What is the job?As a Revenue Accountant at Thought Spot, you will be a key contributor to our global finance organization during an era of unprecedented innovation. Thought Spot is currently leading the data revolution, utilizing AI-Powered Analytics and Generative BI to help companies turn data into instant insights. In this role, you will sit at the intersection of sales operations and financial reporting, ensuring that every transaction reflects our commitment to accuracy and integrity. You will support the end-to-end order-to-cash process, working closely with the whole Revenue team to manage monthly close activities and maintain a "SOX-ready" environment. This position offers a unique view into the mechanics of a high-growth, pre-IPO SaaS leader, providing you with the mentorship and technical challenges needed to rapidly advance your career in specialized accounting.

What You'll Do:

• Revenue Operations: Manage the daily processing of customer contracts, ensuring sales orders are accurately reflected in our accounting systems and aligned with ASC 606 revenue recognition standards.

• AI-Enhanced Analysis: Leverage generative AI tools and Thought Spot’s own platform to identify anomalies in large datasets, and provide real-time visibility into revenue metrics.

• Agentic Revenue: Don’t just process contracts—automate them. You will assist with building, deploying, and maintaining AI agents using Thought Spot’s internal tools to handle data extraction, contract comparison, and revenue scheduling.

• Month-End Execution: Drive the revenue close process by preparing journal entries, reconciling deferred revenue accounts, and ensuring all schedules are completed with accuracy on a tight close schedule.

• Contract Intelligence: Utilize AI-assisted tools to help summarize complex contract terms and identify potential revenue recognition risks or performance obligations more efficiently.

• Audit Readiness: Assist in the preparation of audit workpapers and provide supporting documentation for quarterly and annual audits, maintaining a high standard of organized, corroborative evidence.

• Process Optimization: Identify opportunities to streamline the order-to-cash workflow, leveraging our tech stack and emerging AI automation to reduce manual tasks and improve the speed of financial reporting.

What You'll Bring:

• Core Accounting Skills: 3+ years of professional accounting experience, with a solid foundational understanding of ASC 606 and the specific nuances of SaaS and Professional Services revenue.

• AI Fluency & Curiosity: A proactive interest in using Generative AI and LLMs to automate repetitive tasks, draft documentation, or enhance data manipulation workflows.

• Attention to Detail: A "detective" mindset with the ability to spot discrepancies in large datasets and a commitment to maintaining pristine financial records.

• Technical Toolkit: Strong proficiency in Excel and experience with Net Suite and Salesforce is highly preferred.

• Analytical Communication: The ability to communicate clearly and professionally with internal teams, using data-backed insights to resolve contract issues and provide status updates.

• Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; candidates working toward their CPA or with initial Big 4/public accounting experience are encouraged to apply.

• Growth Mindset: A desire to work in a fast-paced AI company where processes evolve quickly and adopting new technological tools is part of the daily routine.

Spotters are encouraged to experience the energy of their local office with an in-office expectation of 2-3 days per week. This approach balances the benefits of in-person collaboration and peer learning with the flexibility needed by individuals and teams. Are you open to working in a hybrid environment?

The estimated annual salary range for this role is $70,000 – $100,000 per year.

Actual compensation may vary and will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, qualifications, experience, and location of the selected candidate.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Mandatory and Required Skills for All Thought Spot Roles

Spotters are expected to demonstrate AI literacy and workflow integration to include to ability to:

• Comfortably and confidently integrate artificial intelligence into their daily workflow to increase productivity and quality.

• Hands-on experience to leverage AI tools (industry-leading LLMs) to increase productivity, automate routine tasks, and improve work quality.

• Speak to the experience of using AI for research, content creation, and document summarization while maintaining ownership of judgment and final decisions.

• Write effective prompts to get the most accurate and creative results from AI tools.

Spotters are expected to exemplify these key traits and AI Mindset:

• Curiosity in exploring new AI tools

• Adaptability to quickly learn and implement new, emerging AI technologies

• Critical thinking to know when to identify when AI should be used versus when human judgement is necessary

This combination of curiosity, adaptability, and discernment defines the AI mindset, and it’s required for every role at Thought Spot.

AI Mindset for All Spotters

At Thought Spot, we believe AI is a necessary and essential part of how we work. Every role, across every team, is expected to be fluent and comfortable with using AI to do their best work.

All Spotters are expected to experiment with Thought Spot’s AI tools (like Spotter and Spotter Viz) and leading industry LLMs to streamline workflows, enhance output, and uncover new insights. Whether drafting content, analyzing data, or summarizing documents, AI is a daily partner. We value curiosity, openness to learning, and thoughtful application of AI to create real value. Training and resources are provided so every Spotter can confidently create with AI.

Hybrid Work at Thought Spot

This office-assigned role is available as a hybrid position, reporting to the office in US - Phoenix.
Spotters assigned to an office are encouraged to experience the energy of their local office with an in-office expectation of 2-3 days per week. This approach balances the benefits of in-person collaboration and peer learning with the flexibility needed by individuals and teams.

Thought Spot for All

At Thought Spot, diverse teams build better products. Complex data problems need many perspectives, not just one. We welcome different backgrounds, identities, and experiences, and we work to create a place where everyone can be themselves and do their best work. If this role excites you and you believe you’re a strong match, we encourage you to apply.

What Makes Thought Spot a Great Place to Work?

Thought Spot is the Agentic Analytics Platform that empowers every enterprise to transform insights into action, on a mission to make the world more fact driven. We hire people with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives - this balance-for-the-better philosophy is key to our success. When paired with our culture of Trust, Customer Obsession, Innovation and Intensity, Thought Spot cultivates a respectful culture that pushes norms to create world-class products. If you’re excited by the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the business and make your mark on a truly innovative company, we invite you to read more about our mission, and apply to the role that’s right for you.

About Thought Spot

The world’s most innovative companies turn to Thought Spot’s AI-Powered Analytics to put data in the hands of everyone, from the C-suite to the frontline. With simple, natural language search and AI, anyone can ask questions, discover insights, and act with confidence. Unlike legacy tools that sacrifice performance for complexity, Thought Spot is intuitively designed for every business user while being built to handle the most complex, large-scale data, wherever it resides. This unique combination of speed and simplicity is why enterprise leaders trust Thought Spot to transform decision-making into a truly data-driven culture.

At Thought Spot, we’re a curious, data-driven bunch. We believe the world works better when everyone has access to facts. That’s why we build products that make asking and answering data questions as natural as having a conversation.