Financial Accounts Payables/Receivables Analyst (Contract)

Socket.dev; Guelph; On-site; CAD 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Agricorp in Guelph is seeking a Financial Accounts Payables/Receivables Analyst to join the Finance team in the Corporate Services division. This role focuses on payables coding, invoicing, banking, customer payments and investigations, delivering accurate financial information to support planning and operations.

This 12-month contract reports to the Manager of Finance and requires attention to detail, collaboration with stakeholders, and the ability to prepare and review financial reports and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma or certificate in business, accounting, bookkeeping or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in either accounts receivable/accounts payable.
• Experience with MS Business Solutions (e.g. MS Office, GP Dynamics, EDP).
• Familiarity with Agricorp systems and/or experience in the public sector an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine processing, analysis and problem solving in the area of financial payables and receivables, while ensuring daily outputs and workflow prioritization
• Provide immediate professional finance work, such as reports, audits, and statements, including review of colleagues’ work, to contribute to short and long-term results for Agricorp
• Participate as a key resource on projects and for programs to ensure solution development and delivery, in collaboration with stakeholders
• Execute financial processes and procedures within a designated team to ensure accurate and timely delivery of our mandate
• Respond to internal and external stakeholder inquiries in assigned area of responsibility to address business needs and ensure customer satisfaction
• Assist peers and other non-finance personnel, including leaders, in preparing and understanding financial reports and plans
• Establish and maintain a working rapport with appropriate levels of personnel across Agricorp, at both management and non-management levels

Skills

Analytical thinking

Initiative

Quality focus

Communication

Efficiency

Financial accounting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or college diploma or certificate in business, accounting, bookkeeping or related field, or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Office

GP Dynamics

EDP

Job description

Are you detail-oriented with a passion for accuracy and organization? Agricorp is looking for a Financial Accounts Payables/Receivables Analyst to join our Finance team in the Corporate Services division. Agricorp’s Finance team is responsible for producing timely and accurate financial information and reporting, which feeds into Agricorp’s business planning process and supports day-to-day operations, procurement and risk management.

The Role

As the Financial Accounts Payables/Receivables Analyst, you will act as a hands-on functional professional, responsible for the delivery of specific finance services, including advice, consulting and solutions primarily related to payables coding, payments, invoicing, banking, customer payments and investigations. This role will report to the Manager of Finance. In this role, you will:

• Provide routine processing, analysis and problem solving in the area of financial payables and receivables, while ensuring daily outputs and workflow prioritization
• Provide immediate professional finance work, such as reports, audits, and statements, including review of colleagues’ work, to contribute to short and long-term results for Agricorp
• Participate as a key resource on projects and for programs to ensure solution development and delivery, in collaboration with stakeholders
• Execute financial processes and procedures within a designated team to ensure accurate and timely delivery of our mandate
• Respond to internal and external stakeholder inquiries in assigned area of responsibility to address business needs and ensure customer satisfaction
• Assist peers and other non-finance personnel, including leaders, in preparing and understanding financial reports and plans
• Establish and maintain a working rapport with appropriate levels of personnel across Agricorp, at both management and non-management levels

Job status: 12 month contract (posting is for an existing vacancy)
Salary: $30.88 - $36.33 /hour
Work Status: Full time in office
Location: Guelph

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma or certificate in business, accounting, bookkeeping or related field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 3 years experience in either accounts receivable/accounts payable
• Experience with MS Business Solutions (e.g. MS office, GP Dynamic, EDP)
• Familiarity with Agricorp systems and/or experience in the public sector an asset

Key competencies

• Analytical thinking – Uses facts and available information to develop logical assumptions
• Initiative – Proactively identifies and handles issues and situations to take action; seizing opportunities when they arise
• Quality Focus – Attends to tasks at hand to minimize errors; reviews own work prior to distribution
• Communication – Consistently communicates information in a clear, concise and timely manner to optimize audience understanding
• Efficiency – Effectively plan and organize time and resources to prioritize work to effectively meet objectives
• Financial accounting and reporting – Understands and applies accounting concepts and methodologies

Background

Agricorp, an agency of the government of Ontario.

Agricorp delivers government programs. These programs help protect the livelihood of over 47,000 Ontario farmers against the many risks farm businesses face every day. Our employees are skilled professionals who respond when industry and government need us, manage public funds with great care and integrity, and deliver a quality customer experience.

Agricorp helps grow Ontario agriculture. We underwrite $6-8 billion in risk each year. The agency was established in 1997, and since then we’ve made over $8 billion in payments to farmers when they needed it most.