Senior Accounting Technician

Peel Meat Packers; Drayton; On-site; CAD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company events

Dental care

Discounted or free food

Employee assistance program

Extended health care

Life insurance

On-site parking

Paid time off

Store discount

Vision care

Job summary

Peel Meat Packers is seeking an Accounting Clerk in Drayton, Ontario. This full-time role supports compliance, financial reporting, payroll, and HR admin tasks, with a focus on accuracy and multi-hat versatility.

The position reports to the Head of Finance and offers a compensation range of CAD 48,000–60,000 annually, depending on experience, with in-person work requirements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of bookkeeping, accounting, or payroll experience.
• Working knowledge of general accounting principles and month-end close.
• Strong Excel skills and use of pivot tables and lookups.
• Ability to handle confidential payroll and employee information.
• Attention to detail and habit of double-checking your own work.
• Clear written and verbal communication for non-accountants.

Responsibilities

• Maintain documentation to support controls, audits, and regulatory filings.
• Perform reconciliations of bank, credit card, and GL accounts; assist with month-end close.
• Verify timesheets, payroll calculations, and deductions; coordinate with payroll provider.
• Maintain confidential employee files and support onboarding/offboarding processes.
• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable; respond to vendor/inquiry requests.

Skills

Excel

Communication

Detail-oriented

Payroll confidentiality

Education

Accounting degree

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Accounting Technician
Location: Drayton, Ontario
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports To: Head of Finance
Compensation: $48,000 – $60,000 annually, depending on experience
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We're looking for an Accounting Clerk who's comfortable wearing more than one hat. This is a generalist position supporting compliance, financial reporting, payroll, and a handful of HR administrative tasks. It suits someone who likes variety, keeps meticulous records, and can move between a reconciliation, a payroll run, and an onboarding packet in the same week without losing the thread.

What You'll Do

Compliance

• Maintain organized documentation to support internal controls, audits, and regulatory filings.
• Track filing deadlines and renewal dates, and flag issues before they become late
• Assist with gathering schedules and support for external auditors and tax preparers.

Financial Reporting.

• Perform monthly bank, credit card, and general ledger account reconciliations.
• Prepare journal entries and assist with the month-end and year-end close.
• Produce recurring financial reports and variance summaries for management review.
• Maintain accurate records in widely used Accounting Software.

Payroll

• Review and verify timesheets, Vacation accruals, overtime, and pay adjustments.
• Reconcile payroll registers, tax withholdings, and benefit deductions.
• Coordinate with the payroll provider on tax filings, quarterly returns, and T4s.

Human Resources Support

• Maintain confidential employee files and keep records current and complete.
• Support onboarding and offboarding logistics — paperwork, system access requests.
• Assist with benefits enrollment and act as a first point of contact for routine employee questions.
• Help keep the employee handbook and HR policy documents up to date.

General

• Process accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions as needed.
• Respond to vendor and employee inquiries in a timely, professional way.
• Identify small process improvements and help implement them.

What We're Looking For:

Required

• 2+ years of bookkeeping, accounting, or payroll experience.
• Working knowledge of general accounting principles and the month-end close cycle.
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas)
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential payroll and employee information with discretion.
• Careful attention to detail and a habit of double-checking your own work.
• Clear written and verbal communication — you'll be explaining things to non-accountants.

Preferred

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

Pay: $48,000.00-$60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Dental care
• Discounted or free food
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Store discount
• Vision care

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Drayton, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Secondary School (preferred)

Experience:

• Accounting: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person