Finance assistant

A utility client is looking for a Finance Assistant who will provide clerical accounting support to the Accounting/Accounts Payable unit of the Finance department.

Location:
Diamond Bar, CA (Onsite)

Position
:
Finance Assistant

Pay Rate
: $22 - $30/hr. (DOE)

Duration
:
Approximately 6 months (may be extended based on operational need).

Schedule: Four 10-hour days, Tuesday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

This will be an ONSITE role.

Typing Skills Test is required with each submission. Minimum typing speed of 30 net words per minute.

• Examine invoices and other supporting fiscal documents for payment requests forms and other claims.
• Verifying payment approval to ensure invoices are properly authorized.
• Reviewing fund and account codes on the payment request forms and other claims.
• Obtaining and verifying tax forms and other associated forms related to the vendor setup.
• Performing data entry for vouchers and vendors set up in the accounting system.
• Verifying and calculating invoice amounts including credit memos and use and sale taxes.
• Contacts agency employees or vendors to obtain clarification on claims or payments.
• Scanning hard-copy records into the document management system, and performing queries to locate accounting records in the accounting and document management systems.
• Operates computers, typewriters, calculators, and a variety of automated data processing office equipment.

• Experience with preparing and processing accounts payable invoices and other claims.
• Experience with reviewing and verifying invoices and other fiscal supporting documents for accuracy.
• Ability to reconcile and resolve invoice discrepancies.
• Ability to understand routine accounting transactions and follow accounting practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of accounting, purchase orders, contracts or purchasing record keeping methods and techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines with accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
• Good communication skills, with ability to contact agency employees or vendors to obtain and/or clarify information concerning claims or payments. Ability to maintain positive working relationships with others.
• Good organizational skills -- ability to stay organized and maintain files and record keeping systems for a large number of vendor accounts.

• Bachelor's degree in business math, accounting, finance, or other directly-related major.
• At least one year of full-time experience working in a financial or accounting environment; preferably at a public agency.
• Proficiency with People Soft Financial Systems or an equivalent automated accounting system, and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook).
• Experience in processing, recording and maintaining a variety of fiscal and statistical records.

Our client is the air quality management agency for four local counties, responsible for regulating businesses so they don’t pollute the air. “We clean the air we breathe.”

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