Position Summary:
Reporting to Manager, Finance, the Coordinator, Accounts Payable’s primary focus will be all aspects of accounts payable, including processing vendor invoices, ensuring payments are made on time, and by performing the following duties and assist with general accounting duties.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the day-to-day AP function
- Process invoices and outgoing payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures
- Reconcile the accounts payable ledger to ensure that subledger balance to general ledger
- Enter invoices, ensure timely, accurate capture of financial data in Sage 300 and Sage APA
- Prepare and perform all payments including EFT, Wire Transfers and cheques and monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date
- Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues
- Assist in year-end audit process, including assigned audit schedules and working papers
- Prepare and issue T4A’s for independent program contractors
- Prepare the monthly accrual and prepaid listings, including GL account reconciliations
- Continuing improvements in the A/P workflows
- Ad-hoc projects and tasks as required
Education and/or Experience:
- Degree or diploma in business, finance, accounting, or a related field
- 2+ years of experience in accounts payable or related role preferred
Skills
- Strong working knowledge in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Outlook
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail
- Strong administration and organization skills
- A self-starter outlook, with the confidence to proactively look for solutions while enjoying challenges and new learning opportunities
- Ability to work efficiently and meet deadlines
- Speed and accuracy of data entry is essential due to the extensive data entry required