Senior Revenue Accounting Manager POST NUMBER: 303675
Senior Revenue Accounting Manager
Our client, a global technology and manufacturing company, is seeking a Senior Revenue Accounting Manager to lead its revenue accounting function during a period of continued growth.
Location:
San Jose, CA. This role is on-site five days per week.
Job Description:
This strategic and hands-on role will oversee revenue recognition, reporting, close activities, internal controls, and process improvement across a complex, high-volume operating environment. The ideal candidate brings deep technical revenue accounting expertise, strong leadership skills, and the ability to partner effectively with Sales, Operations, Legal, Finance, and executive stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Lead revenue accounting and reporting activities, ensuring compliance with applicable revenue recognition guidance
- Evaluate complex customer arrangements, including multi-element contracts, channel sales, rebates, incentives, and other forms of variable consideration
- Oversee revenue-related month-end and quarter-end close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, analytics, and reporting
- Partner with FP&A, Sales Operations, Legal, and other stakeholders to support forecasting, contract evaluation, and business decision-making
- Analyze revenue trends, margin impacts, and key business drivers, providing clear insights to senior leadership
- Serve as the primary contact for auditors on revenue matters and support external reporting requirements
- Maintain effective internal controls across revenue and order-to-cash processes
- Drive automation, systems enhancements, data integrity, and scalable process improvements across the revenue function
- Lead, mentor, and develop accounting team members while promoting accountability and continuous improvement
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA preferred
- 10 years of progressive accounting experience, including significant revenue accounting responsibility
- Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP and revenue recognition guidance for complex customer arrangements
- 5 years of leadership experience managing accounting professionals or revenue-related teams
- Experience supporting high-volume transactions within a technology, hardware, manufacturing, or similarly complex operating environment
Compensation:
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors, including but not limited to:
- The individual’s skill sets, experience, and training;
- Licensure and certifications;
- Office location and other geographic considerations;
- Other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco by Highspring notes that the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.