AR & Revenue Accountant
Posted 3 days ago by Arden White
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The AR & Revenue Accountant plays a crucial role in supporting the revenue and receivables function by ensuring accurate execution and data integrity in revenue recognition and accounts receivable processes. This position involves close collaboration with the AR & Revenue Subline Leader to maintain operational accuracy and documentation discipline while developing an understanding of business context and US GAAP principles. The role is essential for the efficient operation of the revenue function within a multi-market automotive distribution environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform day-to-day revenue accounting activities in accordance with established revenue recognition policies.
- Support verification of revenue recognition for vehicle sales across UK, EU, US, and China-related export scenarios.
- Assist in revenue cut-off checks and period-end reconciliations to ensure completeness and accuracy.
- Support end-to-end AR processes, including invoicing, AR reconciliation, and aging analysis.
- Monitor customer balances and assist in identifying overdue or unusual items.
- Ensure AR records are accurate and consistently maintained.
- Assist in validating revenue data and underlying numbers used for internal KPIs.
- Perform checks between accounting records and relevant business data.
- Support preparation of revenue-related analyses and schedules.
- Support review of sales contracts and commercial documentation from an accounting execution perspective.
- Extract and summarise key terms relevant to revenue recognition and invoicing.
- Highlight inconsistencies, missing information, or potential issues for further assessment by the Subline Leader.
- Support month-end close activities related to AR and revenue.
- Prepare supporting schedules, reconciliations, and documentation.
- Ensure working papers are complete, traceable, and audit-ready.
Key Skills:
- Accounting educational background or relevant practical experience.
- Basic understanding of revenue and AR accounting principles.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Good execution discipline and ability to follow defined processes.
- Willingness to learn and develop accounting judgement.
- Exposure to US GAAP revenue recognition concepts.
- Experience in automotive, distribution, or commercial environments.
- ERP system experience.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Coventry
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
The AR & Revenue Accountant supports the frontline revenue and receivables function, ensuring accurate execution, data integrity and timely delivery across revenue recognition and accounts receivable processes. Working closely with the AR & Revenue Subline Leader, this role focuses on operational accuracy, transaction validation and documentation discipline , while progressively developing the ability to understand business context and revenue recognition principles under US GAAP . The role is designed as a key support position to enable the revenue function to operate efficiently and reliably in a multi-market automotive distribution environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Revenue Recognition Support
- Perform day-to-day revenue accounting activities in accordance with established revenue recognition policies
- Support verification of revenue recognition for:
- Vehicle sales across UK, EU, US and China-related export scenarios
- Sales returns and revenue adjustments
- Assist in revenue cut-off checks and period-end reconciliations to ensure completeness and accuracy
- Accounts Receivable Execution
- Support end-to-end AR processes, including:
- Invoicing
- AR reconciliation
- Aging analysis
- Monitor customer balances and assist in identifying overdue or unusual items
- Ensure AR records are accurate and consistently maintained
- Data Validation & Revenue KPI Support
- Assist in validating revenue data and underlying numbers used for internal KPIs
- Perform checks between accounting records and relevant business data
- Support preparation of revenue-related analyses and schedules
- Contract & Transaction Review Assistance
- Support review of sales contracts and commercial documentation from an accounting execution perspective
- Extract and summarise key terms relevant to revenue recognition and invoicing
- Highlight inconsistencies, missing information or potential issues for further assessment by the Subline Leader
- Month-end Close & Documentation
- Support month-end close activities related to AR and revenue
- Prepare supporting schedules, reconciliations and documentation
- Ensure working papers are complete, traceable and audit-ready
Skills & Experience
- Must-have
- Accounting educational background or relevant practical experience
- Basic understanding of revenue and AR accounting principles
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Good execution discipline and ability to follow defined processes
- Willingness to learn and develop accounting judgement
- Nice-to-have
- Exposure to US GAAP revenue recognition concepts
- Experience in automotive, distribution or commercial environments
- ERP system experience
Role Characteristics
- Execution-focused with strong data and documentation discipline
- Reliable support to frontline revenue decision-makers
- Detail-oriented, structured and controllable in daily delivery
- Positioned to grow into a more judgement-driven role with experience
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