Commissions Bookkeeper
Remote
Part Time
Revenue Assurance
Mid Level
Forge is hiring a part-time Commissions Bookkeeper in a fully remote role. Total monthly hours average 10-15 hours per month but could increase on occasion. The rate is $22 - $28/hr based on experience.
This role requires hours and availability during:
This role is ideal for candidates with prior accounting support roles or bookkeeping experience. Candidates with experience in the telecom indirect sales channel is highly beneficial but not required.
JOB TITLE: Commissions Bookkeeper (Part-Time)
REPORTS TO: Director, Revenue Operations
JOB SUMMARY:
The Commissions Bookkeeper is a part-time role supporting the Revenue Assurance team. This role produces the commission data that accounting closes on and does not perform general ledger entry or close the books. Deliverables are due on a fixed monthly schedule tied to close.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
ForgeOS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
This role requires hours and availability during:
- the first 6 business days of the month (2/3 of the total work is due)
- mid-month around the 14th and 15th
- the last 3 business days of the month
This role is ideal for candidates with prior accounting support roles or bookkeeping experience. Candidates with experience in the telecom indirect sales channel is highly beneficial but not required.
JOB TITLE: Commissions Bookkeeper (Part-Time)
REPORTS TO: Director, Revenue Operations
JOB SUMMARY:
The Commissions Bookkeeper is a part-time role supporting the Revenue Assurance team. This role produces the commission data that accounting closes on and does not perform general ledger entry or close the books. Deliverables are due on a fixed monthly schedule tied to close.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND 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 Duties: Other projects and assignments as needed. Carrier commission analysis and dispute submission may be added to this engagement by mutual agreement, adding approximately four hours per month.
- 1-2 years of bookkeeping or accounting support experience, including month-end close work, required.
- Account reconciliation skill, specifically the ability to tie two totals together, identify when they do not match, and work backward to determine why, required.
- QuickBooks proficiency, required.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, including navigating and filtering large data sets, VLOOKUP, and Pivot Tables, required.
- Demonstrated accuracy handling payment data, required. These reports determine payment amounts to partners, sub-agents, and sales representatives.
- Willingness to perform recurring processes within an AI assistant (Claude), required. Training on each documented process is provided; prior experience with Claude or comparable tools is not required.
- Ability to work independently against a fixed monthly deadline with limited oversight, required.
- Discretion handling confidential commission, partner, and compensation data, required.
- Experience with a commission management platform is preferred, but not required.
- Telecom or channel commissions experience is preferred, but not required.
- This engagement requires availability during the first six business days of each month, when approximately two thirds of the monthly workload is due.
- This engagement also requires availability mid-month, around the 14th and 15th, and during 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.
ForgeOS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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