Staff Accountant, Billing & GL

About the role

Ampersand Brands is a growing portfolio of beloved confectionery brands, including Hammond’s Candies, the iconic hand-crafted candy maker, and Lolli & Pops, a premium retail and gifting brand with a national presence. You will own billing and the general ledger for our Denver candy manufacturing and wholesale business, ensuring invoices go out clean and on time, and the books are accurate, reconciled, and closed on schedule. This is a hands-on role with no direct reports, reporting to the Corporate Controller.

Responsibilities

• Own wholesale billing end-to-end: issue invoices, resolve discrepancies, and keep the cycle on schedule.
• Maintain the general ledger: journal entries, chart of accounts, and ensure the ledger stays close-ready.
• Handle cash receipts and trade AR reconciliation.
• Perform account reconciliations and variance analysis, identifying issues before close.
• Run recurring reports the business needs, such as post-billing and AR reporting.
• Provide external audit support from the company side.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting.
• 2+ years of hands-on billing and general ledger experience, or full-cycle accounting.
• Experience running billing and booking entries independently.
• Strong reconciliation and month-end cutoff discipline, especially under tight deadlines.
• Drive to grow into owning the full close process.
• Manufacturing, wholesale, food, or CPG experience is a plus.

Skills

• Proficiency with Sage 100 (MAS 90 / MAS 200) is a strong plus.
• Experience with other mid-market ERP systems is transferable.

Pay

72,000 - 85,000 USD per year (Corporate or Remote).