Accounting Clerk - Construction

AppleOne Employment Services; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Temp-to-hire

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services is seeking an experienced Accounting Clerk / Accounts Payable Specialist for a temp-to-hire role with a construction industry organization in Irvine, CA. This position suits a detail-oriented accounting professional who handles high-volume invoice processing, vendor communication, job cost coding, and project-based accounting workflows.

You will join a fast-paced, team-oriented environment where accuracy, reliability, and collaboration are valued.

Qualifications

• Process high-volume Accounts Payable invoices, coding, approvals, and vendor payments.
• Support job cost tracking by coding expenses to construction projects.
• Assist with reconciliations, month-end close tasks, and general accounting support.

Responsibilities

• Process, review, code, and enter Accounts Payable invoices accurately and on time.
• Match invoices to purchase orders, supporting documentation, job cost codes, and project-related records.
• Reconcile vendor statements, research discrepancies, and communicate with vendors regarding invoice and payment questions.
• Assist with check runs, vendor payments, lien releases, insurance documentation, and construction accounting paperwork.
• Support account reconciliations, credit card reconciliations, data entry, filing, and general accounting duties.
• Provide month-end close support and work closely with project managers and internal teams to ensure accurate project expense tracking.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Job cost coding

Vendor communication

Month-end close

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Accounting Clerk / Accounts Payable Specialist for a temp-to-hire opportunity with a construction industry organization in Irvine, CA. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented accounting professional who enjoys high-volume invoice processing, vendor communication, job cost coding, and supporting project-based accounting workflows.

The Accounting Clerk will join a fast-paced, team-oriented environment where accuracy, reliability, and collaboration are valued. This is a strong opportunity for someone looking to build long-term stability with a company that supports professional growth, provides exposure to construction accounting processes, and encourages teamwork across accounting, project management, vendors, and internal departments.

Key Responsibilities

• Process, review, code, and enter Accounts Payable invoices accurately and on time.
• Match invoices to purchase orders, supporting documentation, job cost codes, and project-related records.
• Reconcile vendor statements, research discrepancies, and communicate with vendors regarding invoice and payment questions.
• Assist with check runs, vendor payments, lien releases, insurance documentation, and construction accounting paperwork.
• Support account reconciliations, credit card reconciliations, data entry, filing, and general accounting duties.
• Provide month-end close support and work closely with project managers and internal teams to ensure accurate project expense tracking.

Compensation and Benefits

• $26 to $30 per hour.
• Temp-to-hire opportunity.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Process high-volume Accounts Payable invoices, coding, approvals, and vendor payments.
• Support job cost tracking by coding expenses to the appropriate construction projects.
• Assist with reconciliations, month-end close tasks, and general accounting support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Construction accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with job costing, lien releases, purchase orders, insurance documentation, or construction billing.
• Experience supporting accounting for residential, commercial, or office construction projects.
• Prior experience working closely with project managers, vendors, and operations teams in a construction environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications 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.