Treasury Clerk

Why Fraser Health?:
We hire great people for outstanding jobs and need your help to expand the ability to deliver prompt and professional service. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a
**Full**
**Treasury Clerk** to join our Accounting team. In this role, you will
**work on site** at our Uptown Latitude Office located in
**New Westminster, B.C.**

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities. Our team of 43,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

Effective October 26th 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

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Detailed Overview:
Prepares cheques for accounts payable, non-patient accounts receivable and payroll, processes electronic payments and distributes incoming internet banking reports; processes corrections to electronic payments, follows up on delinquent accounts, records transactions in the accounting system, reconciles and balances accounts discrepancies; processes payments from clients and customers and responds to inquiries; processes requests for new purchase cards and/or changes to existing purchase cards, issues invoices and statements, as required.

**Responsibilities**:

- Processes the weekly, bi-weekly, demand cheques and electronic payments for payroll and accounts payable; issues cheques, sends electronic files to the bank, reviews and approves related reports and releases of cheques, as per established policy and procedures.
- Processes electronic transfers for items such as pre-approved payments, tax payments, pension remittances and self-pay benefits, as per established procedures; processes electronic error correction requests, as needed.
- Processes requests for new purchase cards and/or requests for changes to existing purchase cards, as per established policies and procedures.
- Identifies billable accounts for programs/services such as Home Support, Environmental Health, Lifeline, non-patients, residents' trust and other systems; processes entries via the accounting system; prepares and dispatches invoices to clients and others as required, following established policies and procedures; records payments received from clients and others into the appropriate accounting system.
- Records revenue and accounts receivable transactions into appropriate journals; posts entries to ensure accurate recording in the general ledger; performs account analysis by reviewing, extracting, interpreting and reconciling designated account sub-ledgers to the general ledger by matching entries to the source documents and identifying differences and/or discrepancies; traces reason for the differences and prepares adjusting information such as vouchers and credit notes to rectify the differences; refers difficult situations to the Treasury Supervisor.
- Prepares reports of delinquent accounts and selects accounts for collection action and prepares collection listings and supporting documentation to transfer delinquent accounts to collection agencies; maintains collection files, advises collection agency of payments, queries and provides additional information as required.
- Follows up on delinquent accounts by initiating and responding to correspondence and telephone contacts with the patient/client/resident, billing agencies, insurers and tracing accounts returned by the post office; approves alternate payment arrangements or recommends account write off.
- Gathers, compiles and summarises information regarding cash flow from various sources; receives daily cash reports together with Site Clerk/Cashier transactions and reviews reports for accuracy, processes corrections as needed and files the reports as per established policies and procedures.
- Performs related clerical duties such as filing, photocopying, answering telephone calls taking and relaying messages.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
**Education and Experience**
Grade 12, successful completion of a recognized accounting course and three (3) years' recent related experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

**Skills and Abilities**
- Ability to type at 45 wpm
- Ability to communicate effectively both