Job Description

Description

Associate Accounting Analyst

Temporary Full Time Approximately 7 Months

Competition Number

#107-791

Job Code

1052

Posting Date

September 22, 2022

Closing Date

September 30, 2022

Job Status

Temporary Full-Time

The City of Kitchener is a vibrant and dynamic city of approximately 240,000, in the heart of southwestern Ontario. As the largest municipality in Waterloo Region, Kitchener continues to be poised for development and growth, enhancing its reputation as a leader in city-building and innovation, with nationally recognized strategies to build its neighbourhoods, its digital infrastructure and its diverse economy.

The City of Kitchener is WHERE you want to work! Learn more about the top reasons to join us:

Responsibilities:

• Reconciles the City of Kitchener's bank accounts in a timely fashion to ensure discovery of banking errors as well as to help identify any issues of fraud/theft
• Investigates and resolves bank debit/credit memos
• A/P vendor file management: create new/modify existing SAP vendor profiles in SAP; distinguish between regular, T4A vendor or small supplier; set up and confirmation of vendor EFT banking information; follow up on returned EFT vendor payments
• Prepares journal entries, deposits, uploads, reconciliations, and analysis of financial information while ensuring compliance with Public Sector Accounting Board Standards, legislative requirements and corporate policies and procedures
• Assists in the preparation and compilation of working papers for the year-end audit file and works with external auditors for both the interim and year end audits.
• Prepares various uploads (monthly VISA upload, month end uploads including Hydro, Utilities, Parking etc.)
• SAP Concur and VISA administration and assists in monitoring the Concur help desk
• Daily review of Appzen (Concur's audit detect software) to ensure compliance with employee expense policies and procedures
• Assists other accounting staff as required
• Participates on other special projects/cross functional teams as directed by management in the Accounting Division
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Must be reliable with a good attitude and employment record and ability to support and project values compatible with the organization
• 3 year Business Administration - Accounting or equivalent diploma
• Minimum of 1 year of related experience in an accounting/financial capacity and have an in depth understanding of GAAP and PSAB with the ability to apply to specific circumstances
• Experience working with ERP systems, preferably SAP Financial, Financial Accounting and Controlling module
• Experience in preparation of detailed or non-structured financial analysis and reconciliations
• Possess highly developed computer skills, particularly in the use of advanced spreadsheets, word processing, databases and report writers
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills

The City of Kitchener is committed to an equity-driven, inclusive, accessible, and barrier-free recruitment and selection process, and to ensuring our workforce reflects the full diversity of the community we serve. We welcome applications from Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ persons, as well as other equity deserving groups.

We will accommodate the needs of applicants under the Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. Please contact Human Resources at , or 519-741-2200 ext. 7261 to make your needs known, so that we can support your full and equal participation throughout the hiring process.

We appreciate the interest of all applicants. Only candidates whose skills, experience and qualifications meet the requirements of the position will be contacted.

Please note that as per Human Resources Policy HUM-HIR-110, "Employment of Relatives of Staff Members and Elected Officials":

"The immediate relatives of staff of the Human Resources Division, all Directors, General Managers, or the Chief Administrative Officer and Elected Officials shall not be employed by the City in any capacity.

The immediate relatives of all other Management personnel shall not be employed where such employment would be:

1. within the same Department in the case of permanent full-time, temporary full-time and part-time classifications.

2. within the same Division in the case of students."

Department

Financial Services

Division

Financial Operations

Union Affiliation

CUPE 791

Number of Positions

1

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday 8:30-4:30

Location

Initial Location

City Hall

City

Kitchener

Compensation

Salary Range

$58,558 - $73,196

Grade/Band

7