Accounting Analyst

Accounting Analyst (PWU)
Posting # 2025-241
**Location**: Mississauga (Derry Rd) /Hybrid
**Department**: Accounting
**Number of Vacancies**: 1
**Hours per Week**: 35
**Rate of Pay**: $37.49/hr - $54.89/hr
**Posting Open**: October 27, 2025
**Posting Closed**: November 7, 2025
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**Position Purpose**:
Reporting to the Supervisor, Accounting or Supervisor, Accounts Payable this position is responsible to record financial transactions accurately and on a timely basis each month. This includes review of final costing for work orders, preparation of invoices, completion of account reconciliations and analysis, reconciliation of banking transactions, adjusting journal entries, completing, and providing support to assist in the preparation of financial reports. The incumbent is responsible for providing assistance with audit activities and year end working papers. This role will be placed in either General Accounting or Accounts Payable team.

**Responsibilities**:Specific Responsibilities (General Accounting)**:

- Reviewing work order setup and monitoring work order statuses and ensuring accuracy of both the financial information and billing instructions for assigned business units and following up with other functional areas as required.
- Closing work orders in an accurate and timely manner in accordance with predetermined key performance indicators and coordinate variance analysis when required.
- Preparation of invoices for projects in assigned business units as well as the related collection activity.
- Preparation of refunds, allocation of advance payments and customer deposits, as applicable, for projects in assigned business units.
- Maintaining proper files and documentation for all assigned work orders.
- Responsible for performing daily reconciliation of banking transactions for all companies and laisse with bank representative and other departments as required.
- Preparation of data to support measurement of liabilities/provisions and related support schedules.
- Maintain and update monthly lease continuity schedules, record all the related transactions and follow up with the appropriate parties as required.
- Prepare various monthly journal entries such as interbranch entries, related parties and various reallocations entries.
- Processing the release of blanket purchase orders.

**Specific Responsibilities (Accounts Payable)**:

- Control and coordinate accounts payment process by ensuring that proper procedures are followed, general ledger is accurate, and issues are investigated and resolved
- Oversee and audit accounts payable transactions on a timely basis to ensure compliance with accounting controls
- Maintain accounts payable sub ledger including accounts payable reports, integrity reports and rollover of balances for year end.
- Generate payments, reconcile to registers / reports, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Issue stop-payments through bank when required.
- Communicate with vendors and staff regarding invoices, payments, statements and reconciliation of invoices to purchase orders.
- Administer the electronic A/P system. Release and reset invoices

Specific Responsibilities (Accounts Payable & General Accounting):

- Preparation of assigned account reconciliations, including analysis and follow up of causes of variances.
- Preparation of journal entries required for ongoing business purposes or resulting from analysis of account reconciliations.
- Meeting month end closing responsibilities according to pre-determined deadlines.
- Assisting in interim and year-end audits by providing internal/external auditors with information and supporting documentation as required.
- Support special projects by gathering data as required and by participating in projects to improve performance and processes of the organization.
- Acting as resource back up to staff during absences and as required.
- Training team members as required.
- The incumbent may be asked to perform other related duties which may be assigned from time to time.

**Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Competencies**:
Education & Specialized Knowledge
- Requires a minimum of a college degree in Business Administration or Accounting.
- Working towards the completion of an Accounting designation is preferred.

Experience
- Minimum five (5) years related experience.

Skills/Abilities/Competencies
- Demonstrated ability to solve problems.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Flexibility to meet deadlines as required.
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with coworkers and members of the public to achieve positive outcomes for the company.

Working Conditions
- Wor