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Accounting Assistant

Merced, CA 95348

Posted: 02/16/26 Employment Type: Temp To Hire Job Category: Accounting Job Number: 10657

Job Description

Accounting Assistant
Location: Merced, CA
Pay Range  $22-25/hr


Are you looking for a friendly office, and sometimes random workload with great benefit package. If you like being challenged with adapting client needs in a non-traditional office setting, and have experience supporting an accounting or finance department, we want to talk with you! 

Job Duties:
  • Accounts Payable: maintain records in QuickBooks Online: process vendor payments, bill tracking, cutting checks
  • Update weekly cash flow in Excel
  • Analyze budgeted and actual project financials to determine how closely the costs and billings compare to those originally budgeted. 
  • Update multiple project budget spreadsheets in Excel 
  • Maintain approved vendor list for AP
  • Check receipts against monthly credit card statements, provide missing receipts report to managers, CFO
  • Support the CFO by processing completed POs
    • Make purchases, track orders, and enter supplies or equipment into inventory forms upon arrival
    • Notifying staff when PO is complete or by distributing items, filing PO.
  • Act as backup to Bookkeeper, to enter bills or invoices into QuickBooks and making approved vendor payments.
  • Be trained and back up Payroll Clerk.
  • Work in administrative support for other departments as available depending on company needs: Safety, Compliance, Environmental Health & Safety, etc.
  • Conduct vendor searches on behalf of staff to find best prices for large purchases (equipment, furniture, etc.).
Qualifications:
  • Highschool diploma, some relevant college experience appreciated
  • 2+ years of office/accounting office support experience
  • Excel: Intermediate to advanced proficiency 
  • QuickBooks Online experience preferred
  • ADP/payroll experience preferred

Meet Your Recruiter

Heidi Smith
Executive Recruiter

Heidi was raised in The Woodlands, Texas, and earned her degree in Mass Communication from Sam Houston State University. After adventures in the Rocky Mountains and the Ozarks—where she started with the APS team—she’s now back in her hometown.

An experienced recruiter, Heidi blends Southern hospitality with professional expertise, prioritizing authentic relationships, understanding individual career aspirations, and connecting candidates with companies for the ideal fit.

Outside of work, Heidi enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, Blake, their son, Hawk, and their two dogs, Phil Collins and Charlotte York.

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