Accounting Clerk

Responsibilities:

• Receive, review and verify accounts payable invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to inputting into the accounting system
• Process vendor payments and perform payment cycles to meet payment terms and conditions for Board vendors in a timely and accurate manner
• Receive, review and verify employee expense reimbursements forms for proper approvals, compliance with Board policies and procedures. Process employee expense reimbursements in a timely and accurate manner
• Process other miscellaneous accounts payable payments;
• Provide excellent customer service and communicate effectively with internal and external customers (schools, departments, vendors);
• Log receipt and shipment of school money bags;
• Reconcile vendor accounts;
• Prepare journal entries as required;
• Provide service and support to other board staff/departments as it relates to accounts payable matters;
• Scan various financial documents into the Boards electronic data management system;
• Work collaboratively as a member of the Financial Services team to meet departmental and organizational objectives
• Perform other duties as required which include but are not limited to filing or other administrative duties.

Qualifications:

• Post-Secondary education is required (undergraduate degree or college diploma);
• Proven experience and proficiency working in a windows environment using various administrative software packages (MS Office, Adobe Acrobat Professional, G-Suite) is required;
• 2 years prior experience working in a similar accounting function and knowledge of applicable tax rules is required.

The Waterloo Region District School Board is committed to equity in employment. We are committed to fair and equitable hiring practices that allow us to hire qualified staff who reflect the diversity of the community we serve, who will foster the success and well-being of our students and who demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion in the classroom.

We actively encourage applications from members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity, including, but not limited to:

• First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and all other Indigenous peoples;
• members of groups that commonly experience discrimination due to race, ancestry, colour, religion and/or spiritual beliefs, or place of origin;
• persons with visible and/or invisible (physical and/or mental) disabilities; and
• persons of marginalized sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions

We will make any appropriate accommodation based on any of the human rights protected grounds, to support candidate participation in the hiring process.