Purchasing and Finance Administrator

6 months ago

Kingston, Canada Queen's University Full time

**About Queen's University**

Queen’s University is the Canadian research intensive university with a transformative student learning experience. Here the employment experience is as diverse as it is interesting. We have opportunities in multiple areas of globally recognized research, faculty administration, engineering & construction, athletics & recreation, power generation, corporate shared services, and many more.

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**Job Summary**

**A Brief Overview**
Reporting to the Manager, Vendor Management, Information Technology Services (IT Services) the Purchasing and Finance Administrator is a key member of the ITS Operational Oversight team and a key resource to support IT Services procurement and operational matters.

This position is responsible for coordinating procurement for all directorates within the IT Services portfolio. This position places orders and receives goods and reconciles invoices for payment. The incumbent oversees deliveries, receipts and invoices to maintain the supporting documentation for all transactions, to ensure transparency, consistency and completion of orders.

This position completes accounting and bookkeeping activities such as journal entries, payroll entry, expense claim auditing, HST rebates, invoicing, requisitions, and collections. This position tracks and audits all department's financial transactions and generates reports. This position also tracks, maintains, and monitors assets, inventory, and equipment lifecycles.

Customer Service experience and proficiency with Microsoft tools like Word, Excel and SharePoint are essential to be successful in this role.

**What you will do**
- Processes financial transactions and records them in department operating accounts.
- Performs bookkeeping procedures such as journal entries, payroll entry, expense claim auditing, HST rebates, invoicing, requisitions, and collections.
- Provides input into the review, development and implementation of administrative and financial policy, procedures, and guidelines.
- Liaises with department staff on payroll requirements and data entry.
- Coordinates the department’s purchasing transactions, reviews purchase requests, identifies vendors, requests quote, evaluates and makes recommendations on quotes, completes purchases requisitions for approval, places purchases orders, tracks orders, and verifies receipt of goods.
- Maintains vendor lists, purchasing files and contracts to ensure compliance with university policies and procedures.
- Tracks, maintains, and monitors assets, inventory, and equipment lifecycles.
- Performs collection activities such as regular monthly billings, delinquent account follow-up, late payments, and overage charges.
- Reconciles outstanding purchase lists, resolves issues related to vendor service, product quality and outstanding goods.
- Maintains an annual calendar of purchases, and prompt staff at appropriate times to determine if purchases are required.
- Keeps track of customer records in the Virtual Terminal, Excel spreadsheets and the database.
- Provides customer service which includes establishing new accounts, providing new hardware to new users, or upgrading existing hardware for current accounts.
- Other duties as required in support of the department and/or unit.

**Required Education**
- Three-year Community College Diploma or Three-Year Bachelor Degree, or equivalent.

**Required Experience**
- More than 2 years and up to and including 3 years of experience.
- Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

**Job Knowledge and Requirements**
- Knowledge and insight of practical methods, techniques, and work processes that is typically acquired through a combination of technical training and/or substantial work experience.
- Provide information to others that requires technical or administrative explanation or interpretation.
- Attempts to resolve a difficult or challenging interpersonal situation, or overcome resistance to gain.
- Adapt messages to meet the needs of the intended audience.
- Manage own work and may train and review the work of casual employees, work study students, and/or volunteers, to see commitments through to completion.
- Participate in project team meetings and is involved in developing individual and team project plans.
- Identify new problems and seeks information and input to fully understand the cause.
- Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.
- Break down concrete issues into parts and synthesizes information succinctly.
- Respect diversity and promotes inclusion in the workplace.
- Awareness of relevant legislation, including Employment Equity, Human Rights legislation, Treaties, sexual violence legislation and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and its regulations.

**Employment Equity and Accessibility Statement

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