Accounting Clerk 1

Burnaby; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading municipality seeks a detail-oriented accounting clerk responsible for processing transactions, maintaining records, and preparing statements. Candidates should possess a Grade 12 education and relevant experience or training. The position promotes an inclusive workforce and offers the chance to contribute to city operations. Applications are accepted until June 20, 2025.

Qualifications

• Completion of Grade 12 including bookkeeping-related courses.
• Experience related to accounting tasks.
• Ability to process financial information accurately.

Responsibilities

• Process and record receivables and payables transactions.
• Prepare journal vouchers and account reconciliations.
• Handle routine telephone inquiries related to accounting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Data input and verification

Effective working relationships

Education

Completion of Grade 12

Bookkeeping and commercial courses

Tools

Financial software applications

Microsoft Excel

Job description

This position works in the Accounting organizational unit. Reporting to the Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for elementary accounting, routine clerical and data input and verification work of considerable variety involving responsibility for processing and recording receivables and payables transactions, the reconciliation of individual items to total amounts, the preparation of batches for processing, key entry, on-line editing, input and batch updating and the filing of source documents and other materials. The incumbent codes, checks and balances invoices, purchase orders, equipment time sheets, bank statements, and other source documents; contacts respective departments regarding errors and irregularities in source data and corrects same as required; reconciles invoices to purchase orders; ensures that invoices are approved and that proper account codes are used. Prepares journal vouchers and periodic statements as required; posts and checks accounts receivable; prepares various invoices for payment; prepares a variety of monthly and year end account reconciliations. Answers routine telephone enquiries and replies to or refers same to appropriate contacts. Performs related work as required.

Qualifications include completion of Grade 12 including or supplemented by bookkeeping and commercial courses plus sound related experience or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Sound knowledge of the rules, regulations, policies and procedures applicable to the work; and of modern office practices and procedures. Ability to maintain sustained attention to detail and to learn data input and verification procedures; to process financial information with speed and accuracy and within deadline and to prepare records and statements; to maintain effective working relationships with staff and internal and external contacts and provide routine information and assistance on matters related to the work; and to operate common office equipment including a calculator and computer terminal. Skill in the use of various financial software applications related to the work is an asset (ERP Software, Microsoft Excel, etc.)

Please apply online by June 20, 2025.

Copies of relevant professional certificates, degrees, or tickets will be required at the time of the interview. Please contact People and Cultureat 604-294-7303if you do not receive a confirmation email within onehour of submitting your application online at www.burnaby.ca/careers. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

We respectfully acknowledge that the City of Burnaby is located on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm Peoples (Kwikwetlem). Each Nation has distinct histories and distinct traditional territories that fully or partially encompass the city. We encourage you to learn more about the Host Nations whose ancestors have occupied and used these lands, including parts of present-day Burnaby, for thousands of years. We are grateful to be on this territory as we dedicate ourselves to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects our vibrant community and welcomes applicants of all backgrounds, genders, ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and life experiences.