Accounting Specialist
Job Description
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Accounting Specialist for a contract opportunity supporting a Travel Accounting team in Poway, CA. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented accounting professional with strong Travel and Expense experience, excellent customer service skills, and hands-on experience using Concur, SAP, and Excel.
As an Accounting Specialist, you will support a high-volume, transactional accounting environment focused on employee expense reports, travel documentation, compliance review, and internal customer support. This is a great opportunity to join a professional, team-oriented environment where accuracy, communication, and follow-through are valued. The team offers supportive leadership, a collaborative work setting, and the potential for long-term employment based on business needs.
This position is well suited for someone who enjoys working with employees across the organization, solving problems, reviewing documentation, and keeping accounting processes moving efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Review, audit, and process employee Travel and Expense reports to ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures.
- Communicate with travelers, administrators, and internal employees to resolve expense report questions and non-routine issues.
- Perform general accounting and travel accounting activities, including transaction input, monitoring, coordination, and reporting.
- Maintain Excel tracking files, download data from accounting systems, prepare reports, and format accounting data.
- Provide administrative and operational support to accounting and travel team members as needed.
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive financial, employee, and business information.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay Rate: $33.00 to $37.00 per hour.
- Target Rate: $35.00 per hour.
- Job Type: Contract/Temporary.
- Duration: 4 to 5 month contract assignment.
- Schedule: Day shift hours.
- Work Arrangement: Onsite in Poway, CA with 1 work-from-home day per week.
- Potential opportunity to convert to full-time employment based on business needs.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans
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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.
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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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