Senior Accountant

Alliance Markets & Vending; Auburn (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great company culture

Unlimited PTO

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Alliance Markets & Vending seeks a hands-on Senior Accountant to own the accounting cycle for 1–2 business units and work side-by-side with operators who run them. You will manage AR, AP, payroll reporting, and GL activity while ensuring accurate revenue reconciliation and inventory costing.

A strong GAAP foundation and excellent communication are essential. In a fast-moving, decentralized environment, you will drive month-end close, analyze variances, and support standardization as new

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 3–6+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Solid grounding in U.S. GAAP, month-end close, accruals, reconciliations, AP, AR, and GL accounting.

Responsibilities

• Own the full accounting cycle for 1–2 assigned business units, from daily transactional reporting through month-end close.
• Serve as the primary accounting contact for business unit operators and local staff.
• Manage AR, AP, cash reconciliations, payroll reporting, and general ledger activity.
• Reconcile revenue to cash deposits, credit card settlements, and other payment activity.
• Own month-end close: journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Monitor inventory accounting and COGS, reconcile inventory balances, and investigate discrepancies between accounting records, physical counts, and operational systems.
• Partner with operators to maintain the Vending Management System (VMS) and keep the underlying operational data clean, including product, route, and location-level information.
• Perform monthly trend and variance analysis, then work directly with operators to understand the operational drivers behind what you're seeing.
• Identify process gaps and support standardization as new businesses transition onto Alliance systems and reporting.

Skills

Accounting expertise

GAAP

Excel

Communication

Decentralized environment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

QuickBooks

ERP systems

VMS / inventory systems

Job description

About Alliance Markets & Vending

Alliance Markets & Vending ("AM&V" or "Alliance") is a private-equity-backed platform building a best in-class national network of vending, micro market, and office coffee & pantry businesses. Alliance partners with founder-led operators who lead their local markets and combines platform resources, capital, and shared best practices to accelerate growth and serve customers at scale. Backed by Shore Capital Partners and currently one of Shore's fastest-growing portfolio companies, Alliance is scaling rapidly through an active M&A pipeline, integration of acquired businesses, and continued investment in technology, data, and people.

About Shore Capital Partners

Shore Capital Partners is a Chicago- and Nashville-based microcap private equity firm focused on healthcare, food & beverage, business services, and industrial investments. With over $14 billion in assets under management and consistent recognition as a leading U.S. private equity firm by deal volume, Shore brings a world-class board, operating resources, and a network of 50+ portfolio companies and thousands of executives to support its platforms. Alliance Markets & Vending sits within Shore’s food & beverage vertical.

Why Alliance

• Great company culture!
• Unlimited PTO
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

About The Role

Own the numbers for a business you actually know.

Most senior accountant roles keep you at arm's length from the business. This one doesn't. You'll be the accounting partner for one or two Alliance business units, working side by side with the operators who run them, so you understand not just what the numbers say but why they moved.

What You'll Do

• Own the full accounting cycle for 1–2 assigned business units, from daily transactional reporting through month-end close
• Serve as the primary accounting contact for business unit operators and local staff
• Manage AR, AP, cash reconciliations, payroll reporting, and general ledger activity
• Reconcile revenue to cash deposits, credit card settlements, and other payment activity
• Own month-end close: journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• Monitor inventory accounting and COGS, reconcile inventory balances, and investigate discrepancies between accounting records, physical counts, and operational systems
• Partner with operators to maintain the Vending Management System (VMS) and keep the underlying operational data clean, including product, route, and location-level information
• Perform monthly trend and variance analysis, then work directly with operators to understand the operational drivers behind what you're seeing
• Identify process gaps and support standardization as new businesses transition onto Alliance systems and reporting

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 3–6+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally including full-cycle ownership
• Solid grounding in U.S. GAAP, month-end close, accruals, reconciliations, AP, AR, and GL accounting
• Strong Excel skills and real systems aptitude — you can trace how operational activity flows into the financials
• The instinct to chase an issue through to resolution rather than flag it and move on
• Clear communication with accounting colleagues and operations people alike
• Comfort working in a decentralized, fast-moving, multi-business environment

Nice to have

• Inventory accounting and cost of goods sold experience
• QuickBooks, ERP, or vending/inventory management systems