Head of Subscription Revenue
MSCI · Budapest
Our Subscription Revenue Team represents the largest revenue stream at MSCI, at $2.2B+ for fiscal year 2025. This role provides leadership opportunity for the candidate to be responsible for managing broad aspects of the financial and management accounting, transformation, analytics, and reporting, driving for changes and elevated processes related to subscription revenues. This position will provide operational accounting, reporting, and forecasting support to the Business and Sales teams, as well as provide accounting guidance for revenue recognition and reporting matters pertaining to customer contract arrangements. The successful candidate will also lead or support special projects as they arise, including M&A activity, process improvement initiatives, system implementations and developing processes to account for new revenue contracts. This will be a highly visible role and will have tremendous opportunity to work with a diverse set of finance and non-finance stakeholders, including exposure to finance executive leadership.
- Lead business critical initiatives for horizontal Subscription revenue team
- Manage the entire Subscription revenue team of 16 heads.
- Manage and streamline Subscription revenue accounting and reporting processes to improve clarity, efficiency, and scale for growth
- Drive, design, and deliver on analytical solutions using business intelligence solutions to advance data analytics and management report related to horizontal subscription revenue operations, recognition, and reporting.
- Elevate control environment and manage operations and reporting of internal controls, policies and procedures related to horizontal Subscription revenue team
- Partner with business technology to drive for revenue system enhancement
- Lead, influence, and mentor team members with responsibility of the accuracy and completeness of revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP to achieve expected outcomes
- Partner with product finance directors to review accounting and reporting implications of new or complex contracts with customers, providing guidance on revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606
- Oversee aspects of revenue accounting and reporting operations, which includes execution of monthly revenue close, variance analysis, and reporting related to customer contracts
- Support annual audits performed by internal audit, external audit, and SOX teams
- Other responsibilities include but are not limited to participate in special projects, system implementations, enhancements, and ad hoc analysis
- Minimum 10 years of experience and college or university degree in Accounting or Finance related field
- Experience in managing teams with an emphasis in people management and team development
- Public accounting (Chartered Accountant or Certified Public accountant or equivalent is a plus) and/or industry accounting experience with multi-national public companies which comply with U.S. GAAP or IFRS
- Ability to identify complex and judgmental matters and discuss proposed solutions with pros and cons to immediate manager
- Ability to drive for results and timely delivery of business initiatives
- Ability to articulate complex concepts in clear, simple, and logical terms
- Enjoy collaboration and have desire to work effectively with diverse cultures in a global organization and team player who is willingness to undertake opportunities to support team members and improve overall effectiveness of the function
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of applications, particularly PowerBi and Excel and prior experience with large ERP systems, such as SAP
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