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Accounts Payable Clerk



Pay Rate: $20 – $22 per hour
Schedule: Full-time (8-hour shifts starting as early as 6:30 AM) or option for 4x10 schedule
Work Setup: 100% On-site initially; potential for hybrid or remote after a few months
Employment Type: Long Term Contract


Job Summary

Under supervision, analyzes financial information and prepares financial reports to document or maintain records of assets, liabilities, profit and loss or other financial activities within an agency. Records financial transactions, reconciles accounting records and prepares reports.



Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Applies GAAP, state or federal fiscal guidelines, and agency policies to establish tables / records of account of financial transactions, review financial data, and assign entries or apply accounting control measures to proper accounts.
  • Develops, maintains and prepares periodic reports that compare budgeted costs to actual costs.
  • Established tables of accounts, and assigns entries to proper accounts.
  • Maintains records, files and documentation related to accounting processes.
  • Participates in the compilation of data and prepares standard accounting reports.
  • Prepares, examines, reconciles, and analyzes accounting records, financial statements, budget records, and other documentation to assess their accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
  • Provides support to auditors and other reviewers, and identifies and corrects any problems revealed in reviews or audits.
  • Severs as liaison in responding to inquiries to solve routine accounting problems.


Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting from an accredited college or university OR
  • Bachelor's degree in a business curriculum which included completion of introductory and intermediate accounting sequence.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bank reconciliation experience
  • Accounts receivable experience
  • General ledger experience
  • Banking experience

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