Amended - Financial Processing Representative

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Amendment: Additional vacancy added and closing date extended.

Are you a detail-oriented individual with accounting or bookkeeping experience who thrives in a customer service environment? If so, then consider this exciting opportunity with Ontario Shared Services (OSS) where you will provide financial services to a diverse group of ministries across the Ontario Public Service.

The work location for these positions will be determined based on the successful candidates. The positions can be located at either of the following locations:

• 159 Cedar St, Sudbury
• 200 First Ave W, North Bay

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About the job

You will:

• complete financial processing reviews and/or reconcile financial transaction related reports;
• process and prepare documentation for a variety of financial transactions;
• review transactions for accuracy and compliance with accounting practices;
• track and monitor transactions to resolve processing issues;
• provide on-going program business improvement support to management and clients.

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What you bring to the team

Financial Knowledge and Experience:

• You have proven experience processing financial transactions, and are able to work in a fast pace\high volume environment.
• You have knowledge of accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• You have ability to provide comprehensive financial processing and support in compliance of corporate policies and procedures and can identify and recommend procedural improvements.
• You have knowledge of arithmetic methods to perform calculations.
• You have knowledge of and experience using spreadsheet software (e.g. Excel) to reformat and analyze data, use formulas, etc.

Analytical and Evaluative skills:

• You have analytical skills and attention to detail to identify and investigate discrepancies.
• You demonstrate judgment and evaluative skills to assess accounts, take appropriate action, and identify and recommend on procedural issues.

Communication and Interpersonal skills:

• You have strong communication and interpersonal skills to explain procedures and deal with ministry clients, external suppliers and staff.
• You are able to communicate with client managers and staff with tact and diplomacy.
• You have ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• You have proven customer service skills.

OPS Commitment to diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti- racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.
We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.
Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.
We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the application instructions below if you require a disability-related accommodation.

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Additional information:

Note:

• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Employment Screening Checks Policy (ESCP), the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Refer to the above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
  
  Required security screening checks along with your written consent, will be sent to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), Talent Acquisition Branch (TAB), HR Service Delivery Division (HRSDD) to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional employment screening checks that were not obtained directly by you.
  
  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 employment 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 employment screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Employment screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.
• Effective October 1, 2021, the OPS COVID-19 Safe Workplace Directive requires all Ontario Public Service employees to provide proof they are fully vaccinated, meaning they are fully vaccinated as defined by the Ministry of Health (refer to: COVID-19 Fully Vaccinated Status in Ontario), including 14 calendar days have passed since receiving their final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
  
  Employees who do not provide proof of full vaccination will be deemed ‘not vaccinated' under the Directive and will be required to attend a vaccine education program and undergo regular rapid antigen testing. Employees who are not vaccinated under the policy with a valid medical exemption will not be required to attend a vaccine education program but must undergo regular rapid antigen testing.
  
  C-MG-171471/21(3)

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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.