Accounting Specialist (AP/AR)

AppleOne Employment Services; Paramount (CA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Sick pay

Job summary

AppleOne is seeking an experienced Accounting Specialist (AP/AR) in Paramount, CA for a temp-to-hire role. You will handle AP/AR, invoicing, reconciliations, and general ledger tasks in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

You will collaborate with purchasing, production, warehouse, and shipping teams, ensuring accurate accounting records and timely month-end support. This role offers growth through a temp-to-hire pathway.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of accounting experience (AP/AR) or related finance.
• Strong invoice processing, payment posting, reconciliations, credits, adjustments.
• Experience matching purchase orders, receiving documents, and vendor invoices.
• Support bank reconciliations, journal entries, general ledger maintenance, and month-end close tasks.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets and electronic file management.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, follow-through, and organizational skills.
• Professional communication with vendors, customers, and internal departments.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions, including vendor invoices and customer payments.
• Match POs, receiving docs, and vendor invoices with proper pricing and account coding.
• Reconcile vendor statements and assist with past-due follow-up.
• Support inventory, freight, manufacturing cost reconciliations, bank reconciliations, and journal entries.
• Maintain accurate records and reports to support month-end close.
• Communicate with vendors and internal teams to resolve discrepancies.

Skills

AP/AR experience

invoice processing

reconciliations

vendor invoices

bank reconciliation

general ledger

Excel

communication

PO matching

month-end close

Tools

ERP systems

Accounting software

Excel

Job description

Job Summary

We are hiring an experienced Accounting Specialist (AP/AR) for a temp-to-hire opportunity in Paramount, CA with a growing manufacturing company. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented accounting professional with strong accounts payable, accounts receivable, bookkeeping, invoice processing, and reconciliation experience.

The Accounting Specialist will support daily accounting operations while working closely with purchasing, production, warehouse, shipping, vendors, and customers. This is a great opportunity to join a fast-paced, team-oriented environment where accuracy, follow-through, and clear communication are highly valued.

Candidates will gain hands‑on exposure to manufacturing accounting processes, inventory-related reconciliations, and month‑end support. The company offers a collaborative workplace with supportive leadership, positive teamwork, and the opportunity to build long‑term stability through a temp-to-hire path.

Key Responsibilities

• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions, including vendor invoices, customer payments, credits, and adjustments.
• Match purchase orders, receiving documents, and vendor invoices while verifying quantities, pricing, account coding, and approvals.
• Reconcile vendor statements, resolve billing or payment discrepancies, and assist with past‑due account follow‑up.
• Support inventory, freight, manufacturing cost reconciliations, bank reconciliations, journal entries, and general ledger maintenance.
• Maintain accurate accounting records, spreadsheets, electronic files, and reports to support month‑end close and daily accounting activity.
• Communicate professionally with vendors, customers, purchasing, production, warehouse, and shipping teams to research and resolve discrepancies.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay: $23 to $25 per hour.
• Job Type: Temp-to-hire.
• Location: Paramount, CA.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• 3 to 5 years of accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bookkeeping, or related finance experience.
• Strong knowledge of invoice processing, payment posting, reconciliations, credits, adjustments, and account coding.
• Experience matching purchase orders, receiving documents, and vendor invoices.
• Ability to support bank reconciliations, journal entries, general ledger maintenance, and month‑end close tasks.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets, accounting records, and electronic file management.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, follow‑through, and organizational skills.
• Professional communication skills with the ability to work with vendors, customers, and internal departments.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, team‑oriented manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing, distribution, warehouse, or inventory‑driven environment.
• Exposure to inventory, freight, or manufacturing cost reconciliations.
• Experience using accounting software, ERP systems, or inventory‑related financial systems.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, sorting, filtering, and reconciliation support.

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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.