Accountant

A local accommodation and catering company is looking for an Intermediate Accountant to join their team.  Ideally suited for an ambitious and driven individual looking to pursue a career in Accounting with a growing company that can offer expanding duties and responsibilities.  Offering a competitive salary plus benefits and profit sharing options!

About the Role, Benefits & Perks:

• Full-time, year-round, 40 hours per week.
• Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm.
• Starting salary ranging from $55,000 to $65,000 per year based on experience and qualifications.
• Extended health benefits.
• Profit-sharing opportunities.
• Professional Development & Educational allowance available.
• Growing company offering lots of opportunities for advancement.

The Perfect Candidate: 

• 2+ years experience in an accounting or bookkeeping position.
• Post-Secondary education in Accounting with CPA designation or working towards it.
• Careful attention to detail, high quality of work and strong organization skills.
• Motivated, driven and able to jump into the middle of problems and obtain effective results.
• Ability to make decisions in conjunction with multiple stakeholders.
• Works well with others and has excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Tactful and discreet when dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
• Strong computer skills particularly in the use of Excel, Sage 300, AccPac, and other financial systems.
• Flexibility to assist with various tasks within the finance team environment.

Responsibilities Include: 

• Help to build and continuously improve the accounting systems with the Accounting Manager.
• Prepare all AR/Sales Invoices; assist the Accounts Payable Clerk in entering bills and reconciling vendor statements; complete bank and credit card reconciliations, and perform various month-end accounting postings and reports.
• Accounts Receivable:
  • Prepare invoices for review/approval and issuance to clients. Prepare monthly operational invoices and construction progress invoices.
  • Prepare customer and company AR Aging Reports for review and collection to follow up.
  • Perform cheque deposits and apply payments to customer accounts.
  • Maintain customer master account contact information
• Accounts Payable:
  • Assist AP Clerk with invoice processing and entry; verifying all invoices and obtaining the appropriate authorizations for payment.
  • Reconciling Vendor invoices to Monthly Statements.
  • Review Cheque Runs prepared by AP Clerk.
  • Maintain a complete and up-to-date vendor list.
• General Accounting:
  • Reconcile Bank & Credit Card statements.
  • Authorize and process secondary EFT payments to vendors.
  • Prepare and enter inter-company rental billings and other intercompany transactions.
  • Perform month-end accounting journal entries: Monthly Inventory Postings, Prepaid Expense Control Sheet management and postings, Accrued Liability postings, Accrued revenue postings for construction projects, Depreciation postings.
  • Review monthly Camp Profit and Loss Statements for completeness.
  • Assist with year-end requests from external accountants.
  • Perform various expense GL analyses to identify trends for management review.
  • Assist in developing and maintaining company metrics reporting system Ad-hoc projects & reports as requested by Accounting Manager and/or company Leadership Team.

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