TravelExpense Accounting Specialist

AllSTEM Connections, Inc.; Poway (CA); Hybrid; USD 94,558,000 - 106,020,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Sick pay

Job summary

AllSTEM Connections, Inc. seeks a Travel Expense Accounting Specialist in Poway, CA, for a temp-to-hire role supporting an aerospace and defense organization.

Ideal candidates have hands-on travel and expense reporting experience and enjoy detailed transactional work, employee support, and compliance-driven accounting. The role offers exposure to government travel regulations, SAP, Concur, high-volume expense audits, and a collaborative Travel Accounting team, with a path toward a long-term

Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years progressive accounting or expense/travel accounting experience (3–4 years preferred).
• Hands-on experience processing expense reports and applying accounting policies and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Review, audit, and process travel and expense reports to ensure accuracy and compliance with internal policies.
• Communicate with travelers, administrators, and internal teams to resolve questions and missing documentation.
• Apply accounting policies when researching transactions and entering data for travel accounting activities.
• Maintain Excel files, track account activity, download data, prepare reports, and format financial information.
• Support accounting and travel team with administrative tasks and documentation.

Tools

SAP

Concur

Job description

IMPORTANT: This role requires a minimum of 2+ years of progressive accounting or expense/travel accounting experience (3–4 years preferred), including hands‑on experience processing expense reports and applying accounting policies and regulations. Applicants who do not meet this minimum experience requirement will not be considered — please do not apply without it.

Job Summary

We are seeking a Travel Expense Accounting Specialist for a temp-to-hire opportunity in Poway, CA, supporting an established aerospace and defense organization known for advanced aircraft and surveillance systems. This role is ideal for an accounting professional with hands‑on travel and expense report processing experience who enjoys detailed transactional work, employee support, and compliance‑driven accounting.

The Travel Expense Accounting Specialist will join a collaborative Travel Accounting team focused on accuracy, service, and continuous improvement. This is a strong opportunity to gain exposure to government travel regulations, federal accounting requirements, SAP, Concur, and high‑volume expense audit processes within a stable and highly regulated industry. The work environment offers supportive leadership, positive teamwork, and the opportunity to build a long‑term career path in accounting and finance.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, audit, and process travel and expense reports to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with internal policies and procedures.
• Communicate with travelers, administrators, and internal team members to resolve questions, missing documentation, and non‑routine expense issues.
• Apply accounting and financial policies when researching transactions, entering accounting data, and supporting travel accounting activities.
• Maintain Excel files, track account activity, download data from accounting systems, prepare reports, and format financial information.
• Support accounting and travel team members with administrative tasks, documentation, and follow‑up as needed.
• Maintain strict confidentiality when handling sensitive employee, travel, and financial information.

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay Range: $33 to $37 per hour.
• Job Type: Temp-to-Hire.
• Location: Poway, CA.
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid, onsite with 1 day per week work from home.
• Schedule: Day shift.
• Extended hours may be required as business needs arise.
• For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AllSTEM Connections is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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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.