Bilingual Accounting/Reporting Assistant (Eng/Fre)

BGIS; Montreal; On-site; CAD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facility management and real estate services company in Montreal is seeking an Accounting Reporting Assistant. This entry-level role involves transactional support within the accounting department, focusing on OPEX transactions, accounts management, and month-end entries. The ideal candidate should have a degree in finance or accounting, advanced knowledge of accounting systems, and be bilingual in French and English. This position offers tremendous potential for growth.

Qualifications

• College degree in finance or accounting.
• Advanced knowledge of accounting systems.
• Bilingual in French and English is required.

Responsibilities

• Review OPEX transactions for compliance.
• Prepare project journal entries for approval.
• Conduct balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of accounting systems

Ability to process high volume data

Effective communication with colleagues and vendors

Identifying non-compliance items

Bilingual (French/English)

Education

College and/or university degree in finance or accounting

Tools

MS Office suite

Oracle ERP

Power BI

Job description

Who We Are

BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services. With our combined team of over 6,500 globally, we relentlessly focus on enabling innovation through the services we deliver, while actively looking for new opportunities that will enable innovation for our clients’ businesses. Globally, we manage over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia. Further information is available at www.bgis.com

Summary

The Accounting Reporting Assistant is accountable for providing transactional support for multiple processes within the organization accounting department. The individual will focus primarily on the facilities management services division of our business. This is a great entry level position offering tremendous potential for growth.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Review OPEX transactions to ensure contract guidelines are met.
• Monitor accounts receivables and accounts payables sub ledgers.
• Prepare project journal entries and submit for approval.
• Assist the accounting managers with month end entries.
• Connect with the operations team to book cost accruals.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare and provide documentation required by internal and external auditors.
• Receive, review, and act as first approval for expense reports in multiple regions.
• Ensure taxes are properly recorded in both principal and agency accounts.
• Validate weekly timesheets to ensure proper coding according to client contract.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills

• Advanced knowledge of current purchasing and payables accounting systems and MS Office suite (Excel, Word).
• Ability to process high volume data with accuracy.
• Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues and vendors/clients for the purpose of data clarification and exchange / follow up.
• Ability to identify non-compliance items.
• Ability to make basic policy adherence decisions.
• Ability to identify data discrepancies – (i.e.) coding, purchase orders, taxes calculation, etc.
• Ability to validate invoice and to make decisions whether to process payment or to put payment on hold.
• Bilingual (French/English)

Minimum Education

College and/or university degree in finance or accounting

Assets

• CPA designation obtained or in progress
• Prior experience with Oracle ERP
• Prior experience with real estate facilities management services
• Prior experience building dashboards using Power BI
• Any extracurricular activity such as sports, student association, volunteering, etc.