Accounting Assistant

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada OPTrust Full time

ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT

Department: Finance

Type: Contract ( 4 month)

Location: Toronto, Ontario

At OPTrust,
_paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow_ is our mission and business.

When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust - from London, Toronto, and Sydney - makes a meaningful impact, our environment is fast paced, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community as well. Our strength resides in our team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone.

What OPTrust Offers You
- Unique culture rooted in our core values - collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, and excellence and continuous improvement - reflected across the team.
- Dedicated business strategy for inclusion, diversity, and equity with multiple, meaningful opportunities to participate.
- Flexible, hybrid work model being implemented to balance the benefits of working from home and the collaborative teamwork experience in the office.
- Professional development opportunities and learning initiatives including access to LinkedIn Learning, in-house speaker series,
- Competitive salaries including an extra 8% of pay in lieu of vacation time off
- Hours of work are 36.25 per week

About the Role

The Finance department at OPTrust is responsible for all the financial management and corporate reporting for the Pension Plan. This includes reporting on the status of our investment portfolio, pension plan and on the administrative expenditures of the Trust.

What You’ll Do
- Financial Reporting_
- Assist with the preparation of monthly financial and management reports to the Executive Management Team and the Audit/Finance and Risk Committee
- Assist with the year-end audit process, preparation and proof-reading of annual financial statements and related audit schedules
- Planning and control process_
- Assist with the annual budget/planning and reporting process
- Assist with the analysis of employee expenses and credit card expenses
- Documentation of controls and procedures_
- Develop account analysis and documentation procedures
- Assist with cleaning up and organizing the finance shared folders
- Assist with scanning of office documentation
- Backfilling for vacation coverage_
- Assist with backfilling certain positions within the Finance area to cover vacation periods and project work. These may include accounts payable processing, contributions processing, bank deposits, cash management, analysis of trustees’ expenses, investment accounting, financial and budget reporting
- Other duties as assigned:_
- Assist with the preparation and co-ordination of the Monthly Operating Report and the Audit/Finance and Risk Committee materials process by:

- Gathering information from our various cost centre managers
- Preparing graphs and analytical review
- Developing templates
- Providing preliminary explanations and comments on the results
- Researching accounting issues
- Document controls by:

- Establishing goal of control with control owners
- Developing documentation of controls design to meet control goal
- Reviewing/revising of documented controls material
- Backfill for staff during vacation and project work
- Assist with the year-end audit process

What You Bring

In order for applicants to be considered for this position, their resume must clearly demonstrate that they have the following:

- Work experience in the financial sector would be considered an asset
- Intermediate level in MS Office, specifically Excel
- Hands-on experience with accounting systems
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong time management and prioritization skills
- Sound judgment and initiative

Competencies:

- Analytical thinking
- Problem solving/judgment
- Mathematical capability
- Results orientation
- Service orientation
- Teamwork and cooperation
- Listening, understanding and responding

Additional Information: Security Clearance Required

Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion, diversity and equity in everything we do. We know a diversity of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives are critical to creating long-term value. OPTrust is an organization engaged in building on our unique and diverse strengths. If you require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, or have preferred pronouns, please send a message to

, or discuss your needs with the Recruitment Consultant during the telephone screen. We will do our best to work with you and provide appropriate accommodation.

We thank all interested applicants, however only those under consideration will be contacted.

Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion, diversity and equity in ever


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