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Overview

The Accounting Associate position is responsible for planning, organizing, and administrating specialized accounting activities associated with maintaining ledger accounts and for developing financial statements and reports. This position is suitable for a recent graduate from an accounting program who is ready to start the CPA program.

The successful candidate will spend 3 years gaining experience by rotating through various Linamar operations in Guelph, ON. You will have exposure to areas such as Consolidations, Global Finance, Group Office and Operations Accounting. Employees who have previously completed this program are successfully working in all areas of Accounting and Finance within Linamar both locally and internationally.

 Responsibility

• Prepare all month end reconciliations journal entries with complete back up in a timely and accurate manner.
• Prepare and support the financial statements, reconciliations and reports in a timely manner.
• Complete product line income statements and variance analysis with explanations for all significant items.
• Prepare, evaluate, and assist with accurate processing of monthly accounts payable and accounts receivable aging.
• Process the entry of accounts payable on a weekly basis, with three-way matching to purchase orders and packing slips.
• Prepare the bi-weekly payment processing for all corporate payables.
• Process all corporate manual expense reports.
• Review and track all corporate credit statements with approval and receipts.
• Assist with preparation of annual budget, five-year business plan, and a twelve-month rolling forecast as needed.

Academic/Educational Requirements

• Post-Secondary Education in Accounting, Business or related discipline,
• Candidate should be prepared to enroll in the CPA program.
• Candidate must have the requisite educational requirements to enroll in the CPA program.

Required Skills/ Experience

• Recent graduate with prior co-op experience.
• Ability to evaluate the accuracy of financial data.
• Ability to prepare financial summaries such as balance sheets and income statements.
• Ability to work in a fully computerized environment including advanced Excel skills.

What Linamar Has to Offer

• Competitive Compensation
• Employee Benefits package includes but not limited to, Drug, Dental & Vision etc. 
• Opportunities for career advancement.
• Sustainability Counsel 
• Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities. 
• Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.

• Posting Period: 30-Jan-2025 to 13-Feb-2025

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Supervisor, Revenue Services, the Accounting Assistant 1 directs the unit’s staff in performing accounting duties pertaining to accounts receivables, purchasing, internal control and in researching, analyzing and reconciling to general ledger and ensures compliance with established corporate policies, procedures and practices.

Major Responsibilities:

• Performs accounting duties such as reviewing, researching, analyzing and reconciling ledger accounts, setting up and maintaining expenditures and revenue working papers, spreadsheets and reconciliation to general ledger.
• Researches and analyzes financial information to verify validity of transactions processed in SAP.
• Prepares the monthly departmental financial analysis and reports for divisions.
• Prepares and maintains accounts functions including vendor account reconciliation, preparing, reviewing, posting and reconciling journal entries.
• Prepares financial statements and expenditure reports i.e. capital expenditure reports, Council initiated special projects expenditure reports, and reserve fund schedules.
• Reviews financial system reports, i.e. variance, cost center, miscellaneous accounts. Makes comments or corrections as necessary.
• Analyses and reconciles account balances.
• Prepares, reviews, and posts journal entries
• Co-ordinates projects and assignments.
• Directs accounting staff (example: Accounting Assistant 2 and Accounting Assistant 3) and provides training, advice and guidance as needed.
• Provides assistance on accounting, financial and purchasing related matters to the Divisions, including oversight of accounting functions ensuring compliance with divisional and corporate policies and procedures and all relevant by-laws including interpretation of policies, by-laws, agreements/contracts and council reports.
• internal and external parties.
• Provides financial analysis, claims and other information to the Divisions as requested.
• Creates ad hoc financial system reports for analysis purposes.
• Ensures internal controls for petty cash are maintained in accordance with City by-laws and policies
• Co-ordinates with the City, Provincial and Federal Auditors
• Prepares working papers for year-end closing.

