Technical Revenue Manager

Cohere Cohere · AI Frontier · New York, NY · Business Operations

This role is for a Technical Revenue Manager at Cohere, an AI company. The primary focus is on owning complex revenue technical positions, analyzing and implementing accounting treatment for revenue transactions, and ensuring robust revenue recognition frameworks that support the company's innovative product offerings and monetization strategies. The role involves partnering with various teams to standardize and automate deal approvals, executing ASC 606 technical evaluations, and assisting with external audits. Experience with ASC 606 for SaaS, consumption-based, and professional services arrangements, as well as internal controls and SOX/ICFR, is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own complex revenue technical positions for AI-native companies, focusing on high-impact revenue recognition projects that elevate our accounting and reporting capabilities
  2. Analyze and implement accounting treatment for complex revenue transactions, including non-standard revenue contracts, modifications, new product offerings, credit-based pricing, and usage-based models
  3. Review complex revenue arrangements to identify key terms and conditions that impact revenue recognition, deploying scalable accounting for these transactions
  4. Design and implement systems and processes to automate revenue recognition in alignment with revenue recognition policies and objectives
  5. Partner with the Deal Desk, Go-to-Market, and Strategic Finance teams to standardize and automate deal approvals, optimizing revenue recognition while supporting sales initiatives

Skills

Required

  • 6+ years of experience in ASC 606 for SaaS, consumption-based, and professional services arrangements
  • 6+ years of experience in internal controls, SOX/ICFR, audit, financial process risk, or financial operations within high-growth, tech, or SaaS environments
  • Proven experience advising Product and GTM teams on revenue recognition implications
  • Strong contract review experience with multi-element arrangements, milestone-based SOWs, and credit/usage models
  • Familiarity with order-to-cash workflows and revenue automation tools (e.g., NetSuite ARM, etc)
  • Expert knowledge of consumption-based and subscription billing models with experience in complex pricing structures
  • Proactive, solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving in fast-paced, dynamic environments

What the JD emphasized

  • ASC 606 for SaaS, consumption-based, and professional services arrangements
  • internal controls, SOX/ICFR, audit, financial process risk, or financial operations within high-growth, tech, or SaaS environments
  • contract review experience with multi-element arrangements, milestone-based SOWs, and credit/usage models
  • consumption-based and subscription billing models with experience in complex pricing structures