Agent, General finance and accounting

Desjardins Group; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services organization in Montreal is seeking a finance and general accounting agent for a 12-month temporary position. The role involves managing financial accounts, producing reports, and performing audits while ensuring the organization's financial performance. Candidates should possess a college diploma, relevant experience, and knowledge of French. This position offers a competitive salary, flexible vacation, and a defined benefit pension plan, along with various other benefits based on eligibility.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses

Qualifications

• A minimum of one year of relevant experience in finance or accounting.
• Ability to analyze and produce financial reports and statistics.
• Strong organizational skills to manage operational and administrative processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial accounts, producing reports and performing audits.
• Analyze and revise reports, following up as needed.
• Perform data entry and processing for team support.

Skills

Knowledge of French

Drive results

Situational adaptability

Education

College diploma in a related field

Job description

Temporary position for 12 months.

As a finance and general accounting agent, you help manage financial accounts in accordance with the organization’s objectives by producing reports and performing audits, inspections and financial simulations. In addition to ensuring financial performance, you help plan and review budget processes. You help manage and control the organization’s accounting systems by gathering, processing and recording financial data to accurately reflect the organization’s economic activity. You participate in activities related to financial engineering, product and service pricing, financial market transactions and tax law analysis (including payroll). You perform administrative, office and other tasks to support your unit’s day-to-day operations and help it achieve operational objectives and carry out initiatives in accordance with the detailed guidelines in place. The ability to drive results is therefore essential. You help process and analyze information, solve problems and prepare recommendations, tailoring your approach as needed. You help users operate tools and systems effectively. More specifically, you will be required to:

• Carry out the unit’s operational and administrative processes
• Analyze, produce and revise reports and statistics. Carry out administrative, operational and quality control measures, following up as needed
• Perform administrative tasks such as data entry, extraction, processing, compilation and coding for your team
• Provide information about the policies, programs and processes in your field
• Prepare and revise presentations and related documents.

What we offer*

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

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What you bring to the table

• College diploma in a related field
• A minimum of one year of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Knowledge of French is required

Drive results, Situational adaptability

Trade Union (If applicable)

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

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Job Family

General finance and accounting (FG)

Unposting Date

2025-12-19