Accounting Officer

3 hours ago


Ottawa, Canada Algonquin College Full time
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Department: Operational Accounting

Position Type: Full-Time Support

Salary Range: $31.25

Anticipated Start Date: January 27, 2025

Length of Contract:

Posting Information

Posting Closing Date: January 2, 2025

Please note: jobs are posted until 11:59 pm on the job closing date.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Manager of Operational Accounting, the incumbent is accountable for executing a wide variety of administrative and financial transactions involving trade accounts and student receivables. They are also called upon to resolve numerous queries from College Departments/Staff, students, and external clients while demonstrating confidentiality, trust, and diplomacy in all interactions. The incumbent is also responsible for:

  • Maintaining customer accounts through reviewing all trade invoices on the College Financial System (Workday) which are requested by various College Departments and ensuring accuracy before issuing invoices to the client.
  • Ensuring all monies collected for the trade/student accounts have been recorded and deposits prepared in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner, and receipting and balancing those payments in our financial systems.
  • Initiating and maintaining all third-party sponsored student invoicing in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner.
  • Issuing all student refunds via cheque, wire transfer, third-party payments, or other electronic forms of payment (accuracy is crucial in this process).
  • Following Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCIDSS) regarding the use of payment terminals.

The incumbent also provides support and backup to the Accounts Receivable Team in the areas of student collections, station balancing, accounting for ELC (Early Learning Centre) payments, maintenance of student accounts, and monitoring the team's multiple email accounts.

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum two (2) year diploma/certificate, or equivalent, in Business, Accounting.
  • Minimum three (3) years of progressively senior experience in an accounts receivable and a general accounting computerized office.
  • Preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and working papers.


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