Senior Accountant, Revenue Accounting - Retailer
Role summary
Instacart is seeking a Senior Accountant for its Revenue Accounting team, focusing on retailer-related revenue streams to support international expansion and acquisitions. This foundational role involves end-to-end revenue accounting under ASC 606, operationalizing new markets, standardizing policies, and driving automation with tools like Alteryx and AI. The position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams, maintaining internal controls, and delivering insightful revenue reporting. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance, 4+ years of US GAAP revenue accounting experience, and proficiency in Excel and large datasets. Experience with ERP, automation tools, and international operations is preferred.
We're transforming the grocery industry
At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers.
Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table.
Instacart is a Flex First team
There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work.
Overview
Join Instacart’s Revenue Accounting team and help shape how we recognize and report revenue across our rapidly evolving retailer ecosystem. You will focus on retailer-related revenue streams while supporting international expansion and future acquisitions, partnering closely with teams across Accounting & Finance, Data, Legal, Sales, and Operations to deliver accurate, timely, and insightful results.
This role is a foundational member of a new international revenue accounting pod composed of a Manager and a Senior Accountant. You will roll up your sleeves to operationalize new markets, standardize policies, and drive automation using tools like Alteryx and AI-enabled workflows—all in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
If you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy building scalable processes, and want your work to directly influence how the business grows globally, this is an exciting opportunity to make an outsized impact.
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Instacart provides highly market-competitive compensation and benefits in each location where our employees work. This role is remote and the base pay range for a successful candidate is dependent on their permanent work location. Please review our Flex First remote work policy here. Currently, we are only hiring in the following provinces: Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia.
Offers may vary based on many factors, such as candidate experience and skills required for the role. Additionally, this role is eligible for a new hire equity grant as well as annual refresh grants. Please read more about our benefits offerings here.
For Canadian based candidates, the base pay ranges for a successful candidate are listed below.