Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Revenue accounting is a defining competency in subscription businesses, where contract terms, renewals, and usage patterns determine how performance is reported. This Senior Revenue Accountant role sits squarely in that SaaS reality: it centers on ASC 606 judgments, contract interpretation, and cross-functional alignment with Sales, Deal Desk, Legal, and FP&A—interfaces that tend to be especially active in product-led and enterprise SaaS models.
From a SaaS career standpoint, the work builds durable expertise in how recurring revenue companies operationalize compliance while keeping reporting practical for decision-makers. Experience owning close components, supporting audits, and improving revenue systems translates well across SaaS finance teams, particularly where tooling (e.g., ERP + CRM) and process discipline are essential to scaling reporting accuracy as deal structures evolve.
This role is best suited to an accountant who prefers technical depth paired with business partnership, and who is comfortable explaining revenue conclusions to non-finance stakeholders. It fits someone at a stage where independent ownership is expected, but who still wants exposure to process design, control maturity, and the real-world edge cases that appear in subscription contract portfolios.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About The Role & Team
Amplitude is looking for a Senior Revenue Accountant to join our growing Finance team and help keep our revenue engine clean, compliant, and scalable. This role sits at the intersection of accounting rigor and business partnership, working closely with Sales, Deal Desk, Legal, and FP&A. You’ll play a key role in revenue recognition under ASC 606 while supporting close, audits, and process improvements as we scale. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Revenue.
As a Senior Revenue Accountant, you will:
- Review customer contracts and determine appropriate revenue recognition treatment under ASC 606, including documenting nonstandard terms
- Own key components of the monthly and quarterly close, including journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis
- Partner with cross-functional teams to provide revenue insights and support deal structuring decisions
- Support external audits and ensure revenue-related documentation and controls are buttoned up
- Help scale and improve revenue systems, processes, and controls as the business grows
You’ll be a great addition to the team if you have:
- You bring 3–5+ years of accounting experience, ideally with a mix of public accounting and SaaS or public company experience
- You have a strong working knowledge of ASC 606 and hands-on experience with subscription-based revenue models
- You’re comfortable working in systems like NetSuite and Salesforce, and don’t break into a cold sweat when contracts get complex
- You’re detail-oriented but pragmatic, with the judgment to balance technical accuracy and business reality
- We can count on you to communicate clearly and collaborate well with non-finance partners in a fast-moving environment
Who We Are
The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.
The Product: Amplitude is a digital analytics platform—we help companies capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. This empowers teams to build better product experiences that drive business growth. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.
We care about the well-being of our team: We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and well-being of our Ampliteers.
Some of our benefit programs include:
- Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
- Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
- Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
- Excellent Parental benefits including: 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
- Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Other fun facts about Amplitude:
- We were recognized in the Newsweek Excellence Index 2024.
- Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 19 quarters in a row on G2.
- We care A LOT about product innovation. Fast Company called us the #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world.
- We invest in our people. We offer mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives.
- We give back to our communities. We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.
- We were founded in 2012, went public via a direct listing in September 2021, and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.
- We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have employees around the world and offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo.
- Our mascot is Data Monster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.
Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $116,000 - $174,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)
