Bookkeeper

**Position/Title Seeking**: Bookkeeper

**Level of Experience**: Bookkeeper

Starting Pay Range: Salary will be commensurate with experience

**Employment Type**: Full-time

**Experience**: Min. 3 years

**Organization Name**: Flat Architecture Inc.

**Organization Description**: Flat Architecture Inc. is a growing mid-sized architectural firm in Surrey. Our studio is focused on various projects on various scales including low-rise to high-rise multi-family residential, and mixed-use developments as well as hospitality, commercial, institutional, and light industrial projects in the Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, and BC interior. In all our projects we share a deep commitment to develop responsive, meaningful, and human-centered design interspersed with elements of playfulness.

**Bookkeeper duties and responsibilities**
- Fact-checking accounting information
- Recording all transactions
- Disseminating reports to staff
- Balancing subsidiary accounts to reconcile accounts
- Ensuring all financial actions comply with local legal requirements
- Preparing financial reports by analyzing, collecting, and condensing account trends and information
- Using a system to account for the financial transactions made by the company to establish a chart of accounts

**Bookkeeper skills and qualifications**
- Great interpersonal skills that enable the Bookkeeper to clearly and effectively communicate with other employees
- The ability to work on multiple projects while adhering to tight deadlines
- The ability to communicate complex financial data with other members
- Good data entry skills
- Familiarity with the general principles of accounting
- A strong understanding of math and numbers
- The ability to use various financial transactions such as accounts payable and accounts receivable

**Bookkeepers experience requirements**
- This entry-level role requires one to two years of experience with job titles such as Administrative Assistant, Accounts Payable Coordinator, or Payroll Assistant. If a company uses special accounting software, experience with that software may be a requirement for the position.

**Bookkeeper education and training requirements**
- have an advanced degree in math, statistics, or financing.
- Experience in fields such as business or office administration can take the place of education requirements.
- certification from the Canadian Bookkeepers Association and the Canadian Institute of Bookkeeping certifications in accounting software.
- **Your Knowledge, Skills & Experience**_
- Strong time-management skills and an ability to organize and coordinate multiple concurrent projects
- Proficiency with office productivity tools and an aptitude for learning new software and systems
- Flexible team player, willing to adapt to changes and unafraid of challenges
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information related to the company and its employees
- Preferred skills and qualifications - Education (Human Resources or Administration Diploma)
- Experience in overseeing budgets and expenses
- Experience in developing internal processes and filing systems
- **Core Competencies**_
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Self-motivated, confident, and emotionally intelligent.
- Great team player.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Resourceful, flexible, and adaptable to changing demands and priorities.
- Ability to work in an open, collaborative workplace environment.

**Perks**:

- Extended health and dental benefits.
- Friendly and supportive team of designers, technologists, and principals.

Semi-annual team-building events.

**Contact Info**:

- Resume
- Salary Expectations
- Current Status of Canada - Citizen /Permanent Resident /Work Permit Holder

Pay: $23.30-$28.48 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Additional pay:

- Overtime pay

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

**Experience**:

- QuickBooks: 2 years (required)
- Bookkeeping: 2 years (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)

Work Location: In person