Staff Accountant - OPEX

StevenDouglas; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

StevenDouglas has partnered with an eCommerce/retail client on a Staff Accountant-OPEX role to join their accounting team. This role focuses on operating expenses, including classification, accruals, reconciliations, and departmental spend analysis.

As the company scales, you will gain exposure to month-end close, financial analysis, cross-functional operations, and audits. This is ideal for someone with 1–3 years of accounting experience and solid GAAP knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 1–3 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP.
• Experience with journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close activities.
• Strong Excel skills and attention to detail.
• Experience working with ERP or accounting software (NetSuite a plus).

Responsibilities

• Review and record operating expenses to ensure transactions are accurately coded, classified, and assigned to the appropriate department
• Prepare and post routine journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, amortization, and recurring expenses
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes by completing assigned OPEX-related activities accurately and on schedule
• Reconcile operating expense general ledger accounts and research discrepancies or unusual activity
• Review AP invoices and vendor expenses for appropriate account coding, departmental allocation, and supporting documentation
• Prepare monthly accruals for expenses incurred but not yet invoiced
• Maintain and reconcile prepaid expense schedules and supporting documentation
• Analyze departmental spending and assist with budget-to-actual and period-over-period variance analysis
• Prepare OPEX reports, schedules, and supporting workpapers for management review
• Assist with corporate card and employee expense reconciliation
• Partner with Accounts Payable, Payroll, HR, Procurement, and department managers to resolve expense-related questions and discrepancies
• Monitor recurring expenses and identify unusual or unexpected changes in vendor and departmental spending
• Assist with maintaining accurate accounting documentation and supporting schedules
• Identify opportunities to improve expense coding, reporting, reconciliation, and accounting processes
• Support audits, special projects, and other accounting initiatives as assigned

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Collaboration across teams

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

NetSuite

ERP systems

Job description

StevenDouglas has partnered with an eCommerce/retail client on a Staff Accountant-OPEX role to join their accounting team.

As the company continues to scale, maintaining accurate and actionable visibility into operating expenses is critical to its financial health and decision-making. This role will support the accounting team with a primary focus on operating expenses — including expense classification, accruals, reconciliations, and departmental spend analysis.

This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional looking to build a strong foundation in corporate accounting while gaining exposure to financial analysis, month-end closing, and cross-functional business operations.

Environment: Publicly traded, mid-market retail/eCommerce scale

What You'll Do Every Day

• Review and record operating expenses to ensure transactions are accurately coded, classified, and assigned to the appropriate department
• Prepare and post routine journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, amortization, and recurring expenses
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes by completing assigned OPEX-related activities accurately and on schedule
• Reconcile operating expense general ledger accounts and research discrepancies or unusual activity
• Review AP invoices and vendor expenses for appropriate account coding, departmental allocation, and supporting documentation
• Prepare monthly accruals for expenses incurred but not yet invoiced
• Maintain and reconcile prepaid expense schedules and supporting documentation
• Analyze departmental spending and assist with budget-to-actual and period-over-period variance analysis
• Prepare OPEX reports, schedules, and supporting workpapers for management review
• Assist with corporate card and employee expense reconciliation
• Partner with Accounts Payable, Payroll, HR, Procurement, and department managers to resolve expense-related questions and discrepancies
• Monitor recurring expenses and identify unusual or unexpected changes in vendor and departmental spending
• Assist with maintaining accurate accounting documentation and supporting schedules
• Identify opportunities to improve expense coding, reporting, reconciliation, and accounting processes
• Support audits, special projects, and other accounting initiatives as assigned

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 1–3 years of progressive accounting experience
• Solid understanding of basic accounting principles and U.S. GAAP
• Experience with journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close activities
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify and resolve discrepancies
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage recurring deadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookups, sorting, filtering, and basic data analysis
• Experience working within an ERP or accounting system; NetSuite experience is a plus
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with accounting, finance, and operational teams

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience with OPEX accounting or expense management
• Experience in eCommerce, retail, distribution, or other high-volume operating environments
• Experience with corporate cards or employee expense programs
• Experience analyzing departmental spending or budget-to-actual variances
• Exposure to AP, purchasing, procurement, or vendor management processes