Key Qualifications:

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

1. Post-secondary education in Business Administration, Accounting or related field or completion of a professional accounting designation (i.e.CPA) or the approved equivalent combination of education and extensive experience related to accounting and procurement.
2. Extensive accounting and purchasing experience in municipal accounting, financial and internal controls applied in an operating environment or relevant private sector experience in accounting, purchasing and financial reporting.
3. Considerable experience providing work direction and training to accounting staff.
4. Considerable experience using Microsoft Office Suite (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).
5. Considerable experience using SAP or an equivalent financial information system.

You must also have:

• Advanced knowledge in investigating and analyzing administrative processes including but not limited to accounting payable, accounts receivable, and/or business process in efficiencies/problems, recommending solutions and implementing decisions and analyzing financial data, preparing financial reports.
• Proficiency in Excel relating to organizing, analyzing, and reporting data for management decision making.
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking skills, with the ability to work independently with minimum supervision, prioritize work schedules, plan and execute assigned duties within tight timelines.
• Good knowledge and understanding of City’s by-laws, policies, and procedures with respect to purchasing, accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable and financial reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to establish good working relationships with staff, operating management and outside departments, agencies and clients.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing at all organizational levels and other organizations.
• Strong coordination skills with the ability to meet deadlines and work with minimum supervision.
• Excellent conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work cooperatively as part of a team.
• Ability to exercise independent judgement and discretion in dealing with confidential operational matters.

Weekly Hours: 40 

Weekly Hours: 36.67 

Additional Requirements:

• Successful candidates may be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check per the City of Regina's Criminal Record Check Policy.
• Proof of education is required.
• Additional assessments may be conducted to evaluate competencies, skills, and knowledge.

The Financial Coordinator is accountable for providing transactional support for a process within an accounting cycle. Specific accountabilities include validation and processing of expense reports, p-card logs and time and labour hours.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Validates completeness and accuracy of time and labour hours and follows up on missing information to ensure timely processing.
• Reconciles the PCard Log to the PCard Statement, ensures completeness and accuracy, reviews supporting documentation, follows upon on missing information, and ensures proper authorization has been received.
• Pulls supporting documentation as directed by Finance for audit support
• Files processed documents according to the various filing categories within the established time frame
• Sorts, date stamps and distributes incoming mail on a daily basis.
• Other duties as assigned.

FINANCE SPECIFIC SCOPE/DEFINITION

Portfolio Scope/Complexity

• High volume, recurring, routine and basic transactional processing

Complexity of Accounting

• Requires basic understanding of project coordination, purchasing and accounting systems.

Involvement in Full Cycle Accounting

• Transactional support for a process within an accounting cycle (i.e. processing expense reports, p-card logs and time and labour reports)

Preparation of Financial Information

• Gathers data for data processing
• Minimal reporting – i.e.  p-card suspense log, missing time and labour reports, and other ad hoc reporting

Reporting Audience/User of Financial Information

• Internal vertical reporting
• External suppliers

Audit Support

• Files and retrieves documentation for audit support
• Documentation is reviewed prior to submission

Operations vs. Strategic Decisions

• Basic policy adherence decisions

Problem Solving

• Identification of non-compliance items
• Vendor dispute resolution
• Coding discrepancies

Interaction with Client/Management

• Significant interaction with internal operations team
• Interaction with vendors

EDUCATION, JOB-RELATED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

MINIMUM EDUCATION: Community college diploma or equivalent training (e.g. RPA, CET)

JOB-RELATED EXPERIENCE: More than one year up to three years

Knowledge & Skills

• Advanced knowledge of current purchasing and payables accounting systems and MS Office suite of software
• Ability to process high volume data with accuracy
• Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues and vendors for the purpose of data clarification and exchange, and follow up
• Ability to identify non-compliance items (i.e.) insufficient authorization, missing signature
• Ability to make basic policy adherence decisions
• Ability to resolve vendor disputes
• Ability to identify data discrepancies – (i.e.) coding, validation

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• None required
• Demonstrates interest in pursuing a career in Accounting. Explores potential licenses and professional accreditation options

The Financial Shared Representative is responsible for accurate and timely processing of accounts payable payments according to established internal procedures

