Jr. Accountant

Summary: Are you passionate about accounting and eager to contribute to a dynamic finance team? Our client, a family-owned investment company specializing in real estate and entrepreneurial ventures, is seeking a Junior Accountant to support the daily, weekly, and monthly financial operations. This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in accounting tasks, from managing credit card reconciliations to creating detailed financial schedules. If youâre detail-oriented, organized, and ready to take on a variety of accounting responsibilities, this position is perfect for you.

Advantages
Competitive Salary
Great Health and Dental Benefits
5 Care days per year.
Flexible working hours
Family run business
Opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a dynamic finance environment.
Exposure to a wide range of accounting tasks and financial processes.
Collaborative and supportive work culture with room for growth and learning.
Contribution to meaningful projects, including system improvements and process enhancements.

Responsibilities
Perform a variety of accounting tasks to support the finance department.
Organize, match, and reconcile credit card statements and receipts, ensuring all documentation is complete and accurately entered into QuickBooks.
Create and maintain mortgage files, generate invoices, and update detailed schedules with interest payments.
Monitor the Accounting inbox for payments and important communications, directing them to the appropriate individuals.
Scan, save, and organize invoices and other payables in the appropriate company folders.
Conduct bank reconciliations for selected small companies.
Assist with completing credit applications for external vendors.
Research, document, and update records of charitable donations made by the foundation.
Maintain and update the storage box listing for offsite financial data, identifying records for annual shredding.
Document and assist in implementing new and improved processes or system implementations, such as expense tracking or QuickBooks integration.
Develop Excel schedules and templates for ongoing and future projects.
Digitize business documents to support the office's paperless initiative.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather necessary information.
Perform other detailed accounting tasks and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications
Currently pursuing a university degree in Business, Accounting, or a related field.
Basic accounting knowledge with 1-2 years of relevant experience is an asset.
Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel; experience with QuickBooks Desktop is a plus.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organizational and analytical abilities with keen attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently with discretion.
Enthusiastic, self-motivated, and a strong team player with good judgment and problem-solving skills.

Summary
If youâre ready to take the next step in your accounting career, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your resume and cover letter to peter.harris@randstad.ca with "Junior Accountant Position" in the subject line. Let's connect and discuss this exciting opportunity

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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