Job Summary
An established lighting manufacturer and distributor in Pico Rivera, CA is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Clerk for a temp-to-hire opportunity expected to last 6 months or longer. This role is a strong fit for an accounting professional with high-volume AP experience who enjoys invoice processing, vendor communication, reconciliations, and month-end support.
The Accounts Payable Clerk will join a collaborative finance team in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where accuracy, responsiveness, and process improvement are valued. This opportunity offers supportive leadership, positive teamwork, stable business operations, and exposure to ERP workflows, reporting, automation, and AI tools used to improve accounts payable processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Process a high volume of vendor invoices accurately, including 3-way matching, batching, GL coding, and payment preparation.
- Allocate and post accounts payable transactions to the General Ledger, ensuring accurate cost center and account coding.
- Prepare bank and credit card reconciliations, resolve reconciling items, and support AP month-end close activities.
- Research and resolve invoice, payment, vendor, freight bill, and employee expense reimbursement discrepancies.
- Maintain vendor master data, respond to vendor inquiries, and prepare AP aging reports, monthly analysis, and year-end 1099 forms.
- Support AP process improvements, ERP workflows, automation initiatives, and reporting tools that streamline invoice processing.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay rate: $25.00 to $30.00 per hour, depending on experience.
- Job type: Temp-to-hire contract opportunity.
- Assignment length: 6 months or longer.
- Location: Pico Rivera, CA.
Must Haves:
6+ years of Full Cycle Accounts Payable
Experience with Expense Reports
Experience with Reconciling credit card statements
Familiarity with Credit card and wire payments
Familiarity with frieght/logistic invoices
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans
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Required Qualifications and Skills
- Process high-volume accounts payable invoices from receipt through payment preparation.
- Support reconciliations, discrepancy resolution, vendor communication, and month-end close.
- Maintain accurate AP records, vendor data, GL coding, and reporting.
- Contribute to process improvement and ERP-based AP workflows.
- 6 to 10 years of accounts payable, accounting clerk, or related finance experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of full-cycle accounts payable processes, including 3-way matching, invoice batching, GL coding, and payment support.
- Experience with bank reconciliations, credit card reconciliations, AP aging, and month-end close support.
- Ability to research and resolve vendor invoice discrepancies, freight billing issues, payment questions, and reimbursement items.
- ERP system experience and comfort working with accounting software, spreadsheets, and reporting tools.
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, organization, and follow-through in a high-volume environment.
- Professional communication skills with the ability to work effectively with vendors, internal teams, and finance leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in a manufacturing, distribution, or inventory-based business environment.
- Familiarity with AP automation tools, ERP process improvements, or AI-supported accounting workflows.
- Experience preparing 1099 forms and supporting year-end accounts payable reporting.
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills for reconciliations, analysis, and reporting.