Financial Services Clerk - Whitby, Canada - The Town of Whitby

The Town of Whitby
The Town of Whitby
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Whitby, Canada

4 weeks ago

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Description

Open Date

  • Jul :08:00 PM
    Close Date
  • Jul :59:00 PM
    Position Title
  • Financial Services Clerk
    Posting Type
  • Fulltime
    Posting Status
  • Active
    Position Length
  • Permanent
    Department Group
  • Financial Services
    Hours per Week
  • 35
    Department
  • Financial Services
    Openings
  • 1
    Education
  • College Diploma
    Salary Range
- $ $34.46 per hour
Description:

Our team is highly skilled, passionate about our community, and we care. Let's grow together.


Financial Services Clerk:

Who We Are

In Whitby, we are dedicated to our work, our community, and each other. We work hard, we have fun, and we celebrate our successes.


The Town of Whitby is a community in transformation that is located in the heart of Durham Region in the eastern Greater Toronto Area.

Whitby is the second-largest municipality in the region and one of the fastest-growing communities in Canada.

Located on Lake Ontario and only an hour east of Toronto, the population of Whitby is expected to grow from 140,000 to almost 200,000 by 2031.

Whitby's Official Plan has been updated to establish new directions for Whitby's planned growth and development; the protection of our natural and built environments; urban design intensification; sustainability; community improvement; and, new employment within this time frame.

The Town of Whitby combines a small town atmosphere with the sophistication and amenities of a larger urban centre.

Whitby boasts two beautiful heritage downtowns, one of the finest recreational harbours with an award-winning marina, year round sports and recreation activities, parks, trails, and a robust arts and culture scene, all of which are part of the extraordinary amenities that Whitby residents enjoy every day.

Whitby has an exciting and aspiring future, with a community that is welcoming, growing and transforming.

On our team, you can expect to make a difference through your work and have a direct impact on shaping our growing community.

Creating an inclusive environment where employees experience job satisfaction and have rewarding careers is important to us.

We live our values and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement where people enjoy coming to work.

The Town of Whitby is a hybrid organization. This means staff are empowered to do their best work from various locations, as appropriate for the position.


We want to be the preferred employer for the most talented people who care about the Town of Whitby, and are excited and proud to serve our vibrant community.

Let's grow together.

What You Will Get To Do

Reporting to the Commissioner of Financial Services, the Financial Services Clerk is responsible for providing support functions for the Financial Services department, including:

  • Records retention and file management;
  • Creation of purchase requisitions/orders on behalf of the department, including office supplies;
  • Data entry, reconciliation, and assist in the financial reporting of Groveside Cemetery transactions and lease of Townowned properties;
  • Remediation of documents to comply with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act requirements;
  • Work on Town website updates related to the department;
  • Pickup of bank correspondence and distribution of department mail and assist with courier deliveries;
  • Maintain the department's Committee and Council report listing and setup reports in eScribe;
  • Assist with the Annual Budget process;
  • Track, prepare correspondence and cheque requisitions for annual municipal grants to external agencies approved in the budget;
  • Provide Customer Service functions for the Financial Services department, including receiving resident/customer inquiries and providing responses; and
  • Other general clerical duties as assigned.
Who You Are

You value partnerships.

Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills enable you to skilfully build, establish and maintain positive working relationships and reduce conflict within the workplace.

You demonstrate tact, diplomacy and sound discretion when working with a broad range of partners.

A high volume of work does not intimidate you.

You are excellent at prioritization and time management, and can work under pressure to meet deadlines while maintaining accuracy and completeness of work.

You are a problem solver.

You love to research and analyze problems:
identifying, gathering and processing relevant information to determine possible solutions, evaluate them and make recommendations. As far as you're concerned, anything worth doing is worth doing right.

To you, being at work is a mindset and not a location. You can switch seamlessly across modes of work and cultural norms of working in different environments. You know you best, including the tasks you do better when working virtually versus on-site. You believe that the cornerstone of successful working relationships is trust and understand how this positively imp
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