Corporate Accountant Business Partner

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 Employment Type: Full-time, salaried, exempt Bargaining Unit Status: Non-union Incentive Eligibility: Not commission or incentive eligible; see Compensation Travel: Minimal -- occasional travel to branch offices About Columbia Safety Services 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, ID 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.

Why This Role Exists 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.