Accounts Payable/ Finance Clerk

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The correct salary range for this position is $22.76 per hour to $26.46 per hour in compliance with current OPSEU collective agreement provisions

Do you have finance and administration experience? Consider this opportunity to showcase your exceptional skills and provide administrative, accounting, and financial administration support.

The Ontario Public Service has been chosen as one of:
• Canada's Top 100 Employers
• Greater Toronto's Top 90 Employers
• Canada's Best Diversity Employers
• Canada's Greenest Employer
• Top Employer for Canadians Under 40

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About the job

• Process financial transactions in accounts payable for the institution
• Assist with the preparation of budget information by ensuring accounts are accurate
• Handle petty cash as required ensuring ensure accurate tracking, expenditures, procurement policies
• Perform financial duties using IFIS and other internal financial systems

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What you bring to the team

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of government and Ministry accounting policies, financial records management, ability to maintain and track records/documentation, balance and reconcile general and cash accounts,
• Knowledge of financial administration policies and procedures
•Knowledge of estimates and budget procedures

Computer Skills:

• Experience with computerized financial information systems
• Experience with spreadsheets, database, and word processing software
• Ability to enter and update data, and prepare correspondence

Analytical and Problem Solving skills:

• Analytical and reasoning skills to verify financial information in reports, spreadsheets and other sources
• Analytical skills to identify accuracy of information
• Ability to analyze, and resolve discrepancies in offender financial accounts, accounts payable, journal entries and computerized ledgers
• Good arithmetic skills to calculate and reconcile documents relating to accounts payable

Oral/Written Communication skills:

• Oral communication skills to explain accounting procedures related to financial information systems, and accounts payable
• Interpersonal skills to provide reception duties as required
• Good written communication skills to prepare memoranda and letters
• Demonstrated tact and diplomacy

Organizational and Judgement:

• Good time management skills to complete assigned tasks
• Job requires confidentiality

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Additional information:

Note:

• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service Employment Screening Checks Policy, the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Please refer to the Additional Information / Address section above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
  
  You will be responsible for obtaining the criminal record check at your own expense and provide it, along with your written consent, to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), HR Service Delivery Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional screening checks as indicated in the Additional Information / Address section above that were not obtained directly by you. (Note: If a Vulnerable Sector Screening/Check is required, it must also be obtained in person at your local police service.)
  
  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.
• N-CL-109930/17

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.