Staff Accountant

About the Company and Role HousingWire is the most trusted source for news, data, and insights in the housing market. Through its media, data, events, and performance intelligence platforms, HousingWire helps housing professionals make better decisions, faster. This role sits within the Finance function and supports the accounts receivable and monthly close cycle for HousingWire's advertising, sponsorship, and subscription revenue streams. The Staff Accountant owns day-to-day AR activity, payment application, invoicing, and revenue reconciliation, and prepares proposed month-end entries for review and posting by the Accounting Supervisor. What You'll Do Accounts Receivable, Collections & Invoicing Drive collections follow-ups across multiple business lines and revenue streams; keep AR aging notes current and escalate past-due accounts per policy. Apply incoming payments (checks, ACH, wire transfers) accurately and timely to the correct customer accounts; resolve short payments, mismatches, and unapplied cash. Prepare and send invoices — including prebills, renewals, and affiliate content invoices — in Bill.com; coordinate invoice timing with revenue schedules. Reconciliations & Close Support Perform revenue reconciliation (unearned and unbilled) against invoicing to prevent overbilling or underbilling for prepaid and installment customers; update schedules and propose adjustments. Prepare proposed month-end entries — revenue recognition, accruals, deferrals, intercomp