Job Details: Job Location: Main Plant - San Jose, CA, Position Type: Part Time, Salary Range: $23.00 - $30.00Hourly, Travel Percentage: None, Job Shift: Day, Job Category: Admin - Clerical, Summary    Founded in Santa Clara County in 1928, Goodwill of Silicon Valley is dedicated to improving employment opportunities, increasing standards of living, providing economic independence, and restoring our clients’ sense of self-worth. We achieve this through workforce creation, vocational training, and environmental stewardship. With various retail stores, an online store, an extensive reuse/recycling operation, and our Contract Services division, we help individuals overcome barriers to employment, build sustainable lives and communities.    The Temporary Finance and Accounting Analyst supports a variety of accounting and finance functions, including store audits, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and financial reporting. This position is responsible for reconciling transactions, analyzing financial data, assisting with month-end processes, and ensuring accuracy across multiple accounting systems. The role provides critical support to the Finance Department during a defined assignment period while helping maintain efficient financial operations and compliance with organizational policies and procedures.    Job Responsibilities     As a Temporary Finance and Accounting Analyst, you may be asked to provide support and assistance for small projects covering following areas:  Daily Stores Audit  Reconcile store deposits daily  Work with store management and the LP Department to reconcile discrepancies  Report serious discrepancies to Senior Management and Loss Prevention  Conduct daily bank reconciliation of store deposits  Prepare month-end journal entries  Be responsible for accounting software entries for cash and credit cards  Perform related tasks for chargebacks from Merchant Services  Provide weekly and monthly reporting on store audits to management  Accounts Payable  Accurate payment of goods and services  Match and compare invoice pricing to the PO  Ensure correct authorizations  Ensure coding is correct and follow up with managers on discrepancies  Month-end accrual and reconciliation of control reports  Keep accurate 1099 files  Maintain a log of all vendor agreements  Provide monthly and annual reports as required  Sales Order and Accounts Receivable  Sales order management and invoicing  Check new customer credit and set limits in accordance with company policy  Ensure invoices are raised in accordance with fiscal periods  Work with Shipping on discrepancies to sales orders  Credit collection and apply cash collection against customer accounts  Provide monthly and annual reports as required and reconcile accounts  Assist with P&L for California Council of Goodwill  Payroll  Process hourly payroll and terminations and maintain the payroll data system  Perform audits of reported hours worked and benefit time  Maintain payroll files  Manage all garnishments and employee verification reports  Liaise with HR to ensure accuracy of employee information  Provide monthly and annual payroll reports  Reconcile payroll accounts and perform month-end accruals  Assist with pension requirements of the location and liaise with pension administrators and employees  General Ledger and Financial Analysis   Assist with cost-reduction initiatives (e.g. – Analyze spend by vendor for IT)  Reconcile AR and AP checks, deposits, and ACH through bank reconciliation  Prepare budget planning worksheets by Departments for upload to Adaptive Planning. Create mini excel models to improve planning and reporting.  Ad hoc reporting and reconciliations as required covering both Accounting and Finance workload    Responsibilities may be changed at any time at management’s discretion, formally or informally, orally or in writing.  Qualifications: Required Qualifications    Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or several years of comparable work experience in lieu of the degree  Strong analytical skills and attention to detail  Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with others  Continual improvement mindset while working in a dynamic business environment  Willingness to work occasional holidays, evenings, and weekends    Preferred Qualifications    Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance with several years of broad-based accounting and financial analysis work for diverse companies and clients with verifiable references  Good working knowledge of NetSuite (ERP) and Microsoft Excel      Working Conditions    Works in an office environment  Works 16 to 20 hours a week with occasional evenings and/or weekends    Physical Requirements    Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 25 pounds without assistance  Sitting, standing, walking, touching, fingering, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions    Goodwill of Silicon Valley is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law