Staff Accountant, Billing & GL in Kansas City, Missouri at Ampersand Brands, LLC

About Us

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. The company is backed by strong growth ambitions, combining innovation, brand storytelling, and operational excellence to expand its reach and solidify its position as a leading player in the U.S. confections industry.

The seat

You own billing and the general ledger for our Denver candy manufacturing and wholesale business. Invoices go out clean and on time, and the books are accurate, reconciled, and closed on schedule. You own both. This is a hands-on seat with no direct reports, reporting to the Corporate Controller. Deliver on billing and the GL and the scope grows: the wholesale and manufacturing close, then broader senior ownership.

What you own

• Wholesale billing end to end: issue invoices, resolve discrepancies, keep the cycle on schedule.

• The general ledger: journal entries, chart of accounts, a ledger that stays close-ready.

• Cash receipts and trade AR reconciliation.

• Account reconciliations and variance analysis, with issues caught before close.

• Run the recurring reports the business needs, such as post-billing and AR reporting.

• External audit support from the company side.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in accounting.

• 2+ years of hands-on billing and GL, or full-cycle accounting. You have run billing and booked the entries yourself.

• Reconciliation and month-end cutoff discipline that holds under a tight close.

• The drive to grow into owning the full close.

• Manufacturing, wholesale, food, or CPG experience is a plus.

Systems

• Sage 100 (MAS 90 / MAS 200) is a strong plus. Other mid-market ERP transfers.