I am a senior in FAAS w/CPA thinking about leaving into industry. I am wondering if anyone has experience as a revenue accountant as I have seen this position appear a lot recently, especially within tech. How does it compare to technical/financial reporting and is the career progression any different? Is one generally perceived as better than the other? Based on job responsibilities, it seems very niche and like ASC 606 on steroids and that I’d be pigeonholed into that. However, the pay is comp

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How do you envision your progression without the 3-5 years? I would start there. If being a revenue accountant is not an answer you may need to consider another role. If you like technical accounting, you may consider exiting into that from FAAS.

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I’m in FAAS, and have a big tech client which I worked closely with their revenue department. Yes, it is 606 all day every day reviewing contracts and updating revenue recognition. I crossed it off from my possible exit opp list.

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I work in Revenue accounting, And i actually prefer it (i've done public, GL, Technical you name it). I find Rev accounting to be more engaging and rewarding personally. Also everyone wants a good rev accountant of all levels. The only other area I prefer to Rev accounting is M&A.

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