About the Position

Revenue recognition is about to get a lot more interesting. As we shift from license-based to subscription and AI consumption revenue models, the rulebook for "when is revenue actually revenue" is being rewritten in real time - and we need someone who can write it. If you want a seat at the table where deals get shaped before they're signed, not just booked after the fact, this is that seat.

Location & working model: London, Hybrid (flexible)

Responsibilities

Revenue Recognition & Technical Accounting

Apply ASC 606/IFRS 15 to the organization's contract portfolio - performing multi-element arrangement analysis, identifying and allocating standalone selling prices, and determining the appropriate timing and amount of revenue recognition for each performance obligation.
Monitor the evolving portfolio of subscription, AI consumption, and professional services arrangements for revenue recognition implications, proactively identifying contract structures or business model changes that create new technical accounting questions.
Develop, maintain, and communicate revenue recognition accounting policies and procedures across the finance and commercial functions, ensuring consistent application as the organization's contract portfolio evolves through the SaaS transition.

Revenue Close & Reporting

Execute revenue recognition-specific month-end close activities: preparing revenue recognition schedules, reconciling deferred revenue accounts, booking revenue journal entries, and producing the revenue management report for financial management review.
Identify opportunities to automate recurring revenue recognition calculations and schedules through ERP-native functionality or specialist revenue recognition platforms, reducing manual effort and improving close-cycle consistency.

Deal Desk & Pre-Signature Review

Review non-standard commercial contracts submitted through the Deal Desk approval workflow, assessing revenue recognition implications and providing written guidance before contract execution.
Serve as the technical accounting checkpoint in the commercial approval process for non-standard deal structures.

Controls & Audit

Manage the relationship with external auditors on revenue recognition matters, preparing technical accounting memos, providing audit support workpapers, and resolving revenue accounting queries during audit cycles.
Administer Sarbanes-Oxley or equivalent internal controls compliance requirements specific to the revenue recognition process, ensuring that controls are designed, documented, and operating effectively.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in accounting, audit, or revenue accounting, ideally within enterprise SaaS or software environments.
Strong technical grounding in ASC 606/IFRS 15 revenue recognition.
Experience with multi-element arrangements, standalone selling price analysis, and complex contract structures.
Comfortable operating as a pre-signature technical checkpoint, partnering with Deal Desk, Sales, and Legal.
Experience managing external audit relationships and SOX (or equivalent) controls for revenue processes.
Familiarity with ERP-native or specialist revenue recognition platforms and an interest in automating manual close activities.

We Offer

Competitive salary
Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative environment
Professional development opportunities

About the Company

Sapiens International Corporation N.V. is a global leader of AI-centric, SaaS-based insurance software, delivering hyper-relevant experiences that are efficient, compliant, and innovative. With agile intelligence, Sapiens' solutions turn real-time data and human insight into precise action at every moment, across every risk.

The Sapiens platform includes agentic workflows accelerating every capability across policy, underwriting, claims, reinsurance, decisioning, and finance and compliance.

With more than 600 insurers in over 30 countries running on Sapiens, our deep industry expertise is the foundation of our long-term relationships, from initial implementation through to modernization and market transformation.

Sapiens is headquartered in London, serving customers in property and casualty, life, reinsurance, specialty, and workers’ compensation from offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

Your Recruitment Journey

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