Part-time Development Finance Clerk - Whitby, Canada - The Town of Whitby

The Town of Whitby

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Whitby, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Open Date

Feb :18:00 PM
Close Date
Mar :59:00 PM
Position Title
Part-Time Development Finance Clerk
Posting Type
Parttime
Posting Status
Active
Position Length
Permanent
Department Group
Financial Services
Hours per Week

- up to 24
Department

Financial Services
Openings
1
Education
College Diploma
Salary Range

- $ $24.22 per hour
Description:

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

Part-Time Development Finance 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 Manager of Development Financing & Long Term Financial Planning, the Temporary Part-Time Development Finance Clerk is responsible for:

providing development fee quotations, processing payments, preparing Journal Entries, account reconciliations, reporting as needed for Town of Whitby, Region of Durham and DDSB/DCDSB;

- providing financial support during year end and the audit process;
- co-ordinating updates to Development Finance documents, rate tables, webpage, etc.; and
- other duties as assigned.

Who You Are

You are excellent at prioritization and time management, and can work under pressure to meet deadlines.

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, every single time.

You're always happy to learn new things and to help build a working environment that encourages and cultivates new ideas.

You convey your thoughts clearly and concisely.

Using your excellent communication and interpersonal skills you foster a collaborative team environment among co-workers, and work well both independently and as part of a team.

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 impacts productivity and performance.

You have a high degree of accountability, readily adapt to disruption, like to learn to skills, and explore new ways to connect and collaborate in the digital world.

What You Bring To Our Team

As the successful applicant, you must possess:

three (3) year post-secondary diploma/degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or other equivalent;

- a minimum of six (6) months of directly related work experience in an accounting environment, including invoicing, journal entry preparation and monthly account balancing / reconciliation / remittances; and
- intermediate level computer skills (MS Office, Amanda, MPower, etc.)

What We Offer You

- Salary: $21.75 -