Commissions Bookkeeper

Overview

This is a part-time, fully remote Commissions Bookkeeper role with average monthly hours of 10–15 hours per month, which could increase on occasion.

Pay rate: $22–$28/hr (based on experience).

Required availability

Hours and availability are needed during:

• The first 6 business days of each month (approximately 2/3 of the monthly workload is due)
• Mid-month around the 14th and 15th
• The last 3 business days of the month

Job summary

This role supports the Revenue Assurance team by producing commission data that accounting uses for close. The role does not perform general ledger entry or complete the books. Deliverables follow a fixed monthly schedule tied to close.

Responsibilities

• Import monthly commission reports from carriers and distributors into the commission management platform as reports become available.
• Prepare recurring monthly reports for accounting and internal report owners, assembling each from data exports across multiple systems per documented format.
• Maintain account and sales representative assignments in the commission management platform so commissions route accurately.
• Prepare monthly billing and commission revenue reports for accounting.
• Produce monthly payment summaries identifying payment recipients and amounts.
• Reconcile payment totals in the accounting system against payment totals on the commission reports and confirm they agree.
• Investigate variances when totals do not tie and identify the cause.
• Prepare revenue allocation breakdowns by revenue source for accounting.
• Retrieve and file monthly carrier commission reports to the designated shared locations.
• Other projects and assignments as needed.
  • Carrier commission analysis and dispute submission may be added by mutual agreement, adding approximately four hours per month.

Requirements

• 1–2 years of bookkeeping or accounting support experience, including month-end close work (required).
• Account reconciliation skills, including the ability to tie two totals together, identify when they do not match, and work backward to determine why (required).
• QuickBooks proficiency (required).
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including navigating and filtering large data sets, VLOOKUP, and Pivot Tables (required).
• Demonstrated accuracy handling payment data used to determine payment amounts to partners, sub-agents, and sales representatives (required).
• Willingness to perform recurring processes within an AI assistant (Claude); training on each documented process is provided (prior experience with Claude or comparable tools is not required) (required).
• Ability to work independently against a fixed monthly deadline with limited oversight (required).
• Discretion handling confidential commission, partner, and compensation data (required).
• Availability during:
  • the first six business days of each month,
  • mid-month around the 14th and 15th,
  • and the last three business days of the month.
• Monthly hours vary with commission volume and may exceed the stated range in higher-volume months.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English proficiently.
• Background check and professional references required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a commission management platform (preferred, but not required).
• Telecom or channel commissions experience (preferred, but not required).

Compensation & Benefits

• Hourly rate: $22–$28/hr (based on experience).
• Part-time, fully remote.

Location

• Fully remote.