Senior Corporate Accountant

Position: Corporate Accountant Business Partner

Company: Columbia Safety Services, LLC

Location: Seattle, WA — in-office during training, then hybrid with up to two days per week remote

Reports To: Controller

Bargaining Unit Status: Non-union

Incentive Eligibility: Not commission or incentive eligible; see Compensation

Travel: Minimal — occasional travel to branch offices

Columbia Safety Services is the corporate support team for a growing group of fire and life safety businesses across the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West:

• Columbia Fire, LLC — Seattle, WA
• Valley Fire Control, LLC — Albany and Newport, OR + Spokane, WA
• FFF Protection — Greater Boise, with an office in Nampa,

Our companies design, install, inspect, and service fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, suppression systems, portable extinguishers, and the life safety equipment that protects people and property. Columbia Fire has served the Seattle market since 2005. We are a multi-state regional company growing both organically and through acquisition, and we are building efficient, scalable financial operations as we expand.

Our core values guide how we operate:
Customer First, Grit, Effective Communication, Own the Outcome, Take Pride in the Work, and Do the Right Thing.

We run AP, payroll-related accounting, sales tax filings, business licensing, vehicle and fleet compliance, and month-end close for multiple companies across three states, and that work sits with a small corporate accounting team that is stretched thin. AP payment runs, certified payroll filings, bank reconciliations, sales tax returns, license renewals, and month-end close all land on the same few desks.

That does not hold as we keep acquiring companies. Every acquisition adds a vendor list, a payroll register, a set of business licenses, a fleet to track, and another general ledger to reconcile.

This seat exists to take real ownership of the accounting operations that keep the corporate team ahead of the business instead of catching up to it.

This is a hands-on corporate accounting role with real ownership across several distinct functions, not a narrow, single-task seat.

You will process AP payments, own payroll-related accounting entries, file sales tax returns, manage business license renewals, keep our vehicle and fleet records compliant, and support month-end close. In a multi-entity company our size, these functions touch constantly, and someone who can hold all of them well is more valuable than several people who each own one narrow piece.

You will report to the Controller, work closely with the accounting team, and have real influence over how these processes get built as we scale.

• Process vendor invoices and code them to the correct entity, general ledger account, and department
• Prepare and execute AP payment runs (checks, ACH, and wires) in accordance with approval controls
• Maintain vendor records and resolve vendor inquiries and statement discrepancies
• Review company credit card transactions, code expenses, and follow up on missing receipts and coding discrepancies

• Provide backup support for payroll processing, including reviewing employee changes, deductions, and payroll audits
• Assist with weekly certified payroll filings
• Prepare and post payroll-related journal entries, including accruals, tax liabilities, and benefit with holdings
• Reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts
• Prepare and file monthly and quarterly city and state sales tax returns
• Manage business license renewals and regulatory compliance across all operating jurisdictions
• Track filing and renewal deadlines and respond to notices from…