Benefits Accounting Analyst

Collabera; Toronto; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Collabera in Toronto, Ontario is seeking a Benefit Payment Transactions Reviewer to ensure completeness and accuracy of benefit payments. You will perform quality control, balance data across multiple systems, and support tax team activities including year-end processing.

Daily responsibilities include reviewing transactions, documenting discrepancies, adhering to internal controls, correcting errors, updating tax spreadsheets, and communicating with peers and managers about tax issues.

Qualifications

• Basic accounting knowledge with balancing.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (formulas, data analysis).
• Ability to discuss updates across teams.

Responsibilities

• Review transactions processed by Benefit Payment Administrators for completeness and accuracy.
• Perform thorough quality control checks to avoid errors.
• Indicate results of the quality assessment in the workflow tool and note discrepancies.
• Adhere to internal controls and document for audit purposes.
• Review error reports and address required corrections.
• Balance data between multiple systems to ensure accuracy.
• Support tax team with year-end processing and daily inquiries.
• Update spreadsheets for tax team to capture changes for year-end processing.
• Communicate with peers and managers regarding tax issues.

Skills

Basic accounting

Microsoft Excel

Cross-team discussion

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

The role is responsible for reviewing benefit payment transactions for completeness and accuracy, performing quality control checks, balancing data between multiple systems, and supporting tax team activities, including year-end processing and daily inquiries.

Daily Responsibilities

• Review transactions processed by Benefit Payment Administrators for completeness and accuracy.
• Perform thorough quality control checks on transactions completed to avoid errors.
• Indicate results of the quality assessment in the workflow tool, noting any discrepancies, clarification or incomplete requests if not approved.
• Adhere to all internal controls and ensure proper documentation is in place for audit purposes.
• Review error reports and address any errors that required correction.
• Review balancing between multiple systems to ensure complete data accuracy.
• Support tax team with year end processing and daily inquiries as they arise.
• Update spreadsheets for tax team to ensure all changes are captured for year-end processing.
• Effectively communicate with all peers and managers regarding any tax issues.

Program / Technology / Software

Microsoft Excel

The candidate will be using Microsoft Excel extractions from multiple systems to compare & balance data. They will also be using this to have uploads done by another team to systems.

Must-Have Skills / Experience / Education

• Basic accounting (Balancing)
• Microsoft Excel (Advanced formulas, etc.)
• Cross-team discussion

Nice-to-Have Skills / Experience / Education

• Advanced accounting skills
• Microsoft Excel (expert)
• Philosophy
• Data Analysis

Soft Skills

• Curiosity & Inquisitiveness
• Critical thinking
• Analytical

Languages

• Fluent English (Written and Verbal)
• French (fluent) is an asset

The expected base salary range for this position is $20 – $22 per hour, depending on experience, skills, and internal equity.

The Company offers a total rewards package in accordance with all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and requirements. Benefit eligibility and offerings vary based on role, employment status, and work location.

For contractor positions, benefits are limited to those entitlements and protections required by applicable law, which may include (as applicable) vacation pay, public holidays, leaves of absence, and other legally mandated benefits or payments.

We may use AI-enabled and/or automated tools to support parts of our recruitment process, including application screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications. These tools are used to enhance consistency and efficiency. All hiring decisions involve human review and are not based solely on automated processing.