Junior Accountant - Mississauga, Canada - Apex Protein International Inc
Description
Job description
Junior Accountant Clerk (3 Month Contract to Permanent Position)
Apex Protein International Inc is a newly started company in the protein importing and exporting business. We service local and international protein partners with a various list of protein products. We are experiencing tremendous growth and we are looking for resourceful, experienced, and energized professionals to join our growing team.
We are hiring an Junior Accountatn to work from our head office in Mississauga Ontario. Reporting to the Controller, this is a 3 month contract with a possibility to switch to permanent.
The successful candidate will have a desire to contribute to our rapidly growing company. This role will be responsible for full Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable duties
Start Date: May 13th 2024
Key Responsibilities:
• Process outgoing and incoming payments in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Perform day-to-day financial transactions, including verifying, sorting, entering, posting transactions into SAGE 200.
• Prepare and post invoices, bank deposits and inventory adjustments
• Reconcile the accounts receivable & payable ledger to ensure that all payments are accounted for and properly posted, conducting bank reconciliation.
• Verify discrepancies and resolve clients' billing issues
• Facilitate payment of invoices due by sending bill reminders and contacting clients
• Identify day-to-day priorities and ensure the work is completed on time with 100% accuracy
• Perform clerical duties as required & or assigned
• Assist in weekly vendor payment runs
QUALIFICATIONS:
• A degree/diploma in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration
• Minimum 2 years of Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
• Solid understanding of accounting principles, fair credit practices and collection regulation
• Proven ability to calculate, post and manage accounting figures and financial records
• Hands-on experience working with accounting ERP software is a must, knowledge of SAGE products is an asset.
• Proficiency in MS Office; intermediate to advance MS Excel knowledge including experience using pivot tables, v-lookup, etc. is required.
• Must be customer-oriented with excellent communications skills, high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Must possess excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Experience working in a distribution company; fast paced environment
WHAT WE ARE OFFERING...
We are a newly started company that is showing a lot of growing potential in our industry.
We offer a:
• fast-paced, dynamic, growing, and challenging work environment
• opportunity for professional growth and development
• competitive group benefit plan
• supportive, transparent, passionate team
• possibility to switch to a permanent contract
Salary: 60-65K
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Apex Protein International Inc believes that people's efforts and qualifications are more important than their skin color, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender, or age. As such, we are an Equal Employment meritocracy, and welcome all to apply as you are
If you are interested in applying, please submit apply via or send your resume to
on the subject line, please note "Junior Accountant "
We thank everyone for their interest but only those chosen for the next stage will be contacted.