Revenue Accounting Manager
Cadence Systems • San Jose, California • Full Time
Posted on Fri, Jun 19, 2026
At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
This role resides in Cadence’s Revenue Accounting team. It focuses on M&A activities and automation projects that impact revenue accounting; and the initiatives that impact the broader QtC business cycle.
Job Responsibilities:
- Drive automation and transformation projects with IT. Partner with various stakeholders in the project journey from PoC, design, to testing, go-Live.
- Represent Revenue Accounting, work collaboratively across various stakeholders to gauge useful information, test hypotheses, solve business problems.
- Act in both SME and PM capacity in the assigned projects.
- With M&A, Manage the revenue on-boarding and quarterly activities, including opening balance sheet, acquired backlog, unbilled, accounts receivable, etc.
- Perform revenue accounting assessment on the acquiree
- Provide on-going training to the acquiree on Cadence internal policies and procedures, develop actionable steps to perform timely close and reporting.
- Participate in the M&A integration meetings, advise the best practice, watch out for impacts on RA and the broader QtC teams.
- Prepare knowledge-sharing materials about the acquiree to the RA team or others to facilitate a successful full integration into the Cadence QtC process.
Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with a strong foundation in ASC606 revenue accounting with public technology company experience. Somone with a well-rounded experience in technical revenue, revenue operations and systems. Big 4 experience is highly desired. You are proficient in Microsoft Office tools, and have worked with enterprise CRM, CPQ, ERP, Reporting systems. We are looking for candidates with a minimum of 8 years experience. Will consider less years experience if your past experience exhibit a high potential in fulfilling this job.
Cadence emphasizes on a positive and collaborative team work mentality. These fundamental soft skills are important in succeeding in this role:
- Critical thinking, detailed, organized.
- Sound business judgement, big picture thinking, good understanding of end-to-end process.
- Ability to influence, clear communication, proactive.
The annual salary range for California is $126,000 to $234,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.