Accounting Assistant

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San Jose, CA
In-Office
80K-85K Annually
Financial Services
The Role
GHJ Search and Staffing serves as the recruitment division of GHJ, a prominent national accounting and advisory firm. Our team provides qualified Accounting and Finance professionals on a temporary and permanent basis across a broad range of industries. GHJ’s relationship with our Global Advisory and Accounting Network provides the resources needed to better understand client’s needs, attract a higher caliber of candidates and assess candidate potential.

About the Role:
A well-established firm is seeking an Accounting Assistant to support its Accounting and Payroll team at the San Jose office. This individual will be responsible for a range of daily functions, including payroll processing, data entry for accounts payable and receivable, inventory tracking, and maintaining employee records. The role also includes creating hiring packets and managing weekly filing. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and demonstrates strong attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support daily operations of the accounting and payroll departments
  • Enter and maintain records related to accounts payable, accounts receivable, and inventory
  • Process payroll and manage related documentation
  • Maintain and organize employee files, hiring packets, and weekly filing systems
  • Perform general administrative and data entry tasks as needed

Qualifications:

  • 2–3 years of professional experience in a corporate accounting department (construction industry experience preferred)
  • Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
  • Familiarity with general accounting principles
  • Experience using accounting and payroll systems; Sage software experience is a plus
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated
  • Able to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with problem-solving aptitude
  • Must be able to work onsite in San Jose

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The Company
HQ: Los Angeles, CA
997 Employees
Year Founded: 1953

What We Do

GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future.

GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide.

Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).

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