Accounts Payable Clerk, Finance - Toronto, Canada - Sinai Health

Sinai Health

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Sinai Health is a leading academic health science centre with a provincial, national and international reputation for discovering and delivering life-changing care.

Since 2015, we have provided excellent and compassionate care in hospital, community and home.

Comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, the Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute and our system partner Circle of Care, we translate scientific breakthroughs, push boundaries for health solutions, and educates future clinical and scientific leaders.

At Sinai Health, we care, create possibilities and offer hope.

To support us on our journey Sinai Health is looking for an experienced client focused Accounts Payable (AP) Clerk who is diligent with excellent attention to detail and analytics.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Process high volume of vendor invoices and payment requests for all hospital operations, capital projects and trust funds with effective attention to detail and high degree of data entry accuracy
Validate invoices by checking payment authorization, corporate policies and compliance of documentation requirements
Follow up and resolve outstanding invoices, credit notes and any items over 30 days old with Procurement Services, Logistics, end users and vendors
Correspond with vendors to resolve problems and discrepancies in a timely manner
Reconcile supplier general ledger accounts to statements on a monthly basis and provide aged creditor listings for audit purposes
Obtain appropriate approvals based on signing authority policy and perform timely follow up with management and department staff on overdue invoices and approval requests
Participate in monthend, quarterend and yearend preparations and other special projects (e.g. audits).
Match POs (2 & 3 way match), verify coding, receiving slips for proper coding and prices
Accurately calculate, post, correct, and manage accounting figures and financial records
Process and monitor monthly payment of procurement cards and work in conjunction with purchasing card administrator to ensure card users comply with the hospital's purchasing card polices
Perform excel upload for summary type invoice billings (Rogers, Grand & Toy etc.)
Prepare information to facilitate preparation of accruals
Prepare A/P support for wire transfers
Participate in SAP user acceptance testing, system troubleshoot and creation and revision of users training documents
Maintain accounts payable files in accordance with department standards
Send cheques for mailing
Coverage of other AP Clerk tasks as per operational requirements
Other duties as required by business needs or as assigned

Job Requirements

Successful completion of a bachelor's degree in accounting from an accredited educational institution or other postsecondary education majoring in accounting
3 to 5 years of recent accounts payable or accounting experience
Strong working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles with the ability to perform moderate account reconciliations
Solid understanding of accounts payable book keeping / journal entries
Comprehensive understanding of procurement to payment process
Demonstrated technical literacy with the ability to operate computer technology and adapt to new systems and procedures. Experience working with accounting software, SAP preferred
Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Outlook) with intermediate knowledge of Excel (VLookup's/Pivot)
Welldeveloped organizational skills with the ability to work in a fast

- paced, high volume environment.

Selfstarter who sets priorities and drives deliverables to execution with mínimal supervision; able to anticipate and proactively respond to requirements
Attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy, under tight processing deadlines.
Exceptional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with an emphasis on customer service
Ability to make decisions, demonstrating analytical skills, exercise good judgement dealing with confidential information or stakeholder enquiries
Various tests may be administered as part of the selection criteria