Accountant

STELLE ATHLETICA INC•Hayward, CA

1d•$72,000 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

Stelle Athletica is seeking a hands-on Corporate Accountant to support accurate, timely financial operations as its e-commerce apparel business grows. The role owns key general ledger and month-end close activities, maintains reliable inventory and cost-of-goods-sold records, and supports multistate sales and use tax compliance. The Accountant works across Finance, HR, Operations, and other teams to keep reporting clear and support sound business decisions. This is a full-time, exempt, onsite position in Hayward, California, with a stated salary range of $72,000–$85,000.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
At least 3 years of progressive accounting experience, including general ledger work, reconciliations, and month-end close.
Demonstrated experience supporting multistate sales and use tax compliance, including jurisdiction-level reconciliations and preparing or reviewing returns; familiarity with nexus, registrations, and tax notices.
Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and practical experience preparing journal entries and balance-sheet reconciliations.
Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and organizing large transaction files.
Experience with an accounting system or ERP and ability to learn new finance and e-commerce tools.
Clear communication, sound judgment, careful attention to detail, and ability to protect confidential financial and employee information.

Nice To Haves

Experience in e-commerce, apparel, retail, or another inventory-based business.
Experience reconciling Shopify or similar e-commerce activity, payment processors, and warehouse or third-party logistics reports.
Experience coordinating payroll, benefits, and finance records across business systems.
CPA license or progress toward CPA certification.

Responsibilities

Manage general ledger and month-end close activities, including preparing journal entries, accruals, prepaids, and fixed-asset entries; maintaining supporting schedules; completing balance-sheet reconciliations; and helping deliver accurate monthly financial statements.
Reconcile bank, credit-card, payment-processor, and Shopify settlement activity; investigate variances, refunds, chargebacks, fees, and timing differences; and document resolutions.
Support multistate sales and use tax compliance by reconciling taxable sales and tax collected by jurisdiction, maintaining filing calendars, preparing or coordinating returns and payments, tracking registrations and nexus considerations with external tax advisors, and helping resolve tax notices.
Maintain inventory and product-cost records by reconciling records to warehouse and fulfillment reports, reviewing receipts, adjustments, and transfers, supporting product-cost and landed-cost tracking, and analyzing inventory and cost-of-goods-sold variances.
Coordinate accounts payable and expenses by reviewing invoices and expense documentation, coding transactions, maintaining vendor records, supporting payment preparation, and ensuring expenses are recorded in the correct period.
Record payroll and benefit activity by reconciling payroll, benefits, and retirement-plan activity with HR and payroll providers, investigating discrepancies, and maintaining supporting documentation.
Prepare recurring schedules and management reports; organize records for tax filings, audits, and year-end work; and help maintain accounting controls and clear documentation.
Identify recurring errors or manual work and recommend practical improvements to accounting processes, reconciliations, and reporting.
Perform other duties as assigned.