Accounting Assistant II - Parts & Service Finance

Company: Honda North America
Location: Torrance
Posted on: May 15, 2025

Job Description:

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda



Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it's a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of "power" that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize "the joy and freedom of mobility" by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a "zero environmental footprint."



We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.



If your goals and values align with Honda's, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!




Job Purpose



AHM holds over $800M of inventory that is purchased from over 1,200 suppliers. This team is responsible for reconciling and payment of over 500K invoice lines annually, totaling over $640M of inventory.

This role contributes to level one tree objective relating to leading levels of customer satisfaction, strengthen operational efficiency to minimize expenses.

The position duties are: Authorization of timely and accurate payments to assigned Parts suppliers by receiving, processing, verifying and reconciling invoices and statements.





Key Accountabilities

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• Pay Supplier Timely - Entering invoices and resolving quantity discrepancies timely. Obtaining and reconciling 100% of statements from suppliers. Notes on all items over 120+ days old, progress month-to-month. Monitoring and clearing partial invoices and receivers
  
• Manage Delivery Trouble Reports
  
• Shared Responsibilities such as entering packlists within 3 days of receipt, follow-ups 3 days on issues, mail and memo distribition and Aging Report
  
• Perform Work Accurately and Efficiently, 1 or fewer memo with errors per month, correctly classify receivers for monthly aging report, and correctly classify invoices on statements
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Qualifications, Experience and Skills
  
  
  
  
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  • Minimum Educational Qualifications
    
    
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    • Entry level, Associates Art or Bachelor's Degree in Bus Admin / Accounting
      
      
      
    • Minimum Experience
      
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      • 1-3 years relevant experience in accounting
        
      • Knowledge of warehousing or procurement processes and automated financial systems
        
      • Some Microsoft Office experience (Excel and Word)
        
        
        
      • Other Job-Specific Skills
        
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        • Strong follow-up and problem-solving skills
          
        • Self-starter a must
          
        • Strong communication, analytical and interpersonal skills
          
        • 10-KEY BY TOUCH REQUIRED
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          Workstyle
          
          This position will be 80% onsite
          
          
          
          This position requires a lot of communication and follow-up with the suppliers in order to pay suppliers timely and meet deadlines.
          
          Due to quantity discrepancies, this position will need to be able to analyze discrepancies to determine root cause and work with the parts centers for resolution.
          
          On-going deadlines require excellent time management as this position is expected to respond effectively to ensure supplier payments are made on time.
          
          
          
          
          What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?
          
          
          
          Total Rewards:
          
          
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          • Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
            
          • Paid Overtime
            
          • Regional Bonus (when applicable)
            
          • Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
            
          • Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
            
          • Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
            
          • 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
            
          • Relocation assistance (if eligible)
            
            
            
            
            Career Growth:
            
            
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            • Advancement Opportunities
              
            • Career Mobility
              
            • Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
              
            • Training and Development Programs
              
              
              
              
              Additional Offerings:
              
              
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              • Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
                
              • Lifestyle Account
                
              • Childcare Reimbursement Account
                
              • Elder Care Support
                
              • Wellbeing Program
                
              • Community Service and Engagement Programs
                
              • Product Programs
                
              • Free Drinks Onsite
                
                
                
                
                
                
                Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.
                

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