
Finance Specialist - Accounts Payable (TFT 1.0 FTE)
- Ottawa, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Calculate conversion of foreign exchange to Canadian dollars as necessary
- Process invoices, purchase orders, mileage and expense claims ensuring the appropriate policies are followed
- Maintain updated vendor/clients names and addresses
- Ensure supplier terms of payment are met for all invoices and all government statutory deductions
- Process monthly leases
- Process Clozapine invoices for all hospitals in Ontario
- Review supplier statements to ensure all outstanding invoices have been paid and follow up as necessary
- Set up Petty Cash requests and process replenishments
- Reconcile and process credit card payments.
- Select the appropriate vendor.
- Review and verify invoice for accuracy, authorized signature, appropriate cost Centre and account numbers.
- Obtain approval via email for recurring monthly invoices and open orders.
- Record the appropriate tax code.
- Calculate and enter the appropriate statistics from the source document.
- Review mileage & expense claims to avoid duplicate payments
- Create meaningful invoice numbers for expense claims to allow efficient tracking of payments
- Record necessary information required for CRA T4A
- Obtain CRA employee/employer survey if applicable
- Cancel invoices and payments, allocate as required
- Prepare appropriate remittances to accompany cheque(s).
- Balance batch, and print reports.
- Obtain cheques from designated custodian.
- Print cheques
- Match cheques with invoices reviewing for accuracy and forward to Director of Finance for approval
- Match eft back up to eft register reviewing for accuracy and forward to Director of Finance for approval.
- Distribute cheque(s)
- Obtain cheques from designated custodian.
- Print cheques
- Match cheques with invoices reviewing for accuracy and forward to Director of Finance for approval
- Match eft back up to eft register reviewing for accuracy and forward to Director of Finance for approval.
- Distribute cheque(s)
- Maintain statistic of employee mileage and dollars reimbursed on a calendar year basis
- Complete applicable section on CRA T2200 and return to employee for submission to Revenue Canada.
- Create and update a worksheet to track invoices payments to facilitate a more accurate month end accrual journal entry.
- Prepare monthly accrual journal entries for all accounts payable transactions for both dollars and statistics
- Prepare monthly pharmacy drug usage journal entry
- Maintain spreadsheets for uploading ap invoice details to general ledger.
- Enter journal entries into computerized accounting system
- Maintain accounts payable filing system for all companies and divisions
- Maintain file of all authorized signatures
- Maintain file of all accounts payable and general ledger documents located in off site storage facility
- Record use of signature plates
- Retrieve Accounts Payable documentation and re-file records for Analysts, Auditors, and Managers as requested.
- File cancelled cheques.
- Date stamp all incoming mail and courier deliveries.
- Distribute to individual Accounting staff members.
- Open and re-direct hospital mail to the correct department.
- Send out and receive Fax’s.
- Assist with annual audits.
- Assist with grant reporting
- Follow up to client, staff, internal and external inquiries in a timely manner.
- Perform Cashier function for Royal Ottawa Place
- Back up for ROMHC Cashier
- Fixed Asset subledger data entry
- Bi-weekly entry of time cards into computerized payroll system
- Assist with annual inventory counts
- Work in a manner that is in compliance with staff and patient/clients safety practices, policies and procedures of the ROHCG.
- Ensures a work environment that is conducive to The Royal’s Anti-Racism, Harassment & Discrimination Free Workplace Policy.
- Other duties as assigned
- OSSD(or equivalent) completed plus 2 year of community college diploma with an accounting major or equivalent education and experience.
- 2 years accounting experience in a computerized general accounting environment
- Good office administration and organizational skills
- Excellent communication, customer service skills, and interpersonal skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs and other industry software packages
- Typing speed 35 net words per minute minimum
- Flexible with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to be discreet and maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work independently without close supervision
- English level A- is mandatory in oral expression, oral comprehension, reading comprehension and written expression. Bilingual is an asset.