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Accounting Specialist Level IV (Travel & Expense Specialist)
Job Summary
We are seeking a Travel & Expense Specialist for a contract opportunity supporting a Travel Accounting team in Poway, CA. This role is ideal for an experienced T&E professional who enjoys reviewing employee expense reports, processing reimbursements, resolving travel expense questions, and ensuring compliance with accounting and company policies.
This opportunity offers the chance to work in a structured aerospace and defense environment with a collaborative accounting team, supportive leadership, and clear processes. The Travel & Expense Specialist will play an important role in helping employees receive accurate and timely reimbursements while maintaining strong compliance standards. This is a great fit for someone who is detail-oriented, service-focused, analytical, and comfortable working with Concur, SAP, Excel, and travel-related accounting documentation.
Key Responsibilities
- Review, process, and audit employee Travel & Expense reports and reimbursement requests for accuracy, completeness, and policy compliance.
- Evaluate travel-related expenses for allowable and unallowable costs, proper documentation, and adherence to accounting or reimbursement policies.
- Communicate with employees and administrators to resolve expense report questions, missing documentation, discrepancies, and non-routine issues.
- Perform travel accounting activities, including transaction entry, monitoring, coordination, reporting, and summarizing accounting results.
- Maintain Excel files, download data from accounting systems, prepare reports, and format information for review and tracking.
- Provide customer service and administrative support to accounting and travel team members while maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information.
Compensation and Benefits
- Pay Rate: $33 to $37 per hour.
- Job Type: Contract/Temporary.
- Assignment Duration: 4 to 5 months.
- Schedule: Day shift.
- Work Arrangement: Hybrid, onsite in Poway, CA with 1 day work from home per week.
Guiding Principles and Core Values: UP HIRE
Understanding Matters.
We actively listen to each other, our STEM professionals, and customers. We take the time to understand their needs to make the best connections in the industry.
People Matter.
People are at the center of our company. All decisions we make are in the best of interest of our employees, co-workers, communities, candidates and customers.
Honesty Matters.
We conduct our business with integrity and DO the right things. We ARE trustworthy partners WHO stand behind our work and people.
Innovation Matters.
We are disciplined in bringing forward new thought and solutions that guide the industry and grow our company. Continued growth secures sustainability that provides solid careers for our employees, stability for our STEM professionals, and reliability to our customers.
Relationships Matter.
We take personal responsibility for all relationships with our employees, co-workers, STEM professionals and customers. Courtesy, dignity and respect EQUAL high performance results.
Everything Matters.
We hold ourselves accountable to perform with the upmost of professionalism, attention to detail, and highest standard of service. We hit our targets and do what we say we will do.