Assessment Officer- Auditor, CPA

WorkSafeBC; Abbotsford; Hybrid; CAD 62,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Vacation time

Health & dental

Leave options

Education support

Career development

Job summary

WorkSafeBC in Abbotsford, BC is seeking an Assessment Officer to act as a field representative for assessment matters and ensure employers with business activity in British Columbia self-report accurately. The role includes reviewing payroll, industry classification, and supporting audits.

You’ll educate employers on policy, adjust assessments when needed, and collaborate with multiple departments. The hybrid position may require travel to remote locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
• Current membership in CPABC.
• Minimum 24 months of directly related experience in financial auditing.
• Intermediate Excel skills and a valid BC driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Review audit employer records for completeness and accuracy and adjust as needed.
• Educate employers on assessment policy and practices.
• Recommend changes to remittance procedures to ensure compliance.
• Conduct classification reviews by reviewing financial documents and site checks.
• Analyze financial records to support other WorkSafeBC departments.
• Model professional behaviours, including responsiveness, collaboration, and accountability.

Skills

Auditing

Excel

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

CPABC member

Tools

MS Office

Job description

How you’ll make a difference:

Are you passionate about auditing a variety of financial and related documents? We are looking for an Assessment Officer in our Abbotsford, BC office to act as a field representative for assessment matters and ensure all qualified employers with business activity in British Columbia are compliant in their self-reporting of assessment information to WorkSafeBC.

In this role, you’ll assist employers within the Audit Section in adjusting assessments, performing industry classification reviews, as well as analyzing and interpreting registered employer’s payroll reports.

Where you’ll work

We serve the workers and employers across B.C., and we do that best when we're together. It's how we collaborate, learn from one another, and develop our people.

This role is currently designated as hybrid and is based in our Abbotsford, British Columbia office.

This role is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. These are considered case by case, based on the needs of the work, aren’t available in every role, and subject to the provisions of the Collective Agreement.

Like everything we do, our work model continues to evolve to support those we serve. We remain committed to a primarily in-office model that strengthens our culture and helps us deliver our best work, while balancing flexibility and a positive employee experience.

• Review audit employer records to verify completeness and accuracy of reported payroll and industry classification information, and make adjustments where necessary
• Educate employers by providing information on assessment policy and practices
• Recommend changes to employers’ remittance procedures to ensure compliance with WorkSafeBC policies
• Conduct classification reviews of either an employer or an industry group by reviewing accounting and related documents and/or physical inspection of the employer’s operations
• Support other WorkSafeBC departments by analyzing and interpreting financial records.
• Consistently models the appropriate level of organizational behaviours expected of all WorkSafeBC employees: responsive, respectful, fair, collaborative, accountable, and forward thinking.

We’re Looking For Someone Who Can

• Independently schedule, plan, and prioritize work assignments in a variety of geographical regions
• Present, explain, and document accounting information and decisions, both verbally and in writing, to individuals and groups with varying levels of understanding and education
• Build and maintain trusting and cooperative working relationships with a variety of individuals and organizations
• Independently investigate, analyze, and resolve complex issues relating to financial and operational information to make sound, timely decisions in accordance with policies and legislation
• Maintain a high level of customer service
• Occasionally travel to remote locations for periods of up to one week at a time

Your Background And Experience

• A Bachelors Degree in related fields (e.g Accounting)
• Current member of Chartered Professional Accountants of BC (CPABC)
• A minimum of 24 months of directly related experience in financial auditing
• Ability to use Microsoft Excel at an intermediate level
• A valid BC drivers’ license

We’ll consider equivalent combinations of education and experince.

Who We Are

At WorkSafeBC, we promote safe and healthy workplaces across British Columbia. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We’re honoured to serve the 2.49 million workers and 263,000 registered employers in our province.

What's it like to work at WorkSafeBC?

It’s challenging, stimulating, and rewarding. Our positions offer diversity and opportunities for professional growth. Every day, the work we do impacts people and changes lives. What we do is important, and so are the people we do it for.

Our ability to make a difference relies on building a team with a rich variety of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, abilities, and experiences that reflect the diversity of the people we serve. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive work culture where everyone can contribute as their best, authentic self.

Learn more:

Discover who we are.

Our Benefits

• Defined benefit pension plan that provides you with a lifetime monthly pension when you retire
• 3 weeks of vacation in your first year, with regular increases based on years of service
• Extensive health care and dental benefits
• Optional leave and earned-time-off arrangements
• Development opportunities (tuition reimbursement, leadership development, and more)
• Learn more: Find out what we offer.

Salary:

$44.88 - $48.47/hourly ($84,595.7840 - $91,365.1960/annually)