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Accounts Payable Processing

• Processes accounts payable payments in accordance to established processes
• Communicates with stakeholders such as suppliers to follow up, clarify information or resolve disputes (i.e. payment not made on time).  Escalates to management, where required
• Liaises with business unit leaders to obtain approval for payments
• Handles scanned documentations with low data recognition and data enters missing data
• Reviews documents for compliance and completeness against established requirements.  Identifies non-compliant items and missing information and obtains information to ensure compliance to established procedures and requirements
• Determines appropriate accounting codes to the documents according to business unit and expense/cost element type
• Performs mathematical calculations – additions, subtractions, multiplication and divisions – to verify for mathematical accuracy.  Identifies errors and liaises with appropriate stakeholder for resolution.  Escalates where required
• Validates accounts payable documentations against supporting documentations to ensure accuracy and completeness.  Identifies and resolves issues and discrepancies in transactional accounting.  Liaises with stakeholders and management for resolution
• Handles validation, matching, coding and approval exceptions.  Liaises with business unit leaders to obtain approval exceptions
• Prepares electronic fund transfers and cheques for payments
• Enters accounts payable transactions into accounting systems

Vendor Set Up Process

• Completes vendor set up requisitions and works with Supply Chain Administration to complete vendor set up

Audit Support

• Files, maintains and retrieves documentations for audit support
• Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION, JOB-RELATED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Community college diploma preferably in accounting
• 1 to 3 years of clerical accounting/accounts payable work experience
• Understanding of sales tax rules
• Ability to execute work according to established procedures
• Ability to identify and resolve accounts payable issues and discrepancies
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, along with ability to identify inaccuracies in data
• Ability to process a high volume of data requiring strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to communicate effectively with others for the purpose of data exchange, clarification and dispute resolution
• Ability to exercise judgment
• Proficient with accounting systems, MS Office Excel and other MS Office software applications along with ability to quickly learn other information systems and software applications

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

Demonstrates an interest in attaining one or more of:

• Certified Accounts Payable Professional designation from Certified Accounts Payable Association (CAPA)
• Certified General Accounting

Customer Financial Relations Representative

In this role, you are responsible for supporting collections and customer service departments for Wolseley Canada's accounts receivable.

What are the benefits for you:

• Normal opening hours Monday to Friday
• Full benefits with fully Company paid premiums for the basic kit from the first day of employment
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Life, Disability and Wellness Insurance Program
• Retirement savings programs, including an RRSP and a defined contribution pension plan, with an employer contribution of up to 5.25%
• Paid vacation and sick leave, and a day off on your birthday!
• Bonus programs that include annual performance bonuses and a profit sharing plan
• Employee discounts on top brands of plumbing and HVAC/R products
• Tuition reimbursement for employees
• Employee Referral Program
• Reimbursement of safety shoes

What you will do:

• Resolve delinquent accounts by collecting late payments
• Encourage and promote our self-service website: Wolseley Express
• Handle a high volume of inbound calls from customers with billing and payment questions
• Perform, track and document collection activities
• Process and resolve inquiries from customers, branch staff, by telephone or email.
• Investigate and resolve disputes within the parameters of the policy
• Resolve billing issues leading to late payments and promote electronic invoicing.
• Resolve customer discrepancies such as discount chargebacks, term disputes, omitted invoices, unauthorized deductions, and misapplied payments.
• Identify and escalate accounts that require third-party action or legal action.
• Reconciliation of customer accounts, if applicable
• Monitor and manage the “Pending Shipment/Notification Display” screen within the authorized limits.

What you will bring:

• Minimum 3-5 years of credit/collection experience; proven track record of successful collections.
• CCP designation or pursuit of CCP designation is an asset.
• Experience working in a customer service role
• Excellent verbal and written communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to work independently
• Microsoft Office experience preferred (Word, Excel and Outlook).
• Attention to detail and precision
• Ability to exercise judgment
• Effective listening skills
• Excellent organizational, time management and interpersonal skills
   

Each submitted resume is individually reviewed by our team and kept for 24 months in case a great new opportunity that matches your skills and abilities arises.

Please note that this position requires the result of a satisfactory criminal record check. A criminal record under the Criminal Code and/or another federal criminal record does not automatically mean that you will not be eligible for the position.