Finance Assistant – Contract

Job title: Finance Assistant – Contract

Job description: Overview

Our client in Kitchener Waterloo is looking for a Finance Assistant to join their team for a 2-3 month contract position!

Excellent hourly rate at $35.70/hour for this contract role!

Duties:

• Posts financial data from corporate systems into the financial system (Oracle).
• Reconciles data against summary reports, and investigates and resolves discrepancies.
• Compiles monthly payroll accrual information and submits to supervisor for review as required.
• Assists in the preparation of operating/capital budgets for client program areas, including budget analyses, documents, summaries, and projections.
• Reconciles corporate asset accounts monthly.
• Reviews control accounts (assets and liabilities), follows up on incorrect codes, and resolves system and accounting issues.
• Generates reports required to monitor actual expenditures/revenues against approved budgets.
• Assists in the coordination of activities related to the year end audit.
• Prepares year end reports for external auditors/supervisor
• Reviews, accrues, and reconciles financial information to assist in the preparation of yearly financial statements

Required Skills:

• Knowledge of budgeting, financial, and management accounting practices/principles; financial/ systems analysis; and business/economic/mathematic principles, normally acquired through a related 4-year Bachelor’s Degree
• Current enrolment or completion of CPA Professional Education Program (PEP), plus 3 years of related experience are preferred.
• Knowledge of and ability to comply with policies, procedures, tax regulations, and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Communication skills to interact with/collect financial information from Finance staff and clients
• Analytical, organized, attention to detail, and problem solving skills to organize workload, meet priorities, and respond to ad hoc requests
• Computer skills; able to use Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Pro, financial systems, and corporate systems and databases

Please apply by emailing your resume to: jayne@grandriverpersonnel.ca

Grand River Personnel is committed to promoting accessibility for Ontarians with disabilities and complying with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and makes accommodations available for applicants with disabilities in its recruitment processes. When an applicant for employment is chosen to participate in an assessment and/or the selection process, reasonable accommodations are available upon request in relation to the materials or processes to be used.

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Tagged as: Accounting, Finance, Financial reporting, financial statements, reporting

Company:

Expected salary: $35.7 per hour

Location: Kitchener, ON

Job date: Sat, 13 Nov 2021 05:35:05 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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