Accounting Clerk

Northern Farms; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Farms is seeking an Accounting Clerk in Canada to support day-to-day financial activities within the Finance team. The role involves hands-on accounts receivable and accounts payable duties, accuracy, and teamwork in a manufacturing environment.

You will handle payments, invoicing, reconciliations, and use ERP systems while ensuring timely vendor and customer interactions. This is a new, non-AI role with emphasis on accuracy and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in accounting or related field.
• AND/OR prior work experience in the accounting field.

Responsibilities

• Record payments from customers and deposit them daily.
• Prepare and deposit cheques, EFT, and electronic transfers.
• Reconcile daily invoices with customer bills of lading.
• Code and enter vendor invoices and manage expense claims.
• Process weekly payments to vendors and maintain A/P ledger.
• Monitor vendor inquiries and ensure timely payments.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Manufacturing experience

Excel

Education

Post-secondary education in accounting or related field

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Northern Farms is a well‑established, family‑owned pork processing company with more than 30 years of industry leadership. Our commitment to quality, innovation, and responsible growth has helped us deliver some of the freshest, highest‑quality products in the market.

Department: Finance

Salary: $48,000 to $55,000

Position Summary

The Accounting Clerk plays an important role in keeping the day‑to‑day financial activities of the business organized, accurate and moving forward. Supporting a range of accounting activities, this role works closely with Finance and colleagues across the organization. Success in this position requires accuracy and attention to detail, along with a willingness to ask questions, solve problems, and pitch in where needed.

This is a hands‑on role for someone who takes ownership of their work, supports others, and understands that accuracy, responsiveness and teamwork all matter.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Accounts Receivable Function

• Recording payments received from customers including all EFT, cheque, cash, and debit/credit payments.
• Depositing cheques daily as received from customers.
• Running account statements every week for our drivers to deliver to customers on their routes.
• Following up with customers on outstanding balances above our payment terms.
• Handling all cash received from customers and depositing it at the bank.
• Tracking the accounts receivable email to ensure that all payments are being recorded in alignment with the remittances provided by customers.
• Following up with the sales team to inquire about any customer credits.
• Reconciling daily invoices to the customer-signed bill of lading.

Accounts Payable Function

• Coding and entering vendor invoices, noting discrepancies and following up vendors as required.
• Validating and entering employee expense claims.
• Preparing cheques, wire, ACH and bill payments on a weekly basis.
• E-mailing remittance information to vendors.
• Ensuring that all vendors are paid in a timely manner and that we do not exceed the vendor credit terms.
• Monitoring the accounts payable e‑mail box and following up on all vendor inquiries
• Maintaining the A/P sub-ledger

Qualifications and Experience:

• Post‑secondary education in accounting or a related field AND/OR prior work experience in the accounting field.

Skills

• Must have good attention to detail, organization, problem solving and communication skills
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is an asset
• Experience using an ERP system is an asset
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Domingos Meat Packers is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. We will provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities upon request. If you require an accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact Human Resources at 519.848.5882 ext 105 or [e-mail]. All information received in relation to accommodation requests will be kept confidential.

This is a new position.

Domingos Meat Packers does not use AI in any stage of the recruitment and selection process.