Accounting Technician
Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works behind the scenes to support operational excellence. Our functional services teams (FSTs) provide services to 31,000 employees in over 450 locations on 6 continents. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger. Explore opportunities in Financial Services.
Your Opportunity
An opportunity exists for an Accounting Technician with strong multi-tasking, interpersonal, and organizational skills. As a key member of the Financial Services team and business partner with operations, the Accounting Technician will provide financial expertise in the day-to-day operations of financial reporting adding value to the company.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Performing daily bank loads and auto-reconciliation of bank accounts
- Manually reconciling high volume bank lines (e.g. receipts, payments, etc.) in the Cash Management module
- Preparing numerous journal entries for any intercompany transfers, foreign exchange and other treasury related activities such as bank charges and interest
- Investigating and follow-up on unrecorded payments, receipts, and journal entries with various members of the Stantec finance team on a timely basis
- Preparing numerous monthly bank & accrued liability balance sheet account reconciliations
- Preparing other monthly balance sheet account reconciliations as needed
- Ensuring key controls over Financial Reporting are met
- Assisting in the 5-day period end close process
- Assisting with the review and implementation of business processes improvements
- Assisting with testing updates and changes to financial system
- Maintaining process documentation
- Various duties and projects as assigned
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Effective communication skills, including written and oral English language competency
- Strong organizational skills to manage multiple competing priorities and firm deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Proactive
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
Education and Experience
- Accounting Diploma or Degree and a minimum of one-year experience working in an Accounting department.
- Experience with high-volume reconciliation would be an asset.
- Experience with Oracle or other large Enterprise system is preferred.
- Working towards an Accounting designation is preferred.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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