Accounting Clerk

Stanbridge University is seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Accounting Clerk to support the University's day-to-day accounting operations. This is a hands-on transactional accounting role with primary responsibility for accounts payable, payroll processing, purchase orders, account reconciliations, financial transaction processing, and financial record maintenance
.

The successful candidate will have practical experience performing accounting transactions—not simply providing administrative support to an accounting department.
Hands-on Quick Books Desktop experience is required
, along with strong Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to accurately process, reconcile, research, and maintain financial information in a fast-paced environment.

This is a full-time, on-site position located at Stanbridge University's Irvine, California campus.

• Process bi-monthly payroll accurately and within established deadlines.
• Perform accounts payable functions, including reviewing invoices, processing payments, and maintaining supporting documentation.
• Process purchase orders and maintain accurate purchasing records.
• Record accounting transactions, including AP, AR, and general ledger entries.
• Perform bank, account, and financial-record reconciliations; research and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate and organized accounting records and supporting documentation.
• Use Quick Books Desktop to enter, maintain, retrieve, and report financial information.
• Use Excel, including Pivot Tables, lookup functions, formulas, and reconciliation tools
  , to organize and analyze financial data.
• Communicate with vendors, employees, and departments to resolve invoice, payment, payroll, and account discrepancies.
• Support financial reporting, audit preparation, budgeting, forecasting, and compliance documentation as needed.
• Maintain confidentiality of payroll, employee, institutional, and financial information.
• Perform additional accounting support and special projects as assigned.

• Required
  • Minimum 2 years of hands-on transactional accounting experience
    .
  • Demonstrated experience processing accounts payable
    .
  • Demonstrated experience performing bank and/or account reconciliations
    .
  • Hands-on experience using Quick Books Desktop
    .
  • Strong Excel skills, including formulas, lookup functions, and Pivot Tables.
  • Working knowledge of accounting principles and general accounting processes.
  • Strong numerical aptitude, accuracy, organization, and attention to detail.
• Strongly Preferred
  • Hands-on payroll processing experience.
  • Purchase order processing experience.
  • General ledger/journal entry experience.
  • Audit preparation or accounting compliance support.
  • Associate degree or higher in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field.

$24.00-$26.00 per hour. Compensation is based on education, experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

• A job-related assessment may be required during the interview process.
• Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and be physically present in the office (unless otherwise noted).
• Employment Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Stanbridge University does not provide employment-based immigration sponsorship or participate in employer-sponsored or employer-dependent work authorization programs.
• Sponsorship: Sponsorship now or in the future could include having Stanbridge University sponsor, complete employer documentation, provide attestations or training plans, or otherwise participate in a work-authorization or employment-based immigration program in order for an individual to begin or continue employment. Stanbridge University does not provide any such…