Accounts Payable Assistant

4 weeks ago

Agassiz, Canada Seabird Island Band Full time

**Position Summary**

Working within the Finance Department the Accounts Payable Assistant will provide technical services using clerical skills to assure the accurate and timely payment of expenses for Seabird Island Band programs. The successful applicant must maintain confidentiality of all financial records. The Accounts payable assistants will be responsible for processing invoices, resolving account discrepancies, managing bank reconciliation, creating expense reports, and updating account information on the company's database

**Success profile**

What does it take to be successful working in the Finance department at Seabird Island? Check out the top traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.
- **Organized**: Ability to process and organize your meetings, as well as electronic and paper documentation and information.
- **Attention to detail**: A close attention to detail ensuring numbers are accurate and entered correctly.
- **Ethics**: A high standard of confidentiality related to personal or sensitive financial information for their clients or business. You must understand the importance of preserving confidentiality. You must be aware of both internal policies and government regulations that specify how they should handle this sensitive information.
- **Communicator**: Excellent verbal, written, and listening skills and proven ability to adjust style for various audiences. The ability to activity listen to clients to better help them
- **Multitasker**: The ability to balance competing priorities, meet deadlines, and to work under pressure with mínimal supervision.

**Work that matters**

Seabird Island Band is a place to learn many skills. We are many nations, but we proclaim one goal to strengthen our pride, our language, our culture and our freedom.

Seabird Island located 1 kilometer from Agassiz, BC on the beautiful Fraser River, 120 km east of Vancouver.

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**Benefits and perks**
- Extended health and dental benefits,
- Accrued vacation and sick time,
- Pension plan with matching employer contributions,
- Access to internal training programs, professional development and skill enhancement,
- Collaboration with an interdisciplinary team
- Equitable hourly rates
- Casual dress code

**What you’ll do**
- Processes invoices, travel claims, reimbursement and petty cash requests using an interactive A/P system
- Reconciles monthly vendor statements and researches problem invoices and receipts
- Processes payment batches using the cheque, electronic funds transfer and pre-authorized payment methods
- Files vendor invoices with cheque stub to vendor file
- Maintains accountability for issuing cheques to vendors and staff
- Receives daily mail and checks invoices against open purchase orders, distributes copies of unmatched invoices to ordering department
- Prepares accounts payable listing of cheques for signature
- Ensures the accurate and timely completion of required paperwork
- Assists in reconciliation of company credit cards
- Other projects as required
- Other duties or responsibilities as assigned by your supervisor, Director, or the Executive Director

**What you bring**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance or an accounting assistant certificate from an accredited college would an asset
- Minimum Grade 12 or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Two years experience in an accounting department and a working knowledge of office procedures, records management and document processing
- Excel - Intermediate Level
- Ability to adhere to Oath of Confidentiality and Seabird Island Band Policies and Procedure.
- Knowledge and respect of Stó:lō culture, traditions and language is considered an asset.
- Experience working with First Nations communities is considered an asset.
- Valid BC Driver’s License, Class 5.

**Reports to: Accounts Payable Supervisor**

Pre-employment screening
- Employment is conditional upon completing pre-employment screening to ensure a safe and secure work environment in which students, staff, members, families, community, as well as resources, and assets are protected. All background checks, reference checks and criminal record checks are performed in accordance with SIB HR Policy, protecting the integrity and confidentiality of information gathered during the evaluation.
- SIB has implemented measures to protect and prevent the spread of COVID-19. SIB is mandated under provincial health care standards that all employees provide proof of vaccination for COVID-19 unless otherwise deemed exempt under the Human Rights Code
- We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted._

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