Nathan Olsen

About Nathan Olsen

Revenue accounting and operations leader with a passion for collaboration, gratitude, accountability, and continuous improvement. Areas of experience and expertise include: •Building, developing, and managing teams centered around collaboration, efficiency, and growth•Building and optimizing quote-to-cash and accounting close processes, with a focus on efficiency and scalability•Leading month-end close for revenue, deferred revenue, commissions, and accounts receivable•Working cross-functionally with other leaders to enhance and optimize business operations, reporting, and forecasting•Building out and/or revamping reconciliations for revenue, deferred revenue, unbilled AR, and accounts receivable •Building out reporting and ad hoc metrics suitable for executive leadership•Flux analysis and forecast-to-actual analysis•Implementing and optimizing ERP and CRM systems •Implementing and optimizing internal controls for SOX compliance •Owning year-end audit items related to revenue, deferred revenue, and accounts receivable

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting

   Netwitness

   May 2023 — Present

   Key metric reporting to leadership, including but not limited to: ARR, customer retention, and revenue reporting• Built and managed the revenue accounting close process and associated reconciliations, including a consolidated deferred revenue rec across 15 subsidiaries and multiple currencies• Developed and maintained SSP analysis for the accounting records and audit• Managed the audit relationship for all things revenue and deferred revenue: increasing overall audit efficiency and quality of recs and support• Managed the revenue operations process and revenue accounting for multiple revenue streams• Reviewed contracts and amendments to determine compliance and accounting treatment under ASC 606• Wrote accounting memos: from individual contract analysis to company adoption of ASC 606.• Worked cross-functionally to create onboarding material and led trainings related to revenue accounting and operations to increase process efficiency and reduce errors in the quote to cash process• Built and optimized teams, processes, and systems related to revenue accounting and revenue operations• Played key roles in system implementations and improvements related to NetSuite and Salesforce

Education

• Western New England University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting

• Western New England University

  Master of Science - MS, Accounting