Accounting & Internal Control Clerk

Hydro One Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 98,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

Hydro One Inc. is seeking a detail-oriented accountant to maintain internal controls, validate invoices, and initiate payments. The role involves processing bank drafts, ensuring proper cost allocations, and resolving discrepancies.

You will prepare journals, accruals, and supporting data for audits while maintaining comprehensive records for compliance. Responsibilities include clerical support, data management in SharePoint, and collaboration with supervisors to ensure timely payments and

Qualifications

• Knowledge of accounting principles related to invoice validation, journal transfers, cost monitoring and account distributions.
• Ability to use application programs for the production of reports and for inputting, extracting and updating data.
• Good command of English for communication and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Validate invoices, initiate and process payments for internal control processes, with vendor clarifications when questions arise.
• Review bank drafts, wire funds, stop payments, and ensure correct cost allocation and account distribution.
• Investigate and resolve processing errors/issues with corporate staff and discrepancies.
• Monitor payables and expedite payment processing through the computerized financial system.
• Maintain compliance with Hydro One corporate policy and government legislation for expenses and prepare related reports.
• Provide clerical support including word processing, Excel, filing, and SharePoint management.
• Assign and supervise staff as needed and refer personnel matters to Supervisor.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Invoice validation

Payment processing

Internal controls

Account reconciliations

Data entry

Education

Grade XII or equivalent

Tools

Excel

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Job description

52160 - Toronto - Regular Not Applicable/Optional

Hiring salary range: $3,750.68 - $3,990.02 / bi-weekly

Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly 1.5 million customers. We have a long history in the industry with our roots dating back over 110 years to 1906. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.

It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!

Job Function

Maintain internal control for financial processes, systems, validate invoices and initiate payments and other charges. Review and process bank drafts, wire funds and initiate stop payments and copies of cheques cashed. Investigate and resolve processing errors/issues.

Job Description

• Validate invoices, initiate and process payments for financial internal control processes, systems and reports. Contact vendors for clarification and adjustment when questions and discrepancies arise about amounts invoiced. Refer significant or unusual issues to Supervisor or other authority for direction. Ensure that approvals are obtained in a timely manner to avoid penalty charges. Prepare accounting journals to correct, update and complete the process. Compile data and prepare accruals at year end in accordance with accounting procedures.
• Review and process bank drafts, wire funds and initiate stop payments and copies of cheques cashed. Ensure costs are allocated and distributed to appropriate accounts and that the resource type is correct. Initiate corrections and changes to allocations, as required. Investigate and resolve any outstanding discrepancies. Maintain and monitor the minor fixed asset numbers in RAPPS FA for processing non-PO transactions. Maintain control of all accounting records, files, reports, manual or computerized, for further reference or audit trail purposes.
• Investigate and resolve processing errors/issues with corporate staff such as cancel invoices, monitor for non-payment due to blocks from payment and follow up on invalid accounts. Contact vendors and internal sources to resolve credit notes and purchase order discrepancies. Verify that all requests for these transactions are approved by appropriate authorities in accordance with the organizational authority system.
• Monitor unresolved payables and follow up with buyers/requitioners or vendors maintaining procedures for processing of invoice payments including appropriate correspondence to expedite payment and operating the computerized financial system.
• Receive, prepare and review material for compliance with Hydro One corporate policy and government legislation related to the travel, meal and hospitality expenses for senior management, the Board of Directors and designated employees for public disclosure on the external Hydro One website and for the submission to the Government of Ontario Integrity Commissioner, the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure and the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors. Respond verbally and/or issue routine or standard letters/responses within general business time requirement and within tight timelines for submissions to government.
• Update, retrieve and maintain material compliant information/data on a regular basis within computerized database systems. Prepare summary reports and various presentation data such as spreadsheets, graphs and charts, as required.
• Provide clerical services to the Supervisor and others in the Department including: word processing (e.g. preparing financial documents, reports, correspondence, authorizations, charts, presentations and correspondence); excel, (e.g. accumulating financial information for analysis) filing and electronic retention in SharePoint; records/manuals maintenance; processing documents such as invoices and other payments.
• Assign, check results and provide advice and instruction on work performed by staff assigned to assist in work activities. Refer personnel matters to Supervisor.
• Perform other duties as required.

Selection Criteria

Education

• Requires a knowledge of accounting principles related to the validation of invoices, journal transfers, cost monitoring and account distributions.
• Requires a knowledge of computer technology to utilize application programs for the production of various reports and for inputting, extracting and updating data.
• Requires a good knowledge of English to communicate effectively with internal and external personnel and prepare statistical reports.This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired either through the successful completion of Grade XII in a secondary, commercial or technical school, or by having the equivalent level of education.

Experience

• Requires experience to be familiar with the practices and procedures relative to the accounting and cost control systems.
• Requires experience to be familiar with business practices and office procedures to assimilate data, maintain records and to handle details associated with office operations. Requires experience to be familiar with the organization, interrelationships between departments and internal and external contacts to interpret the needs of the Department.
• Requires experience with various software applications such as Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint and from various financial and accounting data systems.A period of up to four years is considered necessary to gain this experience.

At Hydro One we understand that the success and strength of our business rests with our people. When we develop their skills, we are investing in both their success and ours. To secure the best talent, we seek to create a workforce that reflects the diverse populations of the communities where we live and work and to create a culture based on safety, innovation and inclusiveness.

We are honoured to be recognized by Forbes in its list of Canada’s Best Employers for 2026.

Deadline: October 27, 2026

The base salary for this role considers a variety of factors, including candidates' knowledge, skills, experience, education, and any applicable collective agreement requirements for union-represented positions. Hydro One provides an extensive offering of programs to promote a culture of safety, wellbeing, inclusivity, and sustainability to enable our employees to be the best version of themselves. For management roles, compensation is based on the principle of pay-for performance compensation philosophy, and the amount of annual adjustments and incentive payments depends on how well you and the company perform (subject to plan terms). We encourage open dialogue about compensation with our Talent Acquisition Team, who can provide more detailed information specific to this role.

Hydro One uses AI tools to assist in the screening and assessing candidates for this role. Our use of AI does not replace human decision-making.

We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Hydro One; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.