Finance Officer

WestShore Chamber of Commerce; Victoria; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

WestShore Chamber of Commerce is seeking a collaborative Finance Officer to provide reliable day-to-day financial administrative support within a mission-driven foundation environment. The role reports to the Director of Finance, Operations & IT and focuses on maintaining accurate transactions, reconciliations, reporting, and strong financial controls while protecting confidentiality.

Strong attention to detail and experience with payables, receivables, reconciliations, journal entries, and

Qualifications

• Experience with payables, receivables, reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and audit preparation.
• Nonprofit accounting familiarity is a plus.
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Excel) at an intermediate level.

Responsibilities

• Support accurate coding and entering of donations, invoices, payments, expense reports, corporate credit cards, and banking activity.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reconciliations, adjustments, journal entries, and internal financial reports.
• Assist with GST/PST returns, audit documentation, property-related accounting, and finance projects.
• Work closely with colleagues across the Foundation while helping maintain strong financial controls and reliable records.

Skills

Excel

Financial systems

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics GP

Raiser's Edge

Job description

Salary: $42,310.00 - $63,464.00 Annually

Application Deadline: Aug 18, 2026

Nonprofit

Make a Meaningful Difference - Every Day

We are seeking a collaborative and highly organized Finance Officer to provide reliable day-to-day financial administrative support within a mission-driven Foundation environment. Reporting to the Director of Finance, Operations & IT, this role plays an important part in ensuring financial transactions, reconciliations, reporting, and internal processes are completed accurately, efficiently, and on time.

The ideal candidate brings strong attention to detail, sound judgment, a proactive approach to problem solving, and experience supporting accounting activities such as payables, receivables, reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and audit preparation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with numbers, improving processes, protecting confidentiality, and contributing to a team that values accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

In this role, you will:

• Support accurate coding and entering of donations, invoices, payments, expense reports, corporate credit cards, and banking activity.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reconciliations, adjustments, journal entries, and internal financial reports.
• Assist with GST/PST returns, audit documentation, property-related accounting, and finance projects.
• Work closely with colleagues across the Foundation while helping maintain strong financial controls and reliable records.

You will be a strong fit if you are

detail-oriented, analytical, comfortable managing multiple priorities, and confident using financial systems and Microsoft Office, including intermediate Excel. Experience in a non-profit environment, restricted fund accounting, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Raiser's Edge, and familiarity with CRA guidelines for registered charities are considered assets.