Accounting and Finance Officer

Affinity Credit Union; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Pension

Health spending account

Vacation and personal days

Volunteer day

Referral bonus

Job summary

Affinity Credit Union is seeking an Accounting and Finance Officer to support daily reconciliations, journal entries, and financial reporting within our Internal Accounting and Finance team.

You will review accounts payable, validate entries, maintain procedures, liaise with vendors on GST/HST/PST, and help drive process improvements and efficiency tools.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary diploma or degree in accounting or related field (or equivalent).
• Intermediate knowledge of financial reporting and accounting standards and principles.

Responsibilities

• Identify and report issues from reconciliations and tasks.
• Review accounts payable and expense claims for reasonability and guidance.
• Maintain internal systems; document procedures and payments history.
• Prepare journal entries and validate entries prepared by others.
• Engage with vendors on issues, EFTs, and tax requirements (GST/HST/PST).
• Maintain fixed assets; review depreciation continuity and schedules.
• Identify efficiencies; develop templates and import tools.
• Collaborate with other units to advance accounting tasks and reconciliations.

Skills

Financial reporting

Accounting standards

Excel

Word

Education

Post-secondary diploma or degree in accounting or related field

Tools

Accpac

QuickBooks

MS Excel

Job description

We're looking for an Accounting and Finance Officer to join our progressive Internal Accounting and Finance team. The ideal candidate will deliver accounting support services through the preparation, analysis, and maintenance of daily, weekly, and monthly account reconciliations.

What you'll do

• Identifies and reports issues arising from regular reconciliations and tasks.
• Reviews accounts payable and expense claim submissions for reasonability while analyzing inputs and validating to Affinity procedure providing feedback, guidance and support.
• Maintains internal systems including developing and documenting procedures and retention of payments history.
• Prepares journal entries and validates reasonability of entries prepared by others prior to processing.
• Proactively engages with vendors regarding issues, process improvements, EFT validations and setup and work with vendors to ensure excise tax requirements are met.
• Maintains fixed assets and depreciation continuity schedules, performs review

and analysis of accounts payables and expense claims, ensures compliance with GST/HST/PST requirements, etc.

• Proactively identifies and implements efficiencies including improved processes, development of spreadsheets and import templates, etc.
• Collaborates with other business units to provide solutions that advance completion of accounting tasks and reconciliations impacting members. o Develops efficiency tools for processing more complex journal entries including creating effective import templates.

What you'll get

• The support to grow in your career with ample opportunities to advance
• A competitive salary plus bonuses for your hard work
• A total rewards package including health and dental benefits, pension and health spending account
• Vacation time, personal days off and a paid volunteer day so you can maintain a healthy life/work balance
• A referral bonus when you scout great talent and they're hired to join our team

What you've got

• Post-secondary diploma or degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Intermediate knowledge and experience in financial reporting, accounting standards and principles, and their application within a business or operational setting; University level Financial Accounting course
• Intermediate knowledge of Word and Excel
• Working knowledge of accounting software programs, e.g., Accpac, QuickBooks