Accounting Assistant

**Do you possess excellent interpersonal skills and able to work independently and within a team?**:

- ** Are you someone who likes to take initiative and connect with external and internal stakeholders to achieve results?**:

- ** Do you consider yourself to be keen on details and place importance on accuracy of your work?**

If you responded yes to the above questions, Trudell Healthcare Solutions “(THS)” currently has an exciting opportunity for you as an **Accounting Assistant**

**Our Company**:Trudell Healthcare Solutions** is a Canadian, family-owned clinical and service-oriented distributor providing unique, innovative products to select segments of the Canadian healthcare market. With a skilled, knowledgeable, and motivated team, the company is committed to exceeding our customer’s expectations in delivering cost effective solutions to improve patient outcomes.

**The Position**:To maintain complete and accurate client account information; accurate expense processing and maintain a favourable cash flow position for the Company through timely, accurate invoicing; prompt collection of accounts receivable and ensuring compliance with Travel Expense Policy.

**What We Offer**:
In addition to fair and equitable compensation and the excitement of working for a growing and reputable company, we offer:

- Challenging careers that provide the opportunity to learn constantly
- Clear, consistent and demonstrated values
- Encouraged Professional Development
- Employee Recognition for Milestone Anniversaries
- Regular Performance Appraisals
- Regular Salary Reviews
- Paid Sick Days
- 3 weeks paid vacation to start
- Comprehensive Group Family Benefits including:

- Health and Dental Benefits
- Pension Plan
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Disability Insurance
- Out of Country Insurance Coverage

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Accounts Receivable & Collections**
- Prompt identification of payment discrepancies and communication with client for resolution.
- Moderate volume of collections activity that includes collaboration cross-functionally to resolve customer issues.
- Provide monthly account statements to clients.

**Reports & Data Maintenance**
- Monthly completion of accounts receivable management reports including significant overdue accounts.
- Assist in expense claim processing and ensure expense claims comply with the expense policies.
- Support AP and provide backup within AP group.

**Communication & Administration**
- Proactively build and maintain positive working relationships with clients for due accounts/payment discrepancies and with employees for expense claim processing.
- Ensure clear and concise communications with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure cooperation with special projects as required and ad hoc tasks as assigned.

**Skills & Qualifications**:
**Education and Experience**
- Post-secondary diploma in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent.
- Minimum of three (3) years of related experience.

**Specialized Skill or Knowledge**
- Experience with and working knowledge of ERP systems.
- Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables and v-lookup functions.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.

**Essential Duties**
- Ability to work long periods of concentration.
- Strong mathematical skills and basic understanding of accounting.
- Bondable.

**Working Conditions**
- Office setting
- Occasional interruptions
- Compensation based on a regular work week of thirty-seven and one half (37.5) working hours, with additional working hours as required to meet ongoing business demands and to full fill job responsibilities.

**_**_**
- Since 1922, Trudell Healthcare Solutions Inc., a member of the Trudell Medical Group, has been a stable and financially sound Canadian-based employer, headquartered in London, Ontario. For over 100 years, we have enjoyed the reputation of being successful and trustworthy in the eyes of our customers, our suppliers and our staff. We are passionate about selling, servicing and distributing technologically advanced Critical Care and Respiratory products and state-of-the-art Operating Room products to hospitals across Canada._