Accounting Specialist

Stevenson & White; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Stevenson & White is recruiting a full-time permanent Accounting Specialist in Ottawa. You will own day-to-day accounts payable and expense processing, serve as the main finance contact for employees and vendors, and support reconciliations and month-end activities within a small team.

The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable owning recurring processes, with sound judgment and a curiosity for improving processes.

Qualifications

• Formal accounting education.
• 2+ years of accounts payable/ accounting operations experience, including full-cycle AP and reconciliations.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with HST remittances.
• Excellent communication and service orientation.

Responsibilities

• Own full accounts payable cycle, including invoice processing, GL coding, PO verification, vendor payments, and issue resolution.
• Serve as accounts payable contact for business units and vendors, handling inquiries to resolution.
• Process staff and corporate expenses, including monthly credit card reconciliations.
• Support account reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end/year-end activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve AP and Finance processes and support other activities as needed.

Skills

Accounts payable

Excel

Communication

Education

Formal accounting education

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are recruiting a full-time, permanent Accounting Specialist on behalf of one of Ottawa’s premier organizations. In this role, you will own day-to-day accounts payable and expense processing, serve as a key finance contact for employees and vendors, and support reconciliations, month-end activities, and other accounting tasks within a small, collaborative team. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable owning recurring processes, with sound judgment and a curiosity for improving processes and strengthening controls. They are outgoing, confident, and communicative, a relationship builder who works independently, adapts easily, and follows up persistently to see issues through resolution.

Main responsibilities include:

• Own the full accounts payable cycle, including invoice processing, general ledger coding, purchase order and contract verification, vendor payments, and resolution of invoice or payment issues
• Serve as a key accounts payable contact for business units and vendors, responding to inquiries and following issues through to resolution
• Process staff and corporate expenses, including monthly corporate credit card reconciliations
• Support account reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end and year-end activities
• Identify opportunities to improve accounts payable and broader Finance processes, and support other Finance activities as needed

Ready to make an impact and join a company that truly cares about the well-being of their employees.

Qualifications:

The main qualifications for this role include:

• Formal accounting education
• 2+ years of experience in accounts payable, accounting operations, finance, or a similar role, including hands-on full-cycle AP experience and a working knowledge of journal entries, reconciliations, and the general ledger
• Solid technical skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience preparing and filing HST remittances and reconciling HST accounts
• Excellent communication and service-oriented skills, with a talent for collaborating with employees, vendors, and colleagues throughout the organization