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Junior Accountant
Job Location:
Job Location:
San Mateo, CA - USA
Hourly Salary:
USD 30 - 36
Hourly Salary:
Posted:
8 August 2026 (22 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
5 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
About the Organization
A leading nonprofit animal welfare organization dedicated to protecting animals inspiring compassion and strengthening the bond between people and pets. Through sheltering veterinary services wildlife rehabilitation and community outreach the organization provides vital programs that save lives and create a more humane community.
About the Role
Were looking for a Junior Accountant to help ensure the financial integrity of our general ledger and support timely smooth month-end and year-end closes. This position reconciles account balances and bank statements and owns our payroll function and related reporting. Its a hands-on role performed fully on-site.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Qualifications
Education & Experience
A leading nonprofit animal welfare organization dedicated to protecting animals inspiring compassion and strengthening the bond between people and pets. Through sheltering veterinary services wildlife rehabilitation and community outreach the organization provides vital programs that save lives and create a more humane community.
About the Role
Were looking for a Junior Accountant to help ensure the financial integrity of our general ledger and support timely smooth month-end and year-end closes. This position reconciles account balances and bank statements and owns our payroll function and related reporting. Its a hands-on role performed fully on-site.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Support day-to-day and monthly accounting operations including account reconciliations journal entries and initiating reimbursements for some receivables
- Help maintain an accurate general ledger database and ensure integrity between the GL and development database
- Contribute to external audits by preparing schedules coordinating projects and providing accurate relevant reporting
- Document and maintain policies procedures and workflows for assigned areas of responsibility
- Perform bi-weekly payroll processing and related reporting including verifying timesheets and union dues
- Work with Human Resources to ensure accurate employee setup/changes in payroll benefit/union deductions reporting and accruals; resolve payroll discrepancies; process and maintain retirement transmissions reports and census; prepare final checks on time
- Prepare bank reconciliations and investigate discrepancies
- Maintain fixed asset and depreciation schedules
- Maintain schedules for select prepaid expenses amortizing and recording monthly allocation expenses as appropriate
- Prepare certain monthly reports in a timely manner
- Assist with departmental and organizational special projects as assigned
- Assist with budget preparation as necessary
- Perform other accounting duties as assigned
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelors degree in Accounting from a four-year college or university or an equivalent combination of education training and experience
- Minimum of 2 years experience in a similar role
- Thorough understanding of accounting and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Experience with Blackbaud Financial Edge and ADP Workforce Now strongly preferred
- Strong time management problem-solving and organizational skills
- Detail-oriented with the ability to effectively prioritize competing projects
- Ability to read analyze and interpret business periodicals professional journals technical procedures and/or governmental regulations
- Ability to write clear reports business correspondence and procedure manuals
- Ability to present information and respond to questions from managers employees clients customers and the public
- Solid math skills: calculating earnings labor hours overtime discounts interest commissions proportions percentages and volume; basic algebra
- Sound judgment applying instructions in written oral or diagram form; able to work through problems involving multiple variables in standardized situations
- Knowledge of computerized general ledger systems (e.g. Blackbaud Financial Edge)
- Knowledge of payroll systems (e.g. ADP Workforce Now)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Word Outlook)
- Must pass a background check upon hire
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Xellia is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on providing important anti-infective treatments against serious and often life-threatening infections.
