Senior Revenue Accounting Leader (AI/Legal Tech)

Location: On-site in New York City, United States

Salary: $189,550–$223,000 annually, plus equity

Company

Legora builds an AI-native workspace for legal professionals, analyzing documents and supporting end-to-end legal workflows. The product serves more than 2,100 customers across 80+ countries and has scaled to more than $200M in ARR.

What you will do

• Lead global Revenue Accounting across all entities, ensuring accurate and timely accounting, controls, reporting, and revenue recognition.
• Own ASC 606 revenue recognition for multi-element arrangements, contract modifications, pilots, ramps, usage-based components, and multi-year deals.
• Own accounting for contract acquisition costs, including capitalization, amortization, and impairment assessments.
• Run monthly and quarterly revenue close activities covering deferred revenue, contract assets, unbilled receivables, deferred commissions, reconciliations, and flux analysis.
• Build and develop a high-performing team while representing Revenue Accounting with Finance, Sales, RevOps, Legal, FP&A, and senior stakeholders.
• Strengthen controls and process infrastructure, including SOX readiness, documentation, control design, and revenue-process integration across the new ERP, Salesforce, and billing tools.

Requirements

• 10+ years of accounting experience, beginning in Big 4 audit or technical accounting.
• Deep practical expertise in ASC 606 and ASC 340-40 within B2B SaaS, including complex enterprise contracts and commission plan accounting.
• Experience building or scaling a revenue accounting function in a high-growth environment.
• Experience managing and developing a team.
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite and Salesforce; NetSuite ARM/revenue modules are a plus.
• CPA required.
• Comfort working with ambiguity, high speed, and a multi-entity international structure.

Nice to have

• Experience at a public company or in an environment with public-company-level reporting requirements.
• Experience owning or integrating Billing within quote-to-cash.
• Experience reconciling ARR or TCV and other non-GAAP metrics to GAAP revenue and capitalized commissions.
• Exposure to SOX.
• Experience in AI or legal tech.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person work environment in the Union Square office with company-provided lunch.
• Collaboration with teams and clients across Europe, APAC, and North America.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans, including Aetna and Kaiser Permanente options, HSA or Healthcare FSA, and MetLife dental coverage.
• Family support including generous parental leave, Maven Clinic access, Dependent Care FSA, and One Medical membership.
• 401(k) with company match, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, STD/LTD coverage, unlimited PTO, and additional voluntary benefits.