Accounting Associate - Accounts Receivable - Remote in Southwestern ON

GoodLife Fitness; London; Remote; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

GoodLife Fitness is seeking an Accounting Associate for Accounts Receivable in London, Ontario. This role involves managing customer invoices, reconciling accounts, and ensuring financial accuracy. The successful candidate will enjoy ongoing training, career advancement opportunities, and a fun work environment.

Benefits

Ongoing training & development

Career advancement opportunities

Competitive Total Rewards Package

FREE Performance Fitness membership

Fun & energetic atmosphere

Qualifications

• 1-2 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Proficiency in the use of computers for email and internet.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer invoices and credits are complete and accurate.
• Reconcile general ledger accounts and create journal entries.
• Follow up on account discrepancies.

Skills

Proficiency in computer use

Ability to prioritize commitments

Education

Post-secondary diploma or equivalent work experience

Job description

ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATE- ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Who is an Accounting Associate- Accounts Receivable?

This role is responsible for ensuring that customer invoices and credits are complete and accurate in various billing systems. This role must also ensure that payments/cash receipts are received and applied to the correct accounts, and communicate with customers if there are any discrepancies. Finally, this role is required to reconcile general ledger accounts and create journal entries to ensure the accuracy of the company’s financial reporting.

What will you be doing?

• Monitors and reviews Members’ deposits/refunds through system-generated reporting to ensure each Member’s balance is accurate
• Analyzes and validates Member Cash account balances and positive Payment Account balances
• Provides information on discrepancies in the system to the Protective Data Systems Department to confirm the balance needs to be adjusted if it is a complex scenario
• Provides information to the Member Experience Department if communication is warranted regarding the Member’s balance
• Prepares and processes journal entries as well as general ledger account reconciliations using financial and system reporting to ensure the accuracy of the financial statements
• Completes journal entries during month-end and adjusts account balances
• Completes assigned reconciliations and adjustments with supporting documentation
• Follows-up on account discrepancies to ensure accuracy of Receivable balances
• Creates invoices based on internal request forms, sends them to Customers, and follows up on outstanding balances in order to ensure that receivables are accurate and current in the financial statements
• Confirms the appropriate revenue and account allocations
• Processes standard invoices based on Customer requirements
• Monitors and processes ad-hoc invoice requests
• Maintains and updates Customer information in the invoicing system
• Produces Customer account statements
• Follows-up with Customers that have past due invoices
• Records daily payments received by cheque, electronic funds transfer, and credit card based on internal reporting to ensure the payments balance to the bank deposits
• Applies payments to Customers’ accounts
• Follows-up with Customers that have a payment discrepancy
• Monitors the Accounts Receivable shared email inbox based on the system requests in order to ensure Customer inquiries are satisfied
  
  

Do you have what it takes?

• Post-secondary diploma or equivalent work experience
• 1-2 years’ experience
• Proficiency in the use of computers for email and internet
• Ability to manage and effectively prioritize multiple commitments
  
  

What’s in it for you?

• Ongoing training & development to ensure a long & successful career path
• Career advancement opportunities
• Competitive Total Rewards Package
• FREE Performance Fitness membership
• Fun & energetic atmosphere to come to every day!
  
  

This job posting is for an existing vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

At GoodLife Fitness, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and members feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve. We are committed to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a manner that respects their dignity and that is equitable. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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