CLK 09R - Financial Clerk - Payroll

British Columbia Public Service Careers; Oliver; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

British Columbia Public Service Careers is seeking a Financial Clerk - Payroll for our Oliver, BC location. This on-site, regular full-time role supports payroll and related financial services within the Corrections Branch, Adult Custody Division.

Salary ranges from $54,684 to $61,648 per year, with enhanced security screening required and BC residency at employment. The incumbent will process invoices, manage leave transactions, handle trust accounts, and provide admin support across

Qualifications

• Completion of secondary school/Grade 12.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working in a financial and administrative services environment including accounts payable, account balancing and reconciliation and tracking, reviewing and correcting transactions; OR
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Experience with MS Office computer applications: Word and Excel.
• Experience with a computer based financial system.
• Experience in keyboarding and data entry.
• Experience handling cash transactions.

Responsibilities

• Entering invoices for payment.
• Collecting monies and entering leave management transactions for employees.
• Providing trust account services to incarcerated inmates.
• Providing administrative support to the Purchasing Officer, Switchboard, and Sentence Management Unit as and when required.

Skills

Data entry

Accounts payable

Reconciliation

Cash handling

Keyboarding

Education

High school diploma

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Computerized financial system

Job description

CLK 09R - Financial Clerk - Payroll - (126155)

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Union

GEU

Work Options

On-Site

Location

Oliver, BC V0H 1T2 CA (Primary)

Salary Range

$54,684.22 - $61,647.97 annually

Close Date

10/13/2026

Job Type

Regular Full Time

Ministry/Organization

BC Public Service -> Public Safety & Sol General

Ministry Branch / Division

Corrections Branch, Adult Custody Division

Job Summary

The Team

The Business Office is an established team of administrative and financial staff who provide essential support to the day-to-day operations of Okanagan Correctional Centre. The team works across accounts payable, payroll, inmate trust accounting, and other administrative functions, working closely with correctional staff, supervisors and management throughout the centre. The variety of work provides opportunities to develop knowledge across several areas, and the team’s work helps ensure employees, vendors and individuals in custody receive accurate and timely financial and administrative services.

The Role

The incumbent in this position as required may rotate through a variety of tasks in support of the business office including entering invoices for payment, collecting monies, entering leave management transactions for employees, and providing trust account services to incarcerated inmates. This position may perform various other duties such as providing administrative support to the Purchasing Officer, Switchboard, and Sentence Management Unit as and when required.

Qualifications:
Education and Experience Requirements

• Completion of secondary school/Grade 12.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working in a financial and administrative services environment including accounts payable, account balancing and reconciliation and tracking, reviewing and correcting transactions; OR
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Experience with MS Office computer applications: Word and Excel.
• Experience with a computer based financial system.
• Experience in keyboarding and data entry.
• Experience handling cash transactions.

Preference may be given to applicants with:

• CAS, TLAM, and/or CORNET experience.
• Experience working in a Correctional Centre.
• Experience with Provincial Government Trust or Revenue Accounting.
• Experience with BC Government Finance and Administrative Policies and Procedures.

For questions regarding this position, please contact [e-mail]. .

About this Position:

1 Position is available.
This position has full time on-site requirements.
An eligibility list may be established to fill future temporary and permanent vacancies.
Enhanced Security Screening will be required.
Employees of the BC Public Service must be located in BC at the time of employment.

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