Temporary Staff Accountant

Indagare; New York (NY); Remote; USD 40,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Indagare is seeking a Senior Accountant/Accounts Receivable to support day-to-day accounting operations from a fully remote, U.S.-based position. The role emphasizes payment application, account reconciliations, revenue recognition, and month-end close.

You will report to the VP of Accounting Operations and collaborate with the Senior Accountants and Collections Specialist to resolve discrepancies and provide timely information to customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience; 5+ years for Senior Accountant level.
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Experience with accounting ERP systems; NetSuite preferred.
• Salesforce experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile and record payments from Bank of America, Stripe, and PayPal.
• Research payments to ensure proper trip identification and application.
• Collaborate with Collections Specialist to resolve discrepancies and provide payment info to customers.
• Invoice advertising contracts and record related payments and deposits.
• Research aged unidentified receipts and determine appropriate treatment.
• Perform weekly and monthly touring trip reconciliations and prepare month-end touring accrual and revenue recognition entries.
• Reconcile monthly activity for Insider Journey group trips and Global Classroom programs and prepare revenue recognition entries.
• Review weekly membership refund requests.
• Reconcile Accounts Receivable and the AR allowance adjustment.
• Reconcile the Undeposited Funds account and assist with monthly bank reconciliations.
• Assist with daily supplier wire payments and prepare monthly PPA documentation.

Skills

General ledger accounting

Month-end close

Revenue recognition

AR & payment application

ERP systems

NetSuite

Salesforce

Communication

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

NetSuite

Salesforce

Job description

Position Overview

Working closely with the VP of Accounting Operations, Senior Accountants, and Collections Specialist, this role will support day-to-day accounting operations with an emphasis on payment application, account reconciliations, revenue recognition, and month-end close.

Position Overview

Working closely with the VP of Accounting Operations, Senior Accountants, and Collections Specialist, this role will support day-to-day accounting operations with an emphasis on payment application, account reconciliations, revenue recognition, and month-end close.

This is a fully remote, U.S. based position with an hourly rate of $35/hour. You will report to VP of Accounting Operations.

Accounts Receivable & Payment Application

• Reconcile and record commission, member, and advertising payments received through Bank of America, Stripe, and PayPal.
• Research payments paid via TACS and ONYX to ensure proper trip identification and application.
• Partner with the Collections Specialist to research payments, resolve discrepancies, and provide payment-related information to customers as needed.
• Invoice advertising contracts and record related payments and deposits for the Adored Collection and Sales Summit.
• Research aged unidentified receipts and balances across bank accounts and determine appropriate application, refund, or write-off treatment.

General Accounting & Month-End Close

• Perform weekly and monthly touring trip reconciliations and prepare month-end touring accrual and revenue recognition entries.
• Reconcile monthly activity related to Insider Journey group trips and Global Classroom virtual programs and prepare related revenue recognition entries.
• Review weekly membership refund requests.
• Reconcile Accounts Receivable and calculate and record the monthly AR allowance adjustment.
• Reconcile the Undeposited Funds account.
• Assist with monthly bank reconciliations.
• Assist with the review and entry of daily supplier wire payments as needed.
• Prepare monthly prior-period adjustment (PPA) documentation as needed.

Communication & Cross-Functional Support

• Send weekly third-party commission payment reports (TACS and ONYX) to the Bookings team to obtain trip information needed for payment application.
• Monitor the Payment Application Slack channel and respond to incoming questions.
• Post payments received for the Adored Collection and Sales Summit through the Industry Partnership Slack channel and respond to related questions or receipt requests.
• Send the monthly Pending TC Payments & Refunds report to the Bookings team to identify outstanding transactions requiring month-end accruals.
• Work cross-functionally with Accounting, Bookings, Operations and other internal teams to research and resolve transaction and reconciliation issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience; 5+ years preferred for Senior Accountant-level candidates.
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Strong understanding of accrual accounting and revenue recognition.
• Experience researching and resolving complex accounting transactions and reconciliation differences.
• Experience with accounting or ERP systems; NetSuite experience is strongly preferred but not required.
• Salesforce experience is a plus.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize competing deadlines.
• Strong, proactive communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn new processes quickly and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Collaborative team player with the ability to work cross-functionally.