Western Digital is seeking for a Senior Revenue Recognition Analyst to join our Revenue Accounting Team. This position will be responsible for revenue accounting activities including reviewing and assessing revenue contracts analyzing and documenting revenue transactions performing monthly revenue accounting close and supporting internal and external audits and reviews. The Sr. Revenue Recognition Analyst will get exposure to a wide range of business activities and interact across geographies with cross functions. This role requires a highly motivated and experienced accounting professional with a track record of success in global revenue operations. This role will partner with other business functions on projects lead corporate initiatives towards process improvement and supporting transformational projects to achieve best in class results. This individual must possess the ability to successfully interact with influence coordinate both a geographically and culturally diverse set of financial team members.
Job Responsibilities:
- Review and assess sales contracts PO terms and conditions and nonstandard transactions for revenue recognition implication under ASC 606; document revenue recognition analysis and provide guidance to internal revenue team and cross functions
- Perform technical research and analysis for significant revenue arrangements and write technical memos supporting the accounting position
- Collaborate within revenue team and crossfunctionally with Sales Sales Ops BU Finance Product Management Legal and Field Application Engineering to review and analyze issues around revenue recognition and advise revenue treatment
- Perform various monthly and quarterly revenue close tasks including validating but not limiting to product return reserves qualifications sales ecommerce loyalty rebate programs posting revenue journal entries and preparing deferral revenue and refund liability reconciliations
- Assist to establish and maintain ASC 606 revenue recognition policies and procedures to ensure US GAAP compliance and strong internal controls
- Collaborate with other functional business units to perform quarterly revenue analytics
- Design implement and maintain effective key accounting processes policies and internal controls; Evaluate and recommend best practices for close optimization and process improvement opportunities.
- Maintain SOX control compliance for revenue related controls
- Coordinate the audit requests in support of internal management and external audit to ensure that all revenue PBC deliverables are properly completed
- Lead or assist with adhoc projects as needed and drive projects to successful completion
Qualifications :
- 6 years of combined experience in Big 4 audit and corporate revenue accounting in technology industry
- Bachelors Degree in accounting or finance
- ASC 606 revenue recognition experience required
- Strong verbal and writing communication (including technical memo writing) and analytical skills
- CPA preferred
- Experience in SAP and Oracle Cloud
- Proficient in Power BI preferred
- Strong skills on Microsoft Excel Word & PowerPoint
Additional Information :
Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race color ancestry religion (including religious dress and grooming standards) sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender (including a persons gender identity gender expression and genderrelated appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth) age national origin sexual orientation medical condition marital status (including domestic partnership status) physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information protected medical and family care leave Civil Air Patrol status military and veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our nondiscrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.
Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees our company our customers and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging respect and contribution.
Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 1/22/2025 (3 months from posting) although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.
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Compensation & Benefits Details
- An employees pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills ability knowledge of the job; (3) performance contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California Colorado New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
- You will be eligible to participate in Western Digitals ShortTerm Incentive (STI) Plan which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance you may be eligible to participate in our annual LongTerm Incentive (LTI) program which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires subject to Western Digitals Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life accident and disability insurance; taxadvantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D legal plan pet insurance critical illness accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program employee stock purchase plan and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime