Payroll & Accounting Clerk - Reconciliations & Payroll Admin

GEO Corrections & Detentions; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

401(k) Matching

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discount

Reduced Tuition Rates

Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401(k)

Pet Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Training

Flexible Spending Account

Job summary

GEO Corrections & Detentions in California is hiring an accounting clerk to perform standard accounting activities under direct supervision. The role emphasizes payroll data, reconciliations, and routine clerical tasks in a full-time capacity.

You will prepare earnings and deduction reports, maintain records, and assist management with accurate financial documentation. A high school diploma and at least two years of clerical or accounting experience are required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent certification required.
• Two (2) years of clerical experience or an equivalent combination of clerical/secretarial, fiscal and accounting experience required.
• Working knowledge of office and accounting practices and procedures required.
• Working knowledge of business English, good grammar and spelling skills, and ability to develop correspondence, reports and operational directives required. Must have a proven history of exercising discretion and retaining confidentiality.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

Responsibilities

• Performs account reconciliations as directed by management.
• Reviews payroll data such as hours worked, time tracking records.
• Prepares computer input forms, enters data into computer files, or computes wages and deductions.
• Prepares periodic reports of earnings, taxes and deductions.
• Keeps records of leave pay and nontaxable wages.
• Issues paychecks and paystubs.

Skills

Clerical experience

Accounting knowledge

Confidentiality

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Office software

Job description

GEO Corrections & Detentions in California is hiring an accounting clerk to perform standard accounting activities under direct supervision. The role emphasizes payroll data, reconciliations, and routine clerical tasks in a full-time capacity.

You will prepare earnings and deduction reports, maintain records, and assist management with accurate financial documentation. A high school diploma and at least two years of clerical or accounting experience are required.