Junior Finance Associate - Mississauga, Canada - Belvika Trade & Packaging

Description

Belvika Trade & Packaging Ltd. is a leading one-stop contract packaging company, specializing in precision packing of dry foods, chocolate and confectionary products from multiple facilities totaling more than 500,000 ft2. A 31-year-old and 100% owned Canadian Company, Belvika has grown to be one of the largest co-packers of chocolate, confectionary and snack products in Canada. Belvika uses its extensive experience in managing both manual processes and automated equipment to handle primary and secondary packaging of products for some of the world's best known confectionary brands.

Belvika is currently seeking an entry-level Junior Finance Associate to assist the Administrative/Financial Unit in day-to-day administrative and financial matters. The Associate will be located in the Mississauga facility.

The successful candidate will:

• Have basic accounting/book keeping experience.
• Assist in customer invoicing and uploading (i.e. KBuy)/transmitting data to our customers;
• Maintaining customers' purchase order files and pricing information;
• Updating new items & prices in NetSuite;
• Reconciliation of shipped vs. invoiced items to customers;
• Reviewing AR Aging Report and following up on outstanding invoices;
• Assist in processing and reconciling Credit Card Statements and posting in accounting system;
• Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording accounts payable data.
• Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any, by reconciling vendor accounts and monthly vendor statements.
• Create PO's as per request for supplies and service requests
• Sort, code, match invoices and enter and upload invoices into system
• Maintain vendor and customer files and folders.
• Responsible for sorting & filing of invoices.
• Do light to moderate admin duties like making couriers, filing and break room maintenance;
• Other duties and projects as assigned from time to time.

Education/Work experience requirements:

• University degree or 3-year college diploma with an accounting focus;
• Minimum 2 years progressive experience in an accounting environment;
• Basic knowledge of general ledger, data entry and sales processing;
• NetSuite and/or Nulogy software experience would be an asset.

Key technical & behavioral competencies:

• Self-starter who works well under pressure and has great time management skills;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products such as Word and Excel;
• Great interpersonal skills with a proven ability to work well both independently and with multiple departments as required;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a cross-functional and team-oriented environment;
• Ability to take Initiative & be a quick thinker;
• Ability to interface with various organizational levels and build strategic working relationships;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities and decision-making skills;
• Aptitude for numbers;
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of company data.

Belvika is an equal opportunity employer; offering competitive wages, a bonus plan, benefit plan, ongoing training and an interesting and challenging work environment. We will provide the tools and training that you require to excel at your role together with access to Senior Management to provide additional support and guidance. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those most qualified will be contacted.