Job Description

The Afterpay Accounting team is looking for a Revenue Accountant who will play an important role in our growing team. As Afterpay continues to expand and integrate with Block’s ecosystem, we’re looking to bring in someone who will be an important part of the team in accounting for our global revenues. You will partner with the product and systems teams to ensure that revenue is appropriately captured and accounted for in our financial statements. 

You will:

• Be in the mindset to take on new tasks, operationalize and refine them, and move on to new additional responsibilities

• Improve our processes, systems, and enhance documentation and controls as part of our SOX compliance efforts

• Review current revenue recognition processes, and implement process improvements to improve the efficiency and timeliness of the close and reporting

• Prepare month-end journal entries, reconciliations and supporting schedules related to Afterpay and Block ecosystem

• Partner with engineering and product teams to build scalable revenue recognition processes

• Partner with Marketplace Finance & Strategy team to investigate variances between actual results and forecasts and help with the budgeting process

• Work with Technical Accounting, Internal Audit and the Company’s independent public accounting firm on technical accounting matters

• Work with diverse teams, domestically and internationally

• Support quarterly reviews and annual audits performed by external auditors

• Complete special projects

Qualifications

• 2-4+ years of accounting experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, CPA preferred

• Previous role(s) should include internal or external audit, GL accounting, and revenue accounting

• Proficient in Excel, including advanced functions like VLOOKUP, and adept at creating complex manipulations for data analysis and reporting

• Passion for Block’s mission

• Interest in technology/knowledge of the industry

Nice to Have:

• Technical knowledge and practical knowledge of revenue recognition standards ASC 605 and ASC 606 a plus

• Oracle Cloud experience a plus

Please note, we are not hiring in Zone A for this role. If you are currently located in Zone A and are in the process of moving to a location outside of Zone A, please indicate so in your application.