Product Manager – Revenue Accounting / Finance Systems

Job at a Glance

• Title: Product Manager – Revenue Accounting / Finance Systems
• Location: Glendale, CA (Onsite 4 days a week, 1 day remote)
• Contract: W2 only, 12 month contract with potential for extension or conversion to full time with either the client or CEI
• Pay: $70-80 /hour + optional medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match

Overview

The Product Manager – Revenue Accounting Solutions role supports revenue accounting and intellectual property management initiatives tied to global licensing contracts. This position partners closely with finance and controllership stakeholders to develop scalable, repeatable solutions that improve business value, support project delivery, and evaluate forward-thinking business and technical opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Follow established demand management and governance processes to engage global business partners on requirements gathering and request prioritization
• Develop business analysis deliverables, including but not limited to, workflows and process models, detailed business requirements, use cases, business rules, release notes, change management documentation, project approval requests, etc.
• Conduct reviews and obtain consensus on requirements with global business users as well as with internal application teams
• Partner with the project delivery team to assess technical feasibility and obtain estimates for backlog items
• Review design documents and obtain regional consensus and user approvals
• Manage blockers and impediments to the release plan
• Identify and mitigate project risks
• Demonstrate knowledge and mastery of Agile project methodology and change management principles
• Develop and maintain project plans to track milestones and detailed tasks and drive the implementation of projects
• Write and communicate project status including, but not limited to weekly project status reports
• Manage resource allocations across projects
• Oversee planning, organization, coordination, and execution of quality assurance activities
• Create test strategy, test scenarios, and produce and execute test scripts for new applications and enhancements
• Conduct functional, integration and user acceptance testing for new applications and enhancements to existing applications
• Ensure a stable and predictable operating environment for the user community, which includes proper problem identification, timely escalation and resolution, and thorough testing of software changes
• Lead analysis efforts to resolve day-to-day production issues which are escalated from Level 1/Level 2 Support Teams
• Demonstrate strong working knowledge of accounting, finance and IT standards
• Demonstrates an advanced level of knowledge of the concepts, capabilities, and integration of relational databases and packaged software
• Assists in the management of lower level team member performance by providing leadership and direction, setting clear expectations and communicating feedback regularly

Required Skills

• 8+ years in business systems analysis with at least 5 years of experience with large scale and complex systems
• Understanding of Licensing and Consumer Products industry with demonstrated domain experience in Revenue Accounting, Finance and Contract Management Systems including, but not limited to contract processes and practices, licensee royalty statement submission processes, royalty and revenue transaction processing
• Knowledge of KPIs and terms to support reporting for Revenue Accounting, Contract Management, Legal, and Category Management business partners
• Experience with MicroStrategy reporting or equivalent reporting system
• Excellent communication, collaboration and client engagement skills
• Excellent analytical, trouble shooting and problem solving skills with attention to detail
• Ability to lead cross-team projects
• Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project, Visio, Google Docs, SharePoint, Jira

Required Education

• BA in Comp Sci, IS, Eng, Finance, Accounting, etc.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with highly integrated accounting applications, including interfaces to SAP, forecasting, data warehouses, master data management, and product master is desirable
• 5+ years of Project Management experience on complex level projects is desirable
• Scrum Master and Agile certification is preferred
• MBA or other advanced degree
• Onsite 4 days a week (flexible), subject to change

Why Should I Apply?

This is a strong opportunity to work on high-impact finance and revenue accounting solutions with broad business visibility and global stakeholder engagement. Apply if you want to help shape scalable systems, drive delivery, and influence meaningful business outcomes.

About CEI:

As a trusted technology partner, CEI delivers solutions that help our customers transform their business and achieve meaningful results. From strategy and custom application development through application management - our technology and digital experience services are tailored to meet each unique need of our customers. Our staffing solutions bring specialized skills to complement our customers'' workforce and project requirements.

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