Staff Accountant

HW media • Dallas, TX

6d

About The Position

The Staff Accountant is part of HousingWire’s Finance function and supports accounts receivable and the monthly close cycle for advertising, sponsorship, and subscription revenue. The role owns day-to-day accounts receivable activity, payment application, invoicing, and revenue reconciliation, and prepares proposed month-end entries for review and posting by the Accounting Supervisor.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of accounting or bookkeeping experience, including direct experience in accounts receivable, general ledger, and revenue support.
• Strong working knowledge of debits and credits, accruals, and revenue recognition basics.
• Intermediate Excel skills, including filters, lookups, and pivot tables.
• High attention to detail.
• Clear communication with internal teams and external clients, and the ability to surface issues early.

Nice To Haves

• Professional collections communication experience in a B2B environment.
• Background in media, advertising, events, subscriptions, or SaaS.

Responsibilities

• Drive collections follow-ups across multiple business lines and revenue streams, keep AR aging notes current, and escalate past-due accounts according to policy.
• Apply checks, ACH, and wire payments accurately and promptly to customer accounts; resolve short payments, mismatches, and unapplied cash.
• Prepare and send prebills, renewals, and affiliate content invoices in Bill.com, coordinating invoice timing with revenue schedules.
• Reconcile unearned and unbilled revenue against invoicing to prevent overbilling or underbilling for prepaid and installment customers; update schedules and propose adjustments.
• Prepare proposed month-end revenue recognition, accrual, deferral, intercompany due to/from, and expense reimbursement entries in spreadsheets for Accounting Supervisor review and posting.
• Support periodic reviews of transaction and account classifications and identify categories to add, consolidate, or retire as the business evolves.
• Sync and classify corporate card transactions, ensure expense submissions comply with company policy, escalate missing receipts, and maintain current transaction records for review and reconciliation.
• Maintain close checklists, reconciliation reports, standard operating procedures, and audit-ready backup.
• Partner with internal teams to resolve billing and collections issues.
• Follow internal controls and US GAAP.

Benefits

• 401(k) with employer match.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, and ancillary insurance options.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid parental leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed