Senior Accountant – Margin Accounting and Reporting

Senior Accountant – Margin Accounting and Reporting About Forged Fiber

At Forged Fiber, our mission is bold but simple: deliver fast, reliable, future‑proof connectivity that builds the foundation for everything online. As we execute, we believe the right way to do something is the only way. This foundation guides how the company builds, operates, and maintains a state‑of‑the‑art open‑access fiber network platform that empowers millions.

Forged Fiber is about more than building a network. It is about people. Every role matters. Every contribution counts. Together, employees create impact through teamwork, trust, and a shared commitment to excellence.

The Senior Accountant is responsible for end‑to‑‑end margin accounting and reporting for a defined portfolio of customer contracts. This role owns billing and collections for a limited number of customers and ensures accurate revenue recognition, contract accruals, and tracking of related direct costs in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Hybrid, Denver, CO

• Prepare and analyze detailed margin reporting by customer and contract, including revenue, direct costs, and profitability trends.
• Investigate and explain margin variances versus budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Support management with margin insights, ad‑hoc analyses, and reporting deliverables for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.

• Apply revenue recognition guidance (ASC 606) to customer contracts, ensuring proper timing and measurement of revenue.
• Record and reconcile monthly revenue accruals, deferrals, and contract balances.
• Maintain contract‑level schedules supporting revenue, cost, and margin recognition.

• Compile and validate billing data from multiple sources to prepare accurate and timely customer invoices.
• Interpret and apply customer contract terms, pricing schedules, rate structures, and amendments to billing activity.
• Ensure billing aligns with contractual obligations, internal policies, accounting standards, and company policies.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and customers to resolve billing disputes and discrepancies.
• Monitor accounts receivable activity for assigned customers and support collection efforts as needed.

• Analyze billing variances, trends, and anomalies across customers and billing periods.
• Research and resolve discrepancies between billed amounts, contract terms, and source data.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and customers to identify root causes and implement corrective actions.

• Maintain detailed billing support files, calculations, and documentation.
• Prepare billing reconciliations and supporting schedules for accounting, audits, and management review.
• Develop recurring and ad‑hoc billing reports to support decision‑making and performance monitoring.

• Accrue, analyze, and reconcile contract‑related direct costs.
• Ensure appropriate matching of costs with related revenues.
• Partner with Operations and Procurement to validate cost data and assumptions.

• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules for month‑end close.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and documentation standards.
• Assist with external audit requests related to revenue, margin, and contract accounting.

• Identify opportunities to improve billing and reporting accuracy, accounting processes, and efficiency.
• Support the development and enhancement of billing controls, procedures, and documentation.
• Assist with system implementations, enhancements, or automation initiatives.
• Serve as a subject‑matter resource on margin and contract accounting topics.

• Coordinate with Legal and Operations to clarify contract language and billing requirements.
• Communicate billing changes, adjustments, and corrections to internal teams and customers as needed.
• Support monthly, quarterly and annual reporting cycles related to billing, accruals, and revenue processes.

• Bachelor’s degree in…