Staff Accountant

Cpflexpack; Aurora; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the packaging industry is seeking a Staff Accountant in Aurora, Canada. This role involves managing accounts payable, supporting month-end close activities, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, tech-savvy, and capable of managing various accounting functions while adapting to a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of full-cycle accounts payable processes.
• Proficiency in accounting software and ERP systems.
• Attention to detail and ability to meet productivity standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle accounts payable, processing invoices and payments.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities.
• Conduct bank account reconciliations and cash forecasts.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Journal Entries

Reconciliation

Cash Management

Concur Expense Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Job description

Reporting to the Accounting Manager, the Staff Accountant will manage full-cycle accounts payable, ensuring timely, accurate, and efficient processing of vendor invoices and payments. This role also involves month-end/year-end close, journal entries, bank and account reconciliations in a multi-plant environment. Additional responsibilities will include travel and expense processing, credit card programs processing and administration, and treasury support/back-up. Position will work closely with other accounting staff and Department Managers/Supervisors on accounting related issues.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:
• Process accounts payable transactions, including invoices, purchase orders, and weekly payment run via ACH/EFT/wire/cheque.
• Communicate with vendors, and other internal stakeholders to resolve invoice discrepancies and payment inquiries
• Daily cash reconciliation to the ledger and cash forecast.
• Month end support including AP closing, expense accruals, journal entries and account(s) reconciliation.
• Administrator for the Concur expense reimbursement application.
• Management of the company credit card program.
• Timely reconciliation of general ledger accounts including prepaid, accruals, cash and intercompany.
• Assist with month-end close / year-end close / annual audit / annual physical inventory.
• Trained and serve as backup for the Accounts Receivable functions for vacation coverage and heavy workload.
• Trained and serve as backup for the Costing functions for vacation coverage and heavy workload.
• Assists other Dept. Managers, Supervisors, Directors, and VP’s as necessary.
• Must embrace technology with the ability to learn custom Accounting and Order Processing software.
• Must comply with all general Company-wide standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and any job or department specific SOP’s.
SOP’s may cover the areas of (but are not limited to)
Employee Health and Safety
SQF (Safe Quality Food packager) and GMP (good manufacturing procedures) focused on eliminating contaminates in all packaging manufactured.
SGP (Sustainable Green Printer) environmental regulatory procedures and SOP’s
• Must work within productivity standards and completes work in a timely manner.
• Must be able to adapt to changes in the work environment, manage competing demands and be able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Must be dependable and work within Company conduct standards; consistently at work and on time, follows instructions, responds to management direction, and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and project support as needed.