Job Description

Summary:

Do you have advanced Excel skills? Are you well organized, accurate, and efficient? Do you have a thorough knowledge of accounting?

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The following is a short-term contract opportunity for approximately 6 months working 35 hours/week.

The Senior Accounting Clerk is responsible for verifying the accuracy of vendor payments, preparing various month-end working papers, including bank reconciliations, maintaining CPSA\'s inventory of financial reporting templates, publishing monthly and quarterly financial results and following up on overdue receivables for select departments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Financial reporting:

• Maintain inventory of financial reporting templates, including, but not limited to those used for:

• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Month-end reporting
• Update all impacted templates according to entries made to the New Account Checklist, and set-up new accounts in the accounting system and the electronic workflow software, as directed.

• Publish monthly financial results, including consolidated schedules, and ensure that all reports reconcile appropriately.
• Design and generate ad-hoc reports from the accounting and budgeting system, as needed.
• Assist Payroll and People & Culture with building and maintaining data templates.

• Accounting support:

• Review coding on vendor invoices for accuracy prior to posting to the G/L.
• Review EFT and cheque runs for potential errors prior to forwarding to signors for approval.
• Review and submit positive pay report to bank for cheque runs.
• Provide training to other departments on CPSA\'s electronic expense workflow.
• Test financial programming changes in the Database of the College (DOC) and other accounting programs.
• Assist with accounting and payroll project work, including system upgrades, as required.

• Back-up the Accounts Payable Clerk and Accounting Assistant, as needed.

• Month-end support:

• Prepare month-end working papers, including, but not limited to:

• Bank reconciliations
• Prepaid expense tracking
• Accounts receivable and payable reconciliations
• Fixed asset continuity schedule
• Accrued liability tracking
• Investigate and follow-up on discrepancies, as required.
• Prepare adjusting journal entries, as needed.
• Track activity for the Treatment & Counseling Fund under the Patient Relations Program.

• Collections:

• Prepare monthly customer statements.

• Follow-up on outstanding receivables for collection.
• Contact customers to negotiate and set-up payment plans, draft payment plan agreements, send out approved agreements and followup on outstanding payments and documents, as required.
• Answer department questions regarding collections.

• Budgeting, forecasting and year-end support:

• Prepare workbooks for budgeting and forecasting fixed asset purchases and depreciation expenses, as well as purchases of computer software and supplies.

• Enter data into the budgeting and forecasting system. Includes, but not limited to, depreciation expense and department telephone expense allocations.
• Assist with preparation of spreadsheets for the year-end audit, prepare annual non-profit return and annual honorarium calculations and letters.
• Prepare year end input tax credit calculation and journal entry as required.

For additional role specifics, please see the position profile attachment located at the bottom of this posting.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Advanced technical knowledge of a specific function or discipline (specialist), or general business knowledge of multiple functions or business processes (generalist) typically obtained through a 2-3 year post-secondary diploma, or equivalent.

Experience:

• Requirement for 3 to 5 years of related experience.

Skills:

• Thorough knowledge of accounting.
• Advanced level Excel.
• Strong communication skills, written and oral.
• Good time management skills and ability to prioritize.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains and BI360 is an asset.

SALARY
The annual salary for this position is $66,382 and includes a benefits package.

Along with your resume, please submit a cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for this position by telling us how your relevant work experience has prepared you to undertake this role. Submissions without a cover letter will not be considered.

CPSA has suspended its mandatory employee COVID-19 vaccination policy at this time. Should it be deemed necessary to be reinstated, all employees would be required to provide proof of vaccination. By applying to this position, you acknowledge your awareness of CPSA\'s suspended policy.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to provide a Criminal Record Check satisfactory to CPSA.

We thank all applicants for their interest in CPSA; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

By applying to this position, you are confirming you possess either a Canadian Citizenship, permanent resident status, or valid work permit.

CPSA embraces diversity and equal opportunity. The more inclusive we are, the better we can do our work. All candidates are considered for employment regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran or disability status.

CPSA acknowledges we are on traditional lands of First Nations and M\xc3\xa9tis People. Through our work, we strive to respect, honour, and celebrate histories, languages and cultures of First Nations, M\xc3\xa9tis, Inuit and all First Peoples of Canada.

College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta