Company:

Lawson Software

Location:

Lausanne, N/A, Switzerland

Posted:

May 26, 2010

Contact Info:

Please email a copy of your CV to karen.tuffy@lawson.com

Description:

At Lawson, we deliver and support software and implementation services to 4,000 customer sites across 40 countries, worldwide. To learn more about our products and activity, please visit our website: www.lawson.com

Job Summary

In order to become the best in our target markets by making our customers stronger, we are actively recruiting a Revenue Recognition Analyst to join our Finance Team based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Responsibilities

• Reviews license contracts to determine proper revenue recognition treatment in accordance with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principals and compile various metrics on license contracts.
• Interact with sales personnel and legal department to find contract wording that avoids revenue recognition issues.
• Provide revenue forecasting, reporting, and analysis for executive management and external (shareholder and SEC) reporting.
• Provide support and training to sales personnel to help them understand their contracting activity and revenue results.
• Coordinate with sales support staff and delivery to insure that all contracts have been shipped processed and accounted for.
• Review data that is being processed through the system, and prepare various schedules and reconciliations as part of the monthly close process to ensure 100% accuracy of the financial statements.
• Prepare detailed daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual contracting activity and product revenue reports.
• Act as a general resource for Lawson's sales, legal, incentive accounting, accounts receivable, and order processing departments on accounting matters, especially as it relates to contracting activity, invoicing, and timing of revenue recognition.
• Provide schedules and various analyses as part of the external audit.

Experience:

Qualifications

• 4 year degree in accounting/business/finance or relevant experience
• 3 to 8 years experience in accounting and reporting in a medium to large company
• Ability to understand complex business contract negotiations and make solid recommendations that meet the customer’s objectives and protect revenue recognition
• Ability to explain complex revenue recognition issues to different audiences
• Good systems skills/accounting software package proficiency
• Demonstrated ability to apply US GAAP to specific business situations
• CPA or MBA
• 3+ years experience in an audit function for a public accounting firm
• Experience with contract review and interpretation
• amiliarity with US GAAP as it applies to the Software Industry (SOP 97-2, SAB 104)
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written in English and ideally French.