate is data driven, highly inquisitive and collaborative, with a proven track record in leading high performing teams through process transformation.

What You’ll Do

• Build, develop, and mentor a high-performing Revenue Accounting and AR team
• Build and lead the global revenue accounting function, ensuring accuracy, data quality, and timeliness of results
• Partner with Rev Ops and Business Systems to design and  build GTM systems and process, including CPQ, SFDC, self-serve capabilities, billing platform, usage based pricing models with strong bias toward automation and scale
• Work closely with sales, legal, Rev Ops, deal desk  and finance teams to ensure accurate revenue recognition interpretations and efficient order-to-cash operations, including order management and sales compensation calculations 
• Participate in developing and scaling order-to-cash systems, processes, and controls, leading transformation initiatives to achieve desired outcomes
• Build strong professional relationships with key business partners, external auditors, and the executive team, providing timely and high-quality communication and guidance
• Provide expertise on all revenue recognition practices and decisions for accounting, forecasting, sales, product management, legal and customer support
• Manage revenue related support provided to external auditors for annual audits 
• Research and document complex revenue accounting matters in technical memos
• Review accuracy of agreements, signed quotes, purchase order details including terms, customer or partner billing instructions, shipping, product, pricing, and/or discounts

• Manage the AR, Credit and Collections process

What You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or a related field
• 10+ years of experience, including Public Accounting and 7+ years of experience in revenue accounting at high-growth tech companies
• Leadership experience to align project goals with organization and sponsor goals, while managing ambiguity, risk, and changing the direction of projects and strategies
• Acute business acumen and understanding of ACS 606 Revenue issues and challenges
• Exposure and understanding of consumption-based revenue accounting under ASC 606 and relevant Software and SaaS ASC 606 topics
• Experience with Usage Based Pricing models and to self-serve + sales-led revenue motions

Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

We are in the early innings of a generational company. Joining early at a hypergrowth startup has proven to lead to exponential growth in responsibility, access, and ability. Apply here today!