Staff Accountant - Accounting & Finance, Full time

We are seeking an experienced Accountant III for a contract opportunity in San Bernardino, CA. This advanced journey-level accounting role is ideal for a detail-oriented finance professional with strong governmental accounting knowledge, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to manage complex accounting activities with accuracy and independence. The Accountant III will support high-level financial reporting, general ledger activity, reconciliations, fund accounting, audit preparation, and special financial analysis projects.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful public sector financial operations in a professional office environment with collaborative teams, supportive leadership, and steady, mission-focused work. Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, schedules, reports, and supporting documentation.

• Manage general ledger activity, including journal entries, account reconciliations, adjustments, and review of account balances.
• Perform complex reconciliations for bank accounts, investments, fiscal agent accounts, specialized funds, and other financial records.
• Analyze revenues, expenditures, variances, fund balances, and cash activity, and prepare corrective entries as needed.
• Support audit preparation by developing working papers, schedules, documentation, and responses for external auditors.
• Review accounting procedures and internal controls, recommend process improvements, and provide guidance to accounting staff.

Pay rate: $41 to $45 per hour.

• Contract/Temporary.

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Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans
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• For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, the Company is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

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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. 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.
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