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Staff Accountant – Colorado Industrial Packaging (CIP)
Ascent CFO Solutions is retained by CIP to lead this search.
Location: Hybrid, Colorado Springs office (3 days in office, 2 days remote, after initial in-person onboarding)
Compensation: $65,000 – $75,000/year, salaried discretionary annual bonus
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports to: CEO and Fractional Controller
About the Role
Ascent CFO Solutions is partnering with Colorado Industrial Packaging (CIP) to hire a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support day-to-day accounting operations and take over for a retiring Staff Accountant of five years. This role is critical to maintaining accurate financial records, managing cash flow visibility, and supporting a clean, timely month-end close. You'll work closely with executive management with broad exposure across accounts receivable, accounts payable, and general ledger/operational accounting. This role offers a clear growth path to Controller over the next few years!
Key Responsibilities
Cash Application & Management
- Apply incoming cash receipts to open receivables and deposit checks timely
- Apply outgoing payments to AP and reconcile to banking records
- Support a banking institution transition, including ERP integration changes
- Lead weekly cash management reviews with executive leadership, drawing on aged AR/AP subledger reports
Accounts Payable
- Process vendor invoices (coding, approval, timely payment)
- Maintain organized AP records and review aged AP reports
- Reconcile credit card activity and integrate the credit card platform with the ERP
Vendor & Customer Management
- Set up new vendors/customers, including banking verification, W-9 collection, credit checks, and payment terms
- Serve as point of contact on outstanding balances
- Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and related account reconciliations
Month-End Close
- Prepare recurring journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations (including inventory)
- Record fixed asset depreciation and capitalize eligible assets
- Record expense accruals (commissions, rebates, payroll)
- Record bi-weekly payroll entries and support payroll system/ERP integration
- Support the broader close process, variance analysis, and chart of accounts maintenance
- Support annual audit requests
- Roll forward accounting files/ERP for new fiscal year
Qualifications
- Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience) 1–3 years in operational accounting (8 years of experience can substitute for the degree)
- Manufacturing industry experience is a plus
- Working knowledge of AR, AP, inventory, and GL accounting
- ERP/accounting software experience; strong Excel skills
- High attention to detail, organization, and discretion with sensitive financial/payroll data
- Comfortable managing multiple deadlines in a hybrid environment
What We Offer
- $65-75k discretionary annual bonus
- Hybrid schedule after onboarding (3 in-office / 2 remote) / can work in the Colorado Springs or Denver (Aurora) office
- Medical, dental, vision (after 30 days) HSA option
- 401(k) with 4% company match (after 30 days)
- 80 hours accrued PTO, 9 paid holidays 1 floating holiday (eligible after 60 days)
- Sick pay accrual (up to 48 hrs/year)
- Direct exposure to executive leadership with a path toward a Controllership role
Salary : $65,000 - $75,000