Finance Clerk at MacTay Consulting

Description

The Finance Clerk is responsible for providing financial, administrative and clerical services in order to ensure effective, efficient and accurate financial and administrative operations. The Finance and Administration Clerk must comply with the Financial Administration Act, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and municipal financial by-laws, policies and procedures.

SCOPE

The Finance Administration Clerk reports to the Senior Accountant and is responsible for providing financial, administrative and clerical services. This includes processing and monitoring payments and expenditures and preparing and monitoring the payroll system. Providing these services in an effective and efficient manner will ensure that municipal finances are accurate and up to date, that staff are paid in a timely and appropriate manner and that vendors and suppliers are paid within established time limits.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• The Accounting Clerk performs a variety of general accounting support tasks in an accounting department including:
• Verifying the accuracy of invoices and other accounting documents or records.
• Update and maintain accounting journals, ledgers and other records detailing financial business transactions (e.g., disbursements, expense vouchers, receipts, accounts payable). Enters data into computer system using defined computer programs (SAP).
• Compile data and prepare a variety of reports.
• Reconciles records with internal company employees and management, or external vendors or customers.
• Recommends actions to resolve discrepancies.
• Investigates questionable data.

Requirements

• 1-2 years experience working in a finance department.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel and Outlook. Organizational, verbal and written communication skills a must.
• Attention to detail and ability to multi-task is an asset.
• The candidate should ideally be working towards a relevant finance qualification such as ACCA, ICAN.