Contracts Specialist Paisley   £30000 - £35000 per annum

Contracts Specialist

Overview

The Revenue Recognition Specialist is responsible for ensuring compliance to company's revenue recognition policies for the booking and shipment of orders. The primary responsibilities of this position include: reviewing, analysing, and interpreting customer purchase orders to evaluate and identify potential revenue recognition issues (i.e. omissions of data, necessary additions, language changes, or errors) prior to order processing, preparing and submitting documentation ("Order Forms") with revenue recognition details prior to order processing, notifying appropriate personnel of purchase order deficiencies and inaccuracies for further action, and interpreting customers' terms and conditions and receiving guidance from Finance and Legal, when appropriate.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Ensures compliance to company's revenue recognition policies for the booking and shipment of orders
* Reviews, analyses, and interprets customer purchase orders to evaluate and identify potential revenue recognition issues (i.e. complex language omissions of data, necessary additions, language changes) prior to order processing
* Reviews customers' terms and conditions for business acceptability and conformance with company policy, receives guidance from Finance and Legal, when appropriate
* Prepares and submits documentation ("Order Forms") with revenue recognition details prior to order processing
* Notifies appropriate personnel of purchase order deficiencies and inaccuracies for further action.
* Acts as liaison with internal and external auditors

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

* Analytical skills to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardisation exists
* Strong communication skills to prepare and deliver educational, analytical, and/or persuasive presentations
* Business writing skills to draft clear and concise letters and internal memos
* Produce polished, original correspondence and communication material for internal and external audience
* Basic business maths skills to achieve daily business goals and compute rate, ratio, and percentage
* Strong organisational skills to balance priorities, complete projects in a timely manner, and consistently manage own workload
* Diplomacy, flexibility and tack (professional demeanor)
* Organised, detail-oriented and refined time management skills
* Ability to work effectively under high stress, time critical deadlines
* Ability to work independently with general direction

Job Knowledge

* Working knowledge of revenue recognition compliance
* Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley, Series 404
* Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and eMail
* Ability to read and interpret terms and conditions, written guidelines, directions, and correspondence

Qualifications/Required Experience

* Bachelor's Degree (Finance or Accounting preferred)
* 5+ years of experience in contract administration and/or finance/accounting.
* Previous experience with revenue recognition, month-end close, and contract compliance.

Job Reference:   20032

Closing Date:     01-Feb-2012

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