Horizon Recruitment is recruiting for a AR/AP Clerk for our client on the North Shore. This is an opportunity to join a stable established organization with significant operations and close ties to the community. This full time 1 year term employment role will join a busy finance team that is leading several key projects in the company. Our client will convert the role into full time permanency after the year term if it's a good fit for both parties. The AR/AP Clerk will provide support to the Assistant Controller and Senior Accountant ensuring that all billings and project reconciliations are managed effectively.
Responsibilities:
- Processes accounts receivable and revenue collection functions, including preparing, printing and posting invoices, following up on outstanding invoices and administering collection agency contract.
- Performs transaction processing related to accounts receivable payments, revenue collection and bank deposits
- Processes accounts payable invoices and expense claims for payment by matching and verifying with purchase orders, requisitions, packing slips, vendor statements and receipts and entering staff reimbursements.
- Ensures accounts payable invoices and expense claims are accurate, properly coded and authorized for payment.
- Performs transaction processing related to accounts payable.
- Generates payments, ensures cheques are authorized according to company policy and distributed to payees.
- Ensures completeness and accuracy of all accounts receivable and accounts payable databases and files, including monthly, periodic and annual reconciliation of control accounts.
- Makes recommendations for continual process improvements and ensures that procedures are documented.
- Ensures accurate processing to accounts in compliance with appropriate policies and procedures, with correct application of taxes.
- Responds to enquiries from external and internal customers.
- Provides daily, month end and year end accounting support, as required.
- Fosters and maintains positive working relationship with the Controller, staff, vendors, customers, the public and external organizations.
Requirements:
- 2 - 3 years of AR/AP experience in a complex environment
- Detail oriented and ability to work with a high volume of transactions.
- Experience working in a project setting would be valuable.
- Proficient in various software applications such as MS Office and accounting programs; excellent excel and word.
- Proficiency and experience with spreadsheets (MS Excel) and word processing (MS Word)
- Experience working in a highly computerized environment and processing financial transactions using an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and/or accounting software.
- Experience working with large volume of transactions and in complex systems, requiring a high degree of speed, accuracy and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication (verbal and written), interpersonal, and customer service skills are required.
Remuneration:
The compensation range for this role is $55K - 60K.
Work is performed onsite at our client’s office.