Senior Accountant, Franchise Billing

Position Summary

Lead and oversee franchise billing and accounting activities across multiple property portfolios, with responsibility for revenue-related journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, maintaining billing allocations and codes, and continuous process improvements within assigned deadlines.

Job Details

Work Setup: Work from home

Shift/Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time

Holidays: U.S. corporate holiday calendar

Responsibilities

Review monthly franchise billing invoices in accordance with contract terms, amendments and assigned billing schedules. Review billing allocations, general ledger coding, franchise invoicing inputs and associated distributions. Prepare and post general ledger journal entries, accruals, month-end adjustments and related balance sheet reconciliations. Support franchise billing inquiries, accounting research, aging review and coordination with Franchise AR. Assist with multi-entity or international billing workflows, where assigned, ensuring transactions match contractual requirements. Maintain organized billing templates, workbooks and master documentation for contract changes, codes and invoice updates. Support internal controls, audit requests, accounting analysis and monthly reporting for assigned franchises. Participate in standardization and billing-process improvements and provide informal technical guidance to colleagues as needed. Attend monthly onboard meetings with stakeholders withing the organization to review current month’s billing changes and requirements. Maintain communication and collaboration with team members and applicable stakeholders including legal for contract language and interpretation. Qualifications

At least 3 years of combined experience in billing, revenue accounting or general accounting with recurring billing responsibility. Experience preparing or reviewing journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations and accounting/reporting workpapers. Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and strong Microsoft application experience including Excel skills for billing, financial analysis and large datasets. Strong attention to detail, critical forward thinking, contract interpretation, communication and ownership of recurring billing processes. Nice to Have

Accounting degree with three or more years of high-volume, multi-entity or franchise-agreement billing experience. At least 2 years of corporate general accounting and financial reporting in a multi-entity business. Familiarity with Yardi or a comparable accounting system, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), Power BI, franchise revenue allocations, and multi-brand or international billing. Experience performing month-over-month financial analysis, identifying trends and variances, and investigating significant fluctuations.