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Accounting Specialist
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Robert Half
Portland, OR (In Person)
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Description We are looking for an Accounting Specialist to support high-volume financial operations for one of our clients in Portland, Oregon. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for someone who brings strong accounting fundamentals, sharp accuracy, and the flexibility to handle a variety of transactional and reporting tasks in a fully onsite environment. The role will focus on maintaining clean financial records, supporting daily billing and payment activity, and helping to ensure financial information is complete, timely, and compliant with established procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Handle day-to-day financial transactions by entering, reviewing, and validating activity for completeness and accuracy.
- Reconcile fees, balances, and related account activity to identify discrepancies and support timely resolution.
- Process billing activity and payment-related transactions while maintaining proper documentation and audit readiness.
- Review daily financial records to confirm postings are accurate and aligned with internal accounting practices.
- Compile transaction data from accounting systems and update recurring reports based on prior-day financial activity.
- Use Excel, including pivot tables, to organize data, analyze trends, and support reporting needs.
- Maintain accurate records across a variety of accounting systems.
- Collaborate with team members across accounting and operational functions to support changing priorities and additional workflow needs. Requirements
- Previous experience in accounting, bookkeeping or other financial operations.
- Solid understanding of debits, credits, postings, and general transaction flow within accounting processes.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to detect errors and maintain a high level of accuracy.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including the use of pivot tables for reporting and data review.
- Experience working with accounting software such as Great Plains Dynamics.
- Comfortable managing data entry, reconciliations, billing tasks, and transaction verification in a fast-paced setting.