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Senior Accounting Manager

Inhabit

Inhabit

Accounting & Finance
Knoxville, TN, USA
Posted on Nov 1, 2025

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US TN IIQ 001 Knoxville TN Office - Knoxville, TN

Description

About Inhabit

Inhabit operates a unique collective of tech-forward companies serving the residential, commercial, and short-term rental industries. Our team members deliver best-in-class software solutions and services while fostering innovation and collaboration with business leaders and industry experts. Inhabit believes that property managers are central to the success of the residential and short-term rental markets and delivers products built to empower them, their investors, and communities. Come help build the company you want to Inhabit. To learn more, visit inhabit.com.

About RentalGuardian

A part of the Inhabit family of companies, RentalGuardian® is an innovative insure-tech company experiencing rapid growth in one of the most exciting and opportunity laden industries, the short-term vacation rentals marketplace. Targeting property managers servicing over 2.4 million vacation rental listings and over 785,000 hosts, RentalGuardian specializes in powering travel insurance and damage-liability protection programs benefiting property managers, vacation rental owners, and travelers.

Job Description

As a Senior Accounting Manager at RentalGuardian, you will play a critical role in supporting our financial operations and corporate finance initiatives. You will be responsible for preparing, analyzing, and submitting key financial data, assisting with complex reconciliations, supporting the month-end close process, and ensuring data accuracy across various internal and external financial workflows. This position requires a detail-oriented, analytical professional with strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams including Client Services, Corporate Finance, and external affiliates.

Functions and Responsibilities

  • BDX Preparation & Payments: Prepare and review BDX financial data and submit payments; coordinate with Corporate Finance to finalize transactions.
  • Claims Support: Organize and validate Claims Reports and set up payment submissions for Corporate Finance review and processing.
  • Elevated Ticket Resolution: Conduct in-depth research on escalated tickets with financial implications and provide resolution support to internal teams and external partners.
  • Products: Provide guidance on testing, analysis, troubleshooting and department impacts as new products and partnerships begin and are launched.
  • Claims Accounting: Maintain and reconcile custom claim accounts including high-profile partnerships and specialized claim structures.
  • Inbound Check Handling: Process and document inbound checks, ensuring proper application to relevant accounts and communication with involved parties.
  • Support Budget & Forecasting: Assist the corporate finance team with forecasting, including analyzing variances in budget vs actual results.
  • Contribute to future automation and reporting improvements, including Power BI enhancements.
  • Affiliate Invoicing & Payments: Assist in reviewing and processing affiliate data for monthly invoice cycles and payment disbursements to affiliate partners.
  • Audit & Reviews: Play a lead role in fulfilling audit requirements, including annual accounting process reviews, ad-hoc audit requests, carrier audits (specifically BDX reports), and regulatory compliance reviews of premium data.
  • Projects and other duties as assigned to contribute to proactive accounting analyses.

Qualifications

What We're Looking For (Minimum qualifications)

  • 3+ years of experience in leading accounting, financial analysis, or related roles
  • Strong working knowledge of reconciliation processes
  • Demonstrated proficiency with Excel and exposure to financial reporting systems
  • Proven ability to manage reporting processes and deliver on tight deadlines
  • Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail
  • Experience supporting cross-functional finance projects and collaborating with external stakeholders
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to present financial data clearly and confidently
  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently and as part of a broader financial team

Education Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field required

Type

  • Full Time, Salaried, Exempt

Location

  • Hybrid (4 days in office 1 day work from home)
  • We have an in-office work style, with most team members working in the office from Monday to Thursday and remotely on Friday.

Benefits Include

  • Competitive Pay
  • Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Plans
  • Health Savings Accounts
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Dependent Flexible Spending Account
  • Critical Illness
  • Accident
  • Retirement Savings Plan (401K) with discretionary company match
  • Short and Long Term Disability
  • Company Paid $25,000.00 life insurance
  • Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Volunteer Time
  • Inhabit Employee Discount Programs

Our Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all federal, state, and local laws, including providing reasonable accommodations to applicants.