Hybrid Accounts Payable Specialist: Impactful Finance

Canadian Internet Registration; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join CIRA in Ottawa as an Accounting Specialist, responsible for day-to-day accounts payable and expense processing. You will be a Finance contact for employees and vendors, ensuring invoices and payments are accurate and on time.

You will support reconciliations, month-end activities, and other accounting tasks in a small Finance team. You will bring 2–5 years of AP experience, strong Excel and ERP skills, and the ability to manage priorities and deadlines in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in accounts payable, accounting operations, finance or a related role, with hands-on experience in full-cycle accounts payable and knowledge of journal entries, reconciliations and the general ledger.
• Strong systems skills, including experience with ERP/accounting systems and proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Experience preparing and submitting harmonized sales tax remittances and reconciling HST accounts.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle accounts payable, including invoice processing, GL coding, PO/contract verification, vendor payments and issue resolution.
• Act as AP contact for business units and vendors, responding to inquiries and ensuring issues are resolved.
• Process staff and corporate expenses, including monthly corporate card reconciliations.
• Support selected account reconciliations, journal entries and month-end/year-end activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve AP and Finance processes and support other Finance activities as required.

Skills

Accounts payable

Excel

ERP systems

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Tools

ERP/Accounting software

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Join CIRA in Ottawa as an Accounting Specialist, responsible for day-to-day accounts payable and expense processing. You will be a Finance contact for employees and vendors, ensuring invoices and payments are accurate and on time.

You will support reconciliations, month-end activities, and other accounting tasks in a small Finance team. You will bring 2–5 years of AP experience, strong Excel and ERP skills, and the ability to manage priorities and deadlines in a collaborative environment.