Role Type: Individual Contributor (Hybrid/Onsite)
Experience Level: Early Career
Are You Ready to Launch Your Finance Career? We are seeking a meticulous and driven Accounts Payable Specialist to join our finance team in Irvine. This is a high-visibility role designed for a professional who thrives on accuracy, enjoys independent problem-solving, and is eager to apply their academic knowledge to a fast-paced corporate environment.
In this role, you won't just enter data—you will be the guardian of our vendor relationships and the first line of defense against financial discrepancies.
The Day-to-Day Impact
- End-to-End AP Management: Prepare, record, and analyze accounts payable transactions. You’ll be responsible for ensuring vendor invoices are paid and customer payments are posted with precision.
- Financial Integrity: Maintain and reconcile AP ledger accounts, contribute to financial statements, and prepare detailed reports for leadership.
- Fraud Detection: Play a critical role in security by preparing analyses of bill runs to detect irregularities or fraudulent activity.
- Compliance & Verification: Champion internal controls by ensuring every transaction follows strict entry verification procedures.
- Customer Interaction: Manage low-volume customer billing and act as the primary point of contact for resulting inquiries, providing professional and timely resolutions.
- Education: A university degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field (or an equivalent amount of practical experience).
- Judgment: The ability to move beyond rote tasks and use professional expertise to make informed judgments based on previous experience.
- Independence: A self-starter attitude with the ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.
- Analytical Mindset: An eye for detail that allows you to spot a discrepancy in a report from a mile away.
salary: $32 - $37 per hour
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 5 PM
education: High School
Responsibilities
Prepares, records, verifies, analyzes and reports accounts payable transactions. Pays vendor invoices and receives and posts customer payments on a timely basis. Maintains and reconciles accounts payable ledger accounts, financial statements and reports. Prepares analyses and reconciliations of bill runs to detect fraud. Ensures that transaction entry verification procedures are followed. May prepare and deliver low-volume customer billing and respond to resulting queries. This is an individual contributor role that requires the use of judgement in applying professional expertise and is expected to work independently with minimal supervision.
Skills
Qualifications
Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
Qualified applicants in San Francisco with criminal histories will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Qualified applicants 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.
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
