Day Shift Kroger Accounting Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Accounting Specialist for a contract opportunity supporting a Travel Accounting team in Poway, CA. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented accounting professional with strong Travel and Expense experience, excellent customer service skills, and hands-on experience using Concur, SAP, and Excel.
As an Accounting Specialist, you will support a high-volume, transactional accounting environment focused on employee expense reports, travel documentation, compliance review, and internal customer support. This is a great opportunity to join a professional, team-oriented environment where accuracy, communication, and follow-through are valued. The team offers supportive leadership, a collaborative work setting, and the potential for long-term employment based on business needs.
This position is well suited for someone who enjoys working with employees across the organization, solving problems, reviewing documentation, and keeping accounting processes moving efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Review, audit, and process employee Travel and Expense reports to ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures.
- Communicate with travelers, administrators, and internal employees to resolve expense report questions and non-routine issues.
- Perform general accounting and travel accounting activities, including transaction input, monitoring, coordination, and reporting.
- Maintain Excel tracking files, download data from accounting systems, prepare reports, and format accounting data.
- Provide administrative and operational support to accounting and travel team members as needed.
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive financial, employee, and business information.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay Rate: $33.00 to $37.00 per hour.
- Target Rate: $35.00 per hour.
- Job Type: Contract/Temporary.
- Duration: 4 to 5 month contract assignment.
- Schedule: Day shift hours.
- Work Arrangement: Onsite in Poway, CA with 1 work-from-home day per week.
- Potential opportunity to convert to full-time employment based on business needs.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans
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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.
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Additional Skills
Required Qualifications and Skills
- Review and audit employee expense reports, travel documents, and related accounting transactions.
- Support Travel and Expense processing through Concur and related accounting systems.
- Maintain accounting files, reporting tools, and Excel-based tracking documents.
- Provide customer-facing support to internal employees regarding travel and expense reporting.
- High school diploma and six or more years of progressive experience in an accounting department or related field, or additional experience in lieu of education.
- Open to candidates with 2 or more years of relevant experience, with 3 to 4 years preferred.
- Experience processing expense reports and travel-related documentation.
- Ability to understand and apply basic accounting concepts, financial policies, and accounting procedures.
- Working knowledge of Excel, SAP, Concur, and business applications is highly desired.
- Ability to follow established company policies, procedures, formats, and accounting documentation standards.
- Strong computer literacy and ability to learn accounting software and internal systems.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong customer service mindset with the ability to work effectively with employees, travelers, administrators, and accounting professionals.
- Logical, analytical approach to problem-solving and issue resolution.
- Ability to manage multiple expense reports simultaneously through the approval process.
- Ability to work extended hours as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Travel and Expense processing experience.
- Concur expense management system experience.
- SAP experience.
- Excel reporting, data downloads, and data management experience.
- Travel accounting support experience.
- Expense report auditing and compliance review experience.
- Understanding of allowable and unallowable expenses.
- Customer-facing accounting support experience.
- High-volume transactional processing experience.
AllSTEM Representative Contact Info
Account Executive:
Anmol
Branch Phone:
(909) 244-1777
Location:
Ontario, CA