Senior Cost Accountant

• 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 role

We are hiring a Senior Accountant to own cost accounting, inventory valuation, audit readiness, and process improvement for a growing manufacturing and wholesale business. You will sit at the center of the numbers: standard costs, BOM and labor, inventory valuation, margin analysis, and the metrics leadership runs the company on. This is a build-and-improve seat. We want someone who treats a recurring, manual, or error-prone process as something to fix permanently.

Your first rock (first 30-day priority): partner with operations and systems to automate the order-to-fulfillment-to-billing process, tightening the flow from order entry through fulfillment to accurate, on-time invoicing.

What you will own

• Process improvement across cost, inventory, and order-to-cash: standardize, document, and automate to remove manual effort and error.
• Standard costing and inventory valuation, including BOM accuracy, labor and overhead absorption, and variance analysis (PPV, usage, yield).
• Margin and gross-profit reporting by product, channel, and customer.
• Wholesale pricing analysis and manufacturing cost analysis to support pricing and margin decisions.
• Fixed assets, lease schedules, and related roll-forwards.
• External audits and exams (annual financial and other third-party): you build the support and keep us audit-ready year-round.
• Inventory controls, cycle counts, and reserve analysis for slow-turn and dead stock.
• Weekly scorecard inputs and month-end variance commentary that gives operators a clear read on the business.

What you bring

• 2 years of progressive accounting experience, including a manufacturing or wholesale environment.
• Public accounting audit experience highly preferred (Big 4 or regional firm).
• Hands-on standard costing and inventory accounting expertise.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and the judgment to apply it in a mid-market, resource-lean setting.
• Advanced Excel and ERP experience required. Sage highly preferred.
• CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Master’s a plus.

Who thrives here

You are technically strong and hands-on. You roll up your sleeves and do the work, from the detailed reconciliation to the pricing model. You are organized, direct, and self-directed. You close fast and clean, you document as you go, and you would rather fix the root cause than reconcile the same variance every month. You are comfortable in a company that runs on EOS and expects clear ownership, measurable results, and traction on the vital few priorities.