Purpose:

The Accounting Technician is primarily responsible for the Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable functions in the Finance Department This key member of the corporate Finance/Payroll team provides services to our Corporate and Site operations and support to other team members.

Reports to:

This position reports to the Controller.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and issue revenue invoices, accounts receivable statements, and other financial reports using computerized and manual systems
• Set-up new vendors and customers
• Code source documents with general ledger codes and enter into the sub-ledger
• Respond to customer inquiries, maintain good customer relations, and solve problems
• Initiate accounts receivable collection correspondences
• Verify vendor account statements
• Post bank transactions such as lease and insurance payments
• Maintain maintenance/other vendor agreement files
• Perform clerical duties such as filing, faxing, and photocopying
• Back-up to the other Accounting Technician – including sales tax remittance (federal and provincial), processing various employee benefits and other expense claims, processing cash receipts and issuing of cheques and bank transfers, update daily cash/bank reconciliations
• Other duties to be assigned by Finance Management

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2 years work experience performing similar duties
• Diploma/Degree in Accounting /Business Administration and/or Office Administration combined with prior work experience
• Working knowledge of Great Plains Accounting Software a definite asset
• Proficient in MS Office Word and Excel
• Experienced dealing with multiple tasks simultaneously
• Able to prioritize and be detail oriented
• Works well under pressure and meets deadlines set forth
• A team player able to work across departmental lines with minimal supervision
• Dependable, flexible, and has a positive attitude
• Treat information as classified and highly confidential

Application: If you are interested in applying for this position please do so by emailing your resume and cover letter, quoting competition number AT1105-CB, on or before Monday, November 23rd, 2009 to Bethany Broderick at: bethany.broderick@onlinesupport.com

We would like to thank all interested applicants, however only those candidates who possess the required qualifications for the position will be selected for an interview.