About Us
5x5 Telecom delivers enterprise internet, VoIP, and managed services to businesses that can't afford downtime. We're the only carrier with redundancy at all on-net projects, and our installations typically take 1–2 days rather than weeks. We're now bringing our accounting and bookkeeping functions in-house, and we're hiring the person who will own them.
The Role
You will own 5x5's day-to-day accounting and billing: AP, AR, collections, general ledger, reconciliations, customer account setup in our telecom billing platform, and the monthly close. You'll maintain GAAP-compliant, accrual-basis books, produce monthly financial statements and supporting schedules, and reconcile the billing platform to the GL.
You'll also spend a meaningful part of every day on the phone. Customers and vendors will call you about invoices, balances, credits, disputes, and payment status — and you'll call them to chase missing documentation, resolve discrepancies, and collect past-due balances. We need someone who is good at this and genuinely likes it.
Two things this job is not. It isn't a back-office role where you work exclusively in spreadsheets; external communication is central, not incidental. And it isn't a management role where you delegate the detail work. This is a hands-on individual contributor position for someone equally comfortable booking an accrual, explaining a surcharge to a customer's office manager, and calling a vendor's AR department to sort out a duplicate charge.
What You'll Own
Monthly close and general accounting
Run the complete monthly close independently — journal entries, adjustments, accruals, and cutoff accuracy across prepayments, deferred revenue, fixed assets, depreciation, payroll, and commissions
Reconcile all material balance-sheet accounts monthly (bank, credit card, merchant processing, loans, payroll), and resolve differences rather than carrying them
Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting schedules for management
Maintain the chart of accounts, documentation, and a clean audit trail
Flag unusual transactions, control gaps, and financial risks early
Support our outside CPA, tax preparers, auditors, and lenders
Billing, AR, and collections
Set up new customer accounts in the telecom billing platform — entities, addresses, billing contacts, terms, tax status, service dates, recurring and one-time charges, discounts, and surcharges — accurately and before the first invoice goes out
Process service changes, upgrades, downgrades, moves, renewals, and cancellations
Issue invoices, apply payments and credits, and reconcile the billing platform to the GL
Review billing data for missed charges, wrong rates, unauthorized discounts, and other revenue leakage
Monitor AR aging and pursue past-due balances professionally and persistently
Research disputes, unapplied and partial payments, and account discrepancies through to resolution
Report to management on aging, collections, and material account issues
AP and vendor management
Receive, code, verify, and enter vendor invoices; confirm approvals and correct period
Schedule and process payments; maintain vendor records, W-9s, and documentation
Reconcile vendor statements and chase missing invoices, credits, and incorrect balances
Monitor recurring charges for unexpected increases, duplicate services, and billing errors
Prepare month-end AP accruals and assist with annual 1099s
Customer finance support
Be the person customers reach for invoice, balance, payment, credit, and autopay questions — by phone and email
Investigate billing concerns end to end instead of handing them off
Coordinate with sales, implementation, operations, and support to confirm billing matches what was sold and delivered
Stay patient and solution-oriented in difficult conversations
Identify recurring sources of customer confusion and fix the underlying invoice or process
Process and controls
Write and maintain SOPs for recurring accounting and billing processes, plus a monthly close checklist
Maintain controls over invoice approval, payments, refunds, credits, and account changes
Protect confidential company, customer, employee, and banking information
Build processes that scale as we grow
Required Qualifications
5+ years of progressively responsible accounting, senior accounting, or full-charge bookkeeping experience
Demonstrated ability to run a complete monthly close independently, without an outside CPA catching routine errors
Strong working knowledge of GAAP and accrual-basis accounting, including period cutoff judgment
Hands-on experience across AP, AR, GL, close, accruals, reconciliations, financial-statement prep, customer billing, collections, and vendor management
Ability to research a discrepancy and determine the right resolution on your own
Strong spreadsheet skills — formulas, lookups, pivot tables, reconciliation work
QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or comparable
Proven experience communicating directly with customers and vendors about invoices, balances, and disputes, and real confidence on the phone
Ability to explain accounting and billing clearly to non-accountants
Strong organization, attention to detail, and follow-through across competing deadlines
Integrity and discretion with confidential financial information
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
Recurring-revenue or contract-based billing experience — telecom, managed services, or SaaS — including prorations, service changes, credits, and cancellations
Experience reconciling an operational billing platform or subledger to the GL
Experience at a small or growing company where the accountant is both senior and hands-on
Familiarity with sales tax, telecom taxes, and regulatory fees
Experience with system integrations, migrations, or cleanup projects
Experience preparing schedules for outside CPAs, reviews, or audits
Experience writing accounting and billing SOPs
CPA or public-accounting background welcome, not required
Who Thrives Here
You take ownership instead of waiting to be reminded. You know a reconciliation isn't done until the difference is explained, and you know the difference between entering transactions and maintaining books. You'd rather pick up the phone than trade five emails. You build real relationships with vendor reps and customer accounting contacts, and you're energized — not drained — by helping someone understand their bill. You document what you do instead of keeping it in your head. And you move comfortably between detailed accounting work and external conversations all day long.
Company Description
At 5x5 Telecom, you won’t just have a job, you’ll make a real impact. We’re fast, innovative, and driven to push the telecom industry forward. Our team is tight-knit, performance-driven, and focused on results. If you want to grow your career while working on meaningful infrastructure, this is the place to do it.