Accounting Associate - 6-Month Contract

Vaco LLC; Brampton; On-site; CAD 34,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco is seeking a detail-oriented clerical/accounts payable professional in the Greater Toronto Area to join our client’s billing team. You will be the first point of contact for external partners and customers on payment and billing questions, handling inquiries by phone and email with accuracy and a calm, helpful approach.

In this role you will process payment declines and refunds, keep data entry clean and records reconciled, and support other departments with administrative tasks as

Qualifications

• A clerical, accounts payable, or customer service professional with solid data entry and general accounting knowledge.
• Exposure to billing platforms or an accounting system is a plus.
• A tactful, patient communicator who stays composed in difficult conversations.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for external partners and customers on payment and billing questions, responding by phone and email with accuracy and a helpful approach.
• Handle core transactional accounting tasks, including processing payment declines and refunds, while keeping data entry clean and records reconciled.
• Manage outgoing mail (including registered mail) and assist other departments with administrative and customer service tasks as priorities shift.

Skills

Data entry

General accounting

Billing platforms

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

About the Opportunity

• Serve as the first point of contact for external partners and customers on payment and billing questions, resolving issues by phone and email with accuracy and a calm, helpful approach.
• Handle core transactional accounting work, including processing payment declines and refunds, while keeping data entry clean and records reconciled.
• Manage outgoing mail, including registered mail, and step in to support other departments with administrative and customer service tasks as priorities shift.

About You

• A clerical, accounts payable, or customer service professional with solid data entry and general accounting knowledge, and ideally exposure to billing platforms or an accounting system.
• Organized and detail-driven, with strong critical thinking that lets you trace a billing issue back to its root cause while juggling several competing deadlines.
• A tactful, patient communicator who stays composed in difficult conversations, enjoys learning from and teaching teammates, and is happy to get into the weeds to help the team.

Pay Range

$25-$28/hr.

This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Vaco/Highspring’s client

You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.