Accounting Services - Student Assistant

About the Role

Join the Accounting Director’s Office as a student assistant and gain hands-on experience in a professional accounting environment. This role offers valuable exposure to core accounting functions such as assisting with journal entries and reconciling month-end financial statements. You'll work closely with experienced staff, gaining insight into day-to-day accounting operations while building foundational skills and applying classroom knowledge in a real-world setting.

Responsibilities

• Help maintain journal entries and month-end reconciliations.
• Assist in daily tasks, including answering phones, emails, distributing correspondence, and routing Trust Fund Fact Sheets for signatures.
• Log and track checks received in the mail.
• Organize and maintain digital filing systems and physical files in storage.
• Assist with purchase orders, Printing Services requests, IT requests, and Facilities requests.
• Support staff with special projects and administrative tasks.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Admission or registration as a CSU student.
• Maintain a 2.0 G.P.A. or greater per semester and cumulative.
• Enrolled in at least half-time units at CSUSB (6 units undergraduate; 3 units graduate).
• International students must have full-time enrollment at CSUSB (12 units undergraduate; 6 units graduate).
• Eligible to work in the United States (Social Security Card required for payroll).
• Ability to learn and perform assigned work, follow oral instructions, and work cooperatively with faculty, staff, and students.
• Effective communication skills in English, appropriate to the position.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional and friendly demeanor with a customer service mindset.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Reliable, punctual, and team-oriented.

Pay

Anticipated hiring range: $16.90 per hour. Compensation will consider internal equity and experience.

Schedule

• Academic year hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.
• Summer hours: Monday through Thursday, 7:00 am – 5:30 pm.

This is a part-time, temporary, seasonal, on-campus position. Student employees are not eligible to telecommute.