Accounting Clerk - North York, Canada - ABC Technologies

ABC Technologies

Verified Company

North York, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Summary:

The Accounting Clerk plays a role in supporting accounting processes, and contributing to the smooth operation of the finance and accounting department.

They work closely with other members of the finance team to ensure the integrity of financial data and support the organization's overall financial goals.

Accounting clerks often have access to sensitive financial information. Maintaining confidentiality and adhering to data security protocols is crucial in this role.

Responsibilities:

Your supervisor may from time to time ask you to perform other related duties not specifically included in this job description.

This job's key responsibilities include:
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Expense Management: Reconciling employee expense reports, verifying receipts, and ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures. This may involve coding expenses to appropriate accounts and preparing reimbursement checks.
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General Ledger Entries: Assisting with data entry and posting of financial transactions into the general ledger system. This includes recording journal entries for various transactions such as payroll, accruals, and depreciation.
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Bank Reconciliation:Reconciling bank statements with company records to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies. This involves matching transactions, resolving variances, and investigating any discrepancies.
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Financial Reporting:Assisting in the preparation of financial reports and statements, such as balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. This may involve compiling data, formatting reports, and performing basic analysis.
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Audit Support:Providing support during internal and external audits by preparing requested documents, reconciliations, and schedules. Assisting auditors with inquiries and providing explanations for financial transactions as needed.
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Administrative Tasks: Performing various administrative tasks to support the finance and accounting department, such as filing documents, maintaining records, and responding to inquiries from internal and external stakeholders.
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Compliance:Ensuring compliance with accounting standards, company policies, and regulatory requirements. This may involve staying updated on relevant regulations and assisting with compliance-related activities as needed.

Job Qualifications:

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Education: A high school diploma or GED is usually the minimum educational requirement

Work Experience as an accounting clerk or administrative assistant would be ideal.

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Attention to Detail: Accounting clerks need strong attention to detail to accurately record financial transactions, reconcile accounts, and prepare reports.
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Organizational Skills: The ability to organize and maintain financial records, invoices, and other documents is essential for accounting clerks to perform their duties efficiently.
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Numerical Aptitude: Accounting clerks should have a solid understanding of basic math principles and be comfortable working with numbers and calculations.
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Computer Proficiency: Proficiency in using accounting software, spreadsheets (e.g., Microsoft Excel), and other financial management tools is important for accounting clerks to perform tasks such as data entry, report generation, and analysis.
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Communication Skills: Effective written and verbal communication skills are necessary for accounting clerks to interact with colleagues, vendors, and other stakeholders.

Behavioural Expectations:

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Safety-First

A safetyfirst mindset is a proactive approach to safety, where all employees keep an eye out for safety issues and avoid potentially dangerous situation which could likely cause danger, risk, or injury. This also means that everyone has responsibility for safety regardless of role, level, title, or job.

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Continuous Improvements

Suggest every employee, everywhere is always looking for ways we can improve and standardize our work even when everything is going well. By doing so, it will drive consistent progress toward improved business performance and will tap into people's desire to be the best at what they do.

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Compliance

Employee compliance is achieved when workers are familiar with all the laws that govern their industry or job and know how to conduct business in an ethical manner. It often requires procedural training and encouragement to learn from mistakes.

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Driving Results

Everyone knows their role and is accountable for driving their work to achieve a common goal.

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ONE Team - being part of a group that shares strong relationships, trust, respect, and a common vision for what "good" looks like. One team means supporting and relying on one another to achieve to drive the overall business priorities and meet our customer commitments.

Working Conditions:

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Office Environment: Accounting clerks typically work in office settings, either in a corporate office or a finance department within a company. They may