Staff Accountant, Billing & GL

Overview

This role involves managing billing and the general ledger for a Denver-based candy manufacturing and wholesale business. The position requires ensuring invoices are accurate and timely, maintaining precise and reconciled books, and closing the books on schedule. Reporting to the Corporate Controller, this hands-on role has no direct reports and offers potential growth into broader senior ownership of the wholesale and manufacturing close.

Responsibilities

• Manage wholesale billing end to end, including issuing invoices, resolving discrepancies, and maintaining the billing cycle schedule.
• Maintain the general ledger through journal entries, chart of accounts management, and keeping the ledger close-ready.
• Handle cash receipts and trade accounts receivable reconciliation.
• Perform account reconciliations and variance analysis, identifying issues before month-end close.
• Generate recurring business reports such as post-billing and accounts receivable reports.
• Provide support for external audits from the company side.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting.
• Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in billing and general ledger management or full-cycle accounting.
• Proven ability to run billing processes and book accounting entries independently.
• Strong discipline in reconciliation and month-end cutoff under tight closing schedules.
• Motivation to grow into full ownership of the month-end close process.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, wholesale, food, or consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries.
• Familiarity with Sage 100 (MAS 90 / MAS 200) or other mid-market ERP systems.

Compensation

• Salary range: $72,000 - $85,000 USD per year (Corporate or Remote).

Location

• Denver, Colorado (with remote work option available).