Accounts Payable Specialist (Seasonal) (7274)# Accounts Payable Specialist (Seasonal) (7274)Santa Ana, CA 92705## OverviewSalary Range$23.00 - $24.00 HourlyPosition TypeSeasonalJob ShiftDayEducation LevelHigh SchoolCategoryAccounting## Description**\\*This is a seasonal position with a tentative end date of 02/2027 (subject to change).** **Status: Full-Time, Non-Exempt** **Pay: $23.00-$24.00/hour** **Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.** **Job Summary:** The Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for handling financial, administrative, and clerical duties related to accounts payable, ensuring compliance with financial policies and maintaining accurate vendor and transaction records. This role requires strong organizational, communication, and computer skills, along with the ability to meet deadlines and work both independently and as part of a team. Additionally, the specialist provides general administrative support to the Accounts Payable Supervisor and participates in staff meetings, training, and other projects as needed. **Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Accounts Payable** Goal: To perform the day-to-day processing of accounts payable transactions* Receive and verify invoices for goods and services* Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures* Enter invoices for payment and process backup reports* Assist with processing checks, getting signatures on checks, copying checks, and mailing checks* Maintain updated vendor files and invoice files* Reconcile outstanding balances on accounts, including communications with vendors* Utilize Excel to analyze accounts and prepare import files* Accept and process credit card payments, reconcile credit card accounts**Agency Administrative Support** Goal: To ensure quality administrative practices and correspondence* Assist with incoming phone calls and visitors* Assist Accounts Payable Supervisor with accounting and grant tasks as needed* General errand as needed such as posting outgoing mail and obtaining signatures* Perform general office tasks as needed (filing, faxing, copying, etc.)* Perform various departmental tasks in support of co-workers as workload and staffing levels dictate**Miscellaneous*** Attend staff meetings* Attend training workshops as needed* Enhance job performance by applying up-to-date professional and technical knowledge gained by participating in webinars* Perform ad hoc projects as appointed by Supervisor## Qualifications**Requirements: Education and Experience*** Requires a high school diploma or equivalent* Two years of accounts payable or bookkeeping work experience* Satisfactory combination of experience and training which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform tasks**General*** Reliability, responsibility, effective with oral and written communication* Ability to meet deadlines, work cooperatively as part of a team, work independently, ability to multi-task, and use sound judgment* Must be detail-oriented, with accurate data entry skills* Intermediate computer literacy of word and spreadsheet software as well as recordkeeping and bookkeeping principles**Physical Requirements*** Ability to lift up to 25 pounds* Standing and sitting for prolonged periods* Bending and stooping to file