Staff Accountant at Randstad in Los Angeles, CA

Salary: $30 - 34 per hour + none
Reference: AB_5097539

We are seeking a detail-oriented Staff Accountant for an ongoing contract role to assist our client's finance team with a targeted Accounts Payable cleanup project. In this position, you will play a critical role in resolving a high-volume backlog, tracing historical payment anomalies, and ensuring our sub-ledger accuracy is fully restored. Working alongside our AP support team, you will dive deep into unapplied cash records, reconcile complex accounts, and execute key journal entries. If you thrive on financial detective work, bank reconciliations, and bringing order to high-volume accounting data, this long-term contract is an ideal fit.

salary: $30 - $34 per hour
shift: First
work hours: 7 AM - 4 PM
education: High School

Responsibilities

• Clearing a high-volume backlog of unapplied and backdated payments, restoring accuracy to the sub-ledger.

• Systematically retrieve supporting documentation for historical checks and conduct deep-dive research to trace payment origins and invoice discrepancies.

• Reconstruct transaction histories to document clear, auditable explanations for why specific payments were not applied to their corresponding invoices.

• Prepare and post precise journal entries to correct misallocations, write-offs, and ledger timing differences.

• Perform detailed bank and account reconciliations to ensure cleared checks, unapplied funds, and outstanding items match general ledger balances.

• Collaborate with and guide additional Accounts Payable team members to streamline payment matching workflows and prevent future backlogs.

  
  

Skills

• Bank Reconciliations
• Journal Entries
• Accounts Payable
• Microsoft Excel
• Pivot Tables

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 3 years
• Experience level: Experienced

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.

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